Escape This Podcast

A show that's a mix of escape room puzzles and tabletop role-playing.

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Nov 26, 2019 · 1 hr 17 min
Season 5 - Episode 11: Goblins and Bandits and Dragons, Oh My! ft. Dungeons and Daddies
Dungeons and Dragons can be a very difficult game, especially when you're trapped in the fantasy world of an angry DM! Can our guests solve puzzles, complete quests, and return to the real world? Our guests this episode are Freddie Wong, Beth May, and Will Campos from the fantastic podcast Dungeons and Daddies. Their show is a brilliant actual play podcast, so go listen to it now! You can download the full notes for this Escape Room below to play along, or run a game yourself! Full Room Write Up Supplemental: Quests Supplemental: Crossroads Check out our second podcast, Solve This Murder! Website || iTunes || Twitter || Instagram || Facebook || RSS Follow us on Twitch! We have bonus episodes and playtests up on our Patreon! So if you have the ability to support the show, we would love to see you there. And in return we have blog posts, bonus audio, badges, and more! Plus all our patrons have the chance to appear in our rooms as NPC's, including this room's patron: Chester! Check out James Spaid's fantastic text-based adventure versions of our rooms! Have questions, comments, puzzles, or anything else? Send us an email, and follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
Nov 20, 2019 · 34 min
Podcast This Escape: The Eldritch Garden ft. Jen McTeague
We chat with Jen about her escape room design, the fluidity of game-mastering time travel, and modular arithmetic Our guest GM this episode is Jen McTeague. Follow us on twitch Check out our episode of Triviality You can download the full notes for this Escape Room below to play along, or run a game yourself! Full Room Write Up Supplemental Check out Solve This Murder! Website || iTunes || Twitter || Instagram || Facebook || RSS We have bonus episodes and playtests up on our Patreon! So if you have the ability to support the show, we would love to see you there. And in return we have blog posts, bonus audio, badges, and more! Plus all our patrons have the chance to appear in our rooms as NPC's, including this room's patrons: Manda and Eunice! Check out James Spaid's fantastic text-based adventure versions of our rooms! Have questions, comments, puzzles, or anything else? Send us an email, and follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
Nov 13, 2019 · 1 hr 21 min
Season 5 - Episode 10: The Eldritch Garden ft. Jen McTeague
Another guest game designer has brought us a room to play. Dani and Bill take on a creepy, lovecraftian garden in this interesting and complex escape room. Our guest GM this episode is Jen McTeague. You can download the full notes for this Escape Room below to play along, or run a game yourself! Full Room Write Up Supplemental Check out Solve This Murder! Website || iTunes || Twitter || Instagram || Facebook || RSS We have bonus episodes and playtests up on our Patreon! So if you have the ability to support the show, we would love to see you there. And in return we have blog posts, bonus audio, badges, and more! Plus all our patrons have the chance to appear in our rooms as NPC's, including this room's patrons: Manda and Eunice! Check out James Spaid's fantastic text-based adventure versions of our rooms! Have questions, comments, puzzles, or anything else? Send us an email, and follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
Nov 6, 2019 · 39 min
Podcast This Escape: Best Fraudster in a Supporting Role ft. The Wild Optimists
We follow up on the last episode's escape room, talk about game design, and workshop puzzle solutions. Mentioned on the show: 3D Escape Room: Frequency Our guests this episode are Ariel and Juliana of the Wild Optimists. Aside from being spectacular puzzle and board game designers, they are also previous guests, and supporters of the show! Go and buy Flashback! You can download the full notes for this Escape Room below to play along, or run a game yourself! Full Room Write Up Supplemental: Seating Chart We have bonus episodes and playtests up on our Patreon! So if you have the ability to support the show, we would love to see you there. And in return we have blog posts, bonus audio, badges, and more! Plus all our patrons have the chance to appear in our rooms as NPC's, including this room's patrons: Manda and Eunice! Check out James Spaid's fantastic text-based adventure versions of our rooms! Have questions, comments, puzzles, or anything else? Send us an email, and follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
Oct 29, 2019 · 55 min
Season 5 - Episode 9: Best Fraudster in a Supporting Role ft. The Wild Optimists
Movie awards are serious business, so when our guests discover that the true winners' envelopes have been switched out it's up to them to set things right! Our guests this episode are Ariel and Juliana of the Wild Optimists. Aside from being spectacular puzzle and board game designers, they are also previous guests, and supporters of the show! Go and buy Flashback! You can download the full notes for this Escape Room below to play along, or run a game yourself! Full Room Write Up Supplemental: Seating Chart We have bonus episodes and playtests up on our Patreon! So if you have the ability to support the show, we would love to see you there. And in return we have blog posts, bonus audio, badges, and more! Plus all our patrons have the chance to appear in our rooms as NPC's, including this room's patrons: Manda and Eunice! Check out James Spaid's fantastic text-based adventure versions of our rooms! Have questions, comments, puzzles, or anything else? Send us an email, and follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
