The Cager Express

The 'Best Of' Battle continues on Escape Break. Cager Ky, Tati and Beth square off  for 3 more rounds of playful banter as they try and determine the best moments ever to exist in the Escape Room World.  This episode's battle categories include: Best Solo Task Best Story Line Best Puzzle Involving Music Tune in to listen to our experiences chronicling some top rooms around the country. &...

Thankfulness is in the air as we gather around the Escape Table for an Escape Break Thanksgiving. We discuss what we are thankful for in the industry from games, people and moments that brought us together. Awkward dinner questions are posed as light-hearted fun at the dinner table and we end the episode with a new game: Poorly Described Escape Rooms.  For those who support the show , listen...

Game Master, Enthusiast and Escape Room Lover: Shadd Copping joins the show to discuss his path to Escape Room fandom.  Shadd played his first room in Italy and traveling throughout his life has lead him to California continue his Escape Room climb.  For a short period of time, Shadd was a excellent game master in San Diego  at The Unlockables where he went above and beyond to make...

When it comes to dos and don'ts and Escape rooms there's a lot you can do to ensure both your team and your game master will have a solid time. We are here to discuss how to make sure your next escape room adventure is set for success no matter the room! From showing up on time to taking a shower? Yes! We are here for it all in this quick discussion.  Tati also stops for a little game break w...

Let the games begin. Beth, Tati and Ezekiel Cager Ky are here to compete in a new series called   The Best Of - Battle where we go head to head to head in various escape room categories presenting what we believe are the best moments ever to experience.  This is just the first of this series with many more categories to come. This mini premiere features: The Best Split Start The Best Cha...

On this Escape Break Interview we are joined by Brandon West of Top Tier Escape in Oceanside CA.  Brandon and Michelle broke into the escape room world almost 4 years ago and have produced 3 stellar adventures: