Escape This Podcast

We chat with Jesse Birnstihl about his escape room, playtesting, classic novels, and video game adaptations.   Check out the write-up and images for this Escape Room below to follow along, or play yourself! https://www.consumethismedia.com/season-8-notes/#phoenix     And for a new TTRPG's created by Bill, check out our itch page at: https://consumethismedia.itch.io/     For everything Escape This...

Guest GM Jesse Birnstihl brings us a room based on classic novel Fahrenheit 451. Neither Dani nor Bill has read the book, but will that stop them solving the puzzles?    Check out the write-up and images for this Escape Room below to follow along, or play yourself! https://www.consumethismedia.com/season-8-notes/#phoenix     And for a new TTRPG's created by Bill, check out our itch page at: https:...

We chat with Ossandra White about her room, the adventures of Someone Elsewood, puzzles, playtests, and how to predict your players during room design. Check out Ossandra's work at https://www.wordigirl.com     Check out the write-up and images for this Escape Room below to follow along, or play yourself! https://www.consumethismedia.com/season-8-notes/#fishfamous      And for a new TTRPG's create...

Guest GM Ossandra White joins us to run us through a cinematic narrative escape room full of twists, turns, betrayals, maps, spies, and fish. It's a big one! Ossandra also composed all the music used in this episode! Watch Bill play Gateways on the 13th of November at 8pm US Eastern with Travis DeVries, Em Earhart, Chris Yule, and Matt Yule: https://www.twitch.tv/playthisgame_live     Check out th...

We chat with Olivia and Grace about their room. Watch Bill play Gateways on the 6th of November at 8pm US Eastern with Travis McElroy, Bee Zelda, Toby Pack, and Michael Campbell: https://www.twitch.tv/playthisgame_live     Check out the write-up and images for this Escape Room below to follow along, or play yourself! https://www.consumethismedia.com/season-8-notes/#greatestescape     And for a new...

Guest writers Olivia Anderson and Grace DeVries bring Bill and Dani a carnival with a cavalcade of curious conundrums.    Check out the write-up and images for this Escape Room below to follow along, or play yourself! https://www.consumethismedia.com/season-8-notes/#greatestescape     And for a new TTRPG's created by Bill, check out our itch page at: https://consumethismedia.itch.io/     For every...

We chat with Aiden about his room, playtests, and nissa. Go and have a look at Aiden's blog: http://theacemagpie.com/     Check out the write-up and images for this Escape Room below to follow along, or play yourself! https://www.consumethismedia.com/season-8-notes/#flatpack     And for a new TTRPG's created by Bill, check out our itch page at: https://consumethismedia.itch.io/     For everything...

Guest Designer Aiden Blackwood takes Bill and Dani through a mysterious adventure in a store that is legally distinct from IKEA. Go and have a look at Aiden's blog: http://theacemagpie.com/     Check out the write-up and images for this Escape Room below to follow along, or play yourself! https://www.consumethismedia.com/season-8-notes/#flatpack     And for a new TTRPG's created by Bill, check out...

We chat with Cec about their room, books about spies, flower puzzles, and playtests. Go and have a look at Cec's sorely neglected blog: https://goosesaucealphabetsoup.com/ twitter | instagram   Check out the write-up and images for this Escape Room below to follow along, or play yourself! https://www.consumethismedia.com/season-8-notes/#hawthorne      And for a new TTRPG's created by Bill, check o...

Guest Designer Cec Ganz runs Bill and Dani through their magical, Victorian garden. But will Dani's young witch be able to escape with the questionable help of Bill's giant stick insect? Go and have a look at Cec's blog: https://goosesaucealphabetsoup.com/ twitter | instagram   Check out the write-up and images for this Escape Room below to follow along, or play yourself! https://www.consumethisme...

We chat with Madison about lifeguarding, escape rooms, room narrative, and our favourite puzzles.   Check out the write-up and images for this Escape Room below to follow along, or play yourself! https://www.consumethismedia.com/season-8-notes/#lifeguards     And for a new TTRPG's created by Bill, check out our itch page at: https://consumethismedia.itch.io/     For everything Escape This Podcast,...

Guest Designer Madison Littlepage has given Bill and Dani a summer job. But just how good are they at being lifeguards?   Check out the write-up and images for this Escape Room below to follow along, or play yourself! https://www.consumethismedia.com/season-8-notes/#lifeguards     And for a new TTRPG's created by Bill, check out our itch page at: https://consumethismedia.itch.io/     For everythin...

