One Million Download Special (with a surprise escape room!)

In this episode Collin joins us as guest GM and puzzle designer, bringing us an escape room with vents, chemistry, danger, and two bomb-defusal specialists with something to prove! You can download th...

18 Sep 20191h 7min

We talk with Jeff and Ryan about the room they played in the last episode of Escape This Podcast, the changes from the playtest, and how to create immersion through physical interaction. Our guests th...

11 Sep 201931min

In the third of Dani's rooms for season 5, our guests have had a great time watching the recent athletics championship, only to find that their friend has had her gold medal stolen! Can they solve the...

4 Sep 20191h 8min

We talk with Scott and Molly about their experience designing the Communing With Nature escape room, differences between the playtest and our version of the game, puzzle design principles, and why we ...

28 Aug 201937min

For the second time in season 5, we have a room designed and run by a guest game-master. Scott and his daughter Molly have brought a room full of animals, puzzles, stern bosses, and books. Bill and Da...

21 Aug 20191h 13min

Following on from our latest episode, we talk with Gemma about the escape room we played through last episode. The focus of this discussion centres around goals and objectives in puzzle solving, and h...

14 Aug 201927min

For the first time since episode 1 we have a solo player. We are joined by Gemma Marsh, creator and host of "GM the GM", a podcast about escape rooms from the perspective of a game master. But today s...

7 Aug 20191h 10min

In this post-show recap, we chat with Amy and Lee about puzzle and narrative design, gameshows, and not knowing ROT13 Lee on twitter: https://twitter.com/RunTheStairs  Amy on twitter: https://twitter....

31 Jul 201934min