Oct 23, 2019 · 1 hr 2 min
Podcast This Escape: Literal Fanfiction ft. Jim Fishwick
We are joined this episode by another fantastic guest game-master and puzzle designer, Jim Fishwick. Jim has designed a fun, meta take on the Escape This Podcast format, featuring a recording booth, riddles, and a ghostly conundrum. Jim Fishwick is the general manager of Jetpack Theatre, and director of the recent "Art Heist" escape-room-esque event in Sydney. It's easy to find out more about Jim, just check out http://jimfishwick.com/ You can download the full notes for this Escape Room below to play along, or run a game yourself! Full Room Write Up Clip 1 - Jules Clip 2 - Vanessa Von Trapp Clip 3 - Timber Clip 4 - Engineer Clip 5 - New Project Clip 6 - Keith's Cousin Clip 7 - Summer Breeze Clip 8 - Town Historian 3D Escape Room: Frequency We have bonus episodes and playtests up on our Patreon! So if you have the ability to support the show, we would love to see you there. And in return we have blog posts, bonus audio, badges, and more! Plus all our patrons have the chance to appear in our rooms as NPC's Check out James Spaid's fantastic text-based adventure versions of our rooms! Have questions, comments, puzzles, or anything else? Send us an email, and follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
Oct 15, 2019 · 1 hr 13 min
Season 5 - Episode 8: Literal Fanfiction ft. Jim Fishwick
We are joined this episode by another fantastic guest game-master and puzzle designer, Jim Fishwick. Jim has designed a fun, meta take on the Escape This Podcast format, featuring a recording booth, riddles, and a ghostly conundrum. Jim Fishwick is the general manager of Jetpack Theatre, and director of the recent "Art Heist" escape-room-esque event in Sydney. It's easy to find out more about Jim, just check out http://jimfishwick.com/ You can download the full notes for this Escape Room below to play along, or run a game yourself! Full Room Write Up Clip 1 - Jules Clip 2 - Vanessa Von Trapp Clip 3 - Timber Clip 4 - Engineer Clip 5 - New Project Clip 6 - Keith's Cousin Clip 7 - Summer Breeze Clip 8 - Town Historian We have bonus episodes and playtests up on our Patreon! So if you have the ability to support the show, we would love to see you there. And in return we have blog posts, bonus audio, badges, and more! Plus all our patrons have the chance to appear in our rooms as NPC's Check out James Spaid's fantastic text-based adventure versions of our rooms! Have questions, comments, puzzles, or anything else? Send us an email, and follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
Oct 9, 2019 · 33 min
Podcast This Escape: Double Double Toad and Puzzle ft. Curly Bros Games
After saving the prince and defeating the evil witch, we sit down to talk to Jonah and Julian about puzzle design, board game design, playtesting, and pacing Our guests this episode are Julian and Jonah from Curly Bros Games. They've just opened a kickstarter for their game "Tremor" that you should check out immediately! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/curlybrosgames/tremor Curly Bros on: Board Game Geek Facebook Instagram You can download the full notes for this Escape Room below to play along, or run a game yourself! Full Room Write Up Supplemental: Cauldron Puzzle Supplemental: Cauldron Solution Supplemental: Cupboard We have bonus episodes and playtests up on our Patreon! So if you have the ability to support the show, we would love to see you there. And in return we have blog posts, bonus audio, badges, and more! Plus all our patrons have the chance to appear in our rooms, like this episode's patrons: James Spaid and Shoshana! Check out James Spaid's fantastic text-based adventure versions of our rooms! Have questions, comments, puzzles, or anything else? Send us an email, and follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
Oct 2, 2019 · 1 hr 12 min
Season 5 - Episode 7: Double Double Toad and Puzzle ft. Curly Bros. Games
The life of an adventuring Knight is hard, and being kidnapped by an evil witch doesn't make it any easier! In this episode our brave guests need to find an antidote, and escape a strange hut full of spells, swords, and... saliva. Our guests this episode are Julian and Jonah from Curly Bros Games. They've just opened a kickstarter for their game "Tremor" that you should check out immediately! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/curlybrosgames/tremor Curly Bros on: Board Game Geek Facebook Instagram You can download the full notes for this Escape Room below to play along, or run a game yourself! Full Room Write Up Supplemental: Cauldron Puzzle Supplemental: Cauldron Solution Supplemental: Cupboard We have bonus episodes and playtests up on our Patreon! So if you have the ability to support the show, we would love to see you there. And in return we have blog posts, bonus audio, badges, and more! Plus all our patrons have the chance to appear in our rooms, like this episode's patrons: James Spaid and Shoshana! Check out James Spaid's fantastic text-based adventure versions of our rooms! Have questions, comments, puzzles, or anything else? Send us an email, and follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
Sep 25, 2019 · 37 min
Podcast This Escape: The Lab ft. Collin Lewis
