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.

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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!

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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.

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.

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.

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.

NOTE: The image of the cards used in this episode is linked below, as well as the full room write-up so you can play/run the room yourself!

We return to stand-alone rooms with the start of season 5! In this room, two amateur magicians go backstage to meet their magical idol, but soon find themselves trapped in a door-less room filled with tricks, traps, and torment.

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.

It's done. Michelle's ghost has been settled, and the terrible actions of the Culloden patriarch exposed. Our final set of guests help us discuss the arc, the final room, and the beauty of crushing helpless ghosts at Connect 4.

We're joined this episode by Kyle Akers and Brandon Boone. Kyle is a voice actor and Brandon a composer for the No Sleep Podcast. No Sleep is a horror storytelling podcast which you should listen to immediately.

No Sleep:
Website - https://www.thenosleeppodcast.com/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/NosleepPodcast
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/NosleepPodcast

You can download the full notes for this Escape Room below to play along, or run a game yourself!
Full Room Write Up
Supplemental: Spider Web
Supplemental: Game
Michelle's Monologue

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 patron: Michelle Shepardson.

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.

Our theme music is Ghost Dance by Kevin MacLeod
Narration performed by Atticus Jackson
Narration music was Bach's Cello Suite no. 5 performed by Colin Carr
Outro music is Tender Moment by John Bartman