We chat with Miranda about her room   Check out the write-up and images for this Escape Room below to follow along, or play yourself! https://www.consumethismedia.com/season-8-notes/#a-suitable-job      And for a new TTRPG's created by Bill, check out our itch page at: https://consumethismedia.itch.io/     For everything Escape This Podcast, head to  https://www.consumethismedia.com/escape-this-po...

Guest designer Miranda Phair runs us through her room of retail reconnaissance.    Check out the write-up and images for this Escape Room below to follow along, or play yourself! https://www.consumethismedia.com/season-8-notes/#a-suitable-job      And for a new TTRPG's created by Bill, check out our itch page at: https://consumethismedia.itch.io/     For everything Escape This Podcast, head to  ht...

We chat with Mathijs about his modular escape room, different possible strategies, and his playtests   Join the Virtual Playtesting discord Mathijs mentions in this episode: https://discord.gg/gNpD9KcK     Check out the write-up and images for this Escape Room below to follow along, or play yourself! https://www.consumethismedia.com/season-8-notes/#working-in-harmony     And for a new TTRPG's crea...

RECON is coming this weekend, I hope you're all excited! RECON is a fantastic escape room and immersive convention hosted on discord. Find out more about RECON here: https://realityescapecon.com/event-features/   Get your tickets here: https://realityescapecon.com/ticket-information/   We are doing a RECON exclusive live show on Sunday at 8pm EST which you can attend, and work with other audience...

Guest designer Mathijs Jansen guides Dani and Bill through one of the classic perils of adulthood... a workplace teambuilding exercise!   Check out the write-up and images for this Escape Room below to follow along, or play yourself! https://www.consumethismedia.com/season-8-notes/#working-in-harmony     And for a new TTRPG's created by Bill, check out our itch page at: https://consumethismedia.it...

We chat with Jen about her latest escape room.   Check out the write-up and images for this Escape Room below to follow along, or play yourself! https://www.consumethismedia.com/season-8-notes/#dimensionalanalysis     And for a new TTRPG's created by Bill, check out our itch page at: https://consumethismedia.itch.io/     For everything Escape This Podcast, head to  https://www.consumethismedia.com...

Guest designer Jen McTeague is back with another of her mind bending, time warping escape rooms!   Ambassador Fish-kulp has given you your mission, and it's time to pull it off. This space museum won't know what hit it!   Check out the write-up and images for this Escape Room below to follow along, or play yourself! https://www.consumethismedia.com/season-8-notes/#dimensionalanalysis     And for a...

We chat with Sophie about her fantastic pirate escape room!   Check out the write-up and images for this Escape Room below to follow along, or play yourself! https://www.consumethismedia.com/season-8-notes/#rampage     And for a new TTRPG's created by Bill, check out our itch page at: https://consumethismedia.itch.io/     For everything Escape This Podcast, head to  https://www.consumethismedia.co...

Guest designer Sophie McLellan brings us a high seas adventure!   After some successful buccaneering with Captain Red-Wig, you try to settle into a piratical party... but where's the grog? Where's the tobacco? And what are those ominous sails you see on the horizon?   Check out the write-up and images for this Escape Room below to follow along, or play yourself! https://www.consumethismedia.com/se...

We chat with Tom about his prison room, how it changed during the playtests, and escape room design in general.   Check out the write-up and images for this Escape Room below to follow along, or play yourself! https://www.consumethismedia.com/season-8-notes/#podland-prison   And for a new TTRPG's created by Bill, check out our itch page at: https://consumethismedia.itch.io/     For everything Esca...

Guest designer Tom Mortishire-Smith starts our newest season of Escape This Podcast!   In Podland, podcasts are the major form of entertainment, and the biggest source of criminal activity. Will these two podcast pirates be able to escape their prison cell?   Check out the write-up and images for this Escape Room below to follow along, or play yourself! https://www.consumethismedia.com/season-8-no...

We are joined by the Yule brothers from Finish It! to play through a goosbumps adventure book!   Check out Reality Escape Pod: https://roomescapeartist.com/reality-escape-pod/   Check out RECON 2021: https://www.realityescapecon.com/global-21-event-features     And for a new TTRPG's created by Bill, check out our itch page at: https://consumethismedia.itch.io/     For everything Escape This Podcas...

We are joined by the Yule brothers from Finish It! to play through a goosbumps adventure book!   Check out Reality Escape Pod: https://roomescapeartist.com/reality-escape-pod/   Check out RECON 2021: https://www.realityescapecon.com/global-21-event-features     And for a new TTRPG's created by Bill, check out our itch page at: https://consumethismedia.itch.io/     For everything Escape This Podcas...