After hosting a really cool room, we talk with Collin about how this room came to be, other at home escape games, troubleshoot a possible sequence break, and talk about the chemistry puzzle's full solutions (pun intended). You can download the full notes for this Escape Room below to play along, or run a game yourself! Full Room Write Up We have bonus episodes and playtests up on our Patreon! So if you have the ability to support the show, we would love to see you there. And in return we have blog posts, bonus audio, badges, and more! Plus all our patrons have the chance to appear in our rooms! Check out James Spaid's fantastic text-based adventure versions of our rooms! Have questions, comments, puzzles, or anything else? Send us an email, and follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
Sep 18, 2019 · 1 hr 7 min
Season 5 - Episode 6: The Lab ft. Collin Lewis
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 the full notes for this Escape Room below to play along, or run a game yourself! Full Room Write Up We have bonus episodes and playtests up on our Patreon! So if you have the ability to support the show, we would love to see you there. And in return we have blog posts, bonus audio, badges, and more! Plus all our patrons have the chance to appear in our rooms! Check out James Spaid's fantastic text-based adventure versions of our rooms! Have questions, comments, puzzles, or anything else? Send us an email, and follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
Sep 11, 2019 · 31 min
Podcast This Escape: Stay Golden, Puzzle Boys ft. NOCKAT
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 this episode are Ryan and Jeff from No One Can No About This. This is the second time that they have been on the show, and they are just as quick and funny as their first episode. Go check them out if you like Final Fantasy, or just good podcasting in general! NOCKAT on: Twitter Facebook The Web You can download the full notes for this Escape Room below to play along, or run a game yourself! Full Room Write Up Supplemental: Judges Table Supplemental: Photo Finish Supplemental: View from Above We have bonus episodes and playtests up on our Patreon! So if you have the ability to support the show, we would love to see you there. And in return we have blog posts, bonus audio, badges, and more! Plus all our patrons have the chance to appear in our rooms, like this episode's patrons: Ruslana and Devin Check out James Spaid's fantastic text-based adventure versions of our rooms! Have questions, comments, puzzles, or anything else? Send us an email, and follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
Sep 4, 2019 · 1 hr 8 min
Season 5 - Episode 5: Stay Golden, Puzzle Boys ft. NOCKAT Podcast
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 thief's clues and reclaim the lost prize? Our guests this episode are Ryan and Jeff from No One Can No About This. This is the second time that they have been on the show, and they are just as quick and funny as their first episode. Go check them out if you like Final Fantasy, or just good podcasting in general! NOCKAT on: Twitter Facebook The Web You can download the full notes for this Escape Room below to play along, or run a game yourself! Full Room Write Up Supplemental: Judges Table Supplemental: Photo Finish Supplemental: View from Above We have bonus episodes and playtests up on our Patreon! So if you have the ability to support the show, we would love to see you there. And in return we have blog posts, bonus audio, badges, and more! Plus all our patrons have the chance to appear in our rooms, like this episode's patrons: Ruslana and Devin Check out James Spaid's fantastic text-based adventure versions of our rooms! Have questions, comments, puzzles, or anything else? Send us an email, and follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
Aug 28, 2019 · 37 min
Podcast This Escape: Communing With Nature (ft. Scott and Molly Weiss)
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 were too dumb to finish that book puzzle! If you want to see more of Scott's stuff, including more virtual escape rooms head to Squonkland You can download the full notes for this Escape Room below to play along, or run a game yourself! Full Room Write Up Supplemental: Combo Hint Supplemental: Count the Animals Supplemental: Door Paper Supplemental: Turner Desk Supplemental: Turtle Facts We have bonus episodes and playtests up on our Patreon! So if you have the ability to support the show, we would love to see you there. And in return we have blog posts, bonus audio, badges, and more! Plus all our patrons have the chance to appear in our rooms! Check out James Spaid's fantastic text-based adventure versions of our rooms! Have questions, comments, puzzles, or anything else? Send us an email, and follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
Aug 21, 2019 · 1 hr 13 min
Season 5 - Episode 4: Communing with Nature ft. Scott and Molly Weiss
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 Dani find themselves as volunteers in a local nature centre, and have one seemingly simple, but endlessly complex job: feed the snake... If you want to see more of Scott's stuff, including more virtual escape rooms head to Squonkland You can download the full notes for this Escape Room below to play along, or run a game yourself! Full Room Write Up Supplemental: Combo Hint Supplemental: Count the Animals Supplemental: Door Paper Supplemental: Turner Desk Supplemental: Turtle Facts We have bonus episodes and playtests up on our Patreon! So if you have the ability to support the show, we would love to see you there. And in return we have blog posts, bonus audio, badges, and more! Plus all our patrons have the chance to appear in our rooms! Check out James Spaid's fantastic text-based adventure versions of our rooms! Have questions, comments, puzzles, or anything else? Send us an email, and follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
Aug 14, 2019 · 27 min
Podcast This Escape: You've Lost That Oven Feelin' ft. Gemma Marsh
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 how this room changed the way the players need to approach puzzles in an escape room. Check out GM the GM: facebook || stitcher || Apple Podcasts You can download the full notes for this Escape Room below to play along, or run a game yourself! Full Room Write Up Supplemental: Sweet Menu Supplemental: Savoury Menu Supplemental: Slicer We have bonus episodes and playtests up on our Patreon! So if you have the ability to support the show, we would love to see you there. And in return we have blog posts, bonus audio, badges, and more! Plus all our patrons have the chance to appear in our rooms, just like this room's featured patrons: David C and Ace. Check out James Spaid's fantastic text-based adventure versions of our rooms! Have questions, comments, puzzles, or anything else? Send us an email, and follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
Aug 7, 2019 · 1 hr 10 min
Season 5 - Episode 3: You've Lost That Oven Feelin' ft. Gemma Marsh
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 she has a different career. Today she is a baker. And someone's baked a bunch of puzzles, crime, and confusion into the bread. Check out GM the GM: facebook || stitcher || Apple Podcasts You can download the full notes for this Escape Room below to play along, or run a game yourself! Full Room Write Up Supplemental: Sweet Menu Supplemental: Savoury Menu Supplemental: Slicer We have bonus episodes and playtests up on our Patreon! So if you have the ability to support the show, we would love to see you there. And in return we have blog posts, bonus audio, badges, and more! Plus all our patrons have the chance to appear in our rooms, just like this episode's featured patrons: David C and Ace. Check out James Spaid's fantastic text-based adventure versions of our rooms! Have questions, comments, puzzles, or anything else? Send us an email, and follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
Jul 31, 2019 · 34 min
Podcast This Escape: Pointless Tournament of Champions
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.com/mixedmetaphor You can download the full notes for this Escape Room below to play along, or run a game yourself! Full Room Write Up Supplemental: Address Supplemental: Door Supplemental: Applause We have bonus episodes and playtests up on our Patreon! So if you have the ability to support the show, we would love to see you there. And in return we have blog posts, bonus audio, badges, and more! Plus all our patrons have the chance to appear in our rooms. Check out James Spaid's fantastic text-based adventure versions of our rooms! Have questions, comments, puzzles, or anything else? Send us an email, and follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
Jul 24, 2019 · 1 hr 13 min
Season 5 - Episode 2: Pointless Tournament of Champions ft. Amy Williamson and Lee DiGeorge
As season 5 continues, we have our first set of guest Puzzle Masters. Amy Williamson and Lee DiGeorge (who were guests during Descent of the Cullodens) return with a room of their own devising, while Bill and Dani get to play together to solve some puzzles! Lee on twitter: https://twitter.com/RunTheStairs Amy on twitter: https://twitter.com/mixedmetaphor You can download the full notes for this Escape Room below to play along, or run a game yourself! Full Room Write Up Supplemental: Address Supplemental: Door Supplemental: Applause We have bonus episodes and playtests up on our Patreon! So if you have the ability to support the show, we would love to see you there. And in return we have blog posts, bonus audio, badges, and more! Plus all our patrons have the chance to appear in our rooms. Check out James Spaid's fantastic text-based adventure versions of our rooms! Have questions, comments, puzzles, or anything else? Send us an email, and follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
Jul 17, 2019 · 42 min
Podcast This Escape: Now You See Me (Escaping This Room) ft. Neil Patrick Harris
We keep chatting with Neil about the last episode, puzzle design, the playtest episode, and why David Burtka is the best husband in the world. We're joined this episode by magician, actor, and puzzle fan Neil Patrick Harris. As big fans of Neil's work, it was wonderful to find out he was a fan of ours, and then punish him by locking him in a small room for an hour. NPH: Amazed: The Game - https://amazedgame.com/ The Magic Misfits - https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/landing-page/the-magic-misfits-series/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/ActuallyNPH Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/nph/?hl=en You can download the full notes for this Escape Room below to play along, or run a game yourself! Full Room Write Up Supplemental: Cards We have bonus episodes and playtests up on our Patreon! So if you have the ability to support the show, we would love to see you there. And in return we have blog posts, bonus audio, badges, and more! Plus all our patrons have the chance to appear in our rooms, such as this arc's featured patrons: the Steins. Check out James Spaid's fantastic text-based adventure versions of our rooms! Have questions, comments, puzzles, or anything else? Send us an email, and follow us on Facebook and Twitter.