

Escape This Podcast
Escape This Podcast
A show that's a mix of escape room puzzles and tabletop role-playing.
Episodes
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Nov 26, 2019 • 1h 17min
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 • 34min
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 • 1h 22min
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 • 40min
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 • 56min
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 • 1h 3min
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 • 1h 13min
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 • 33min
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 • 1h 13min
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 • 38min
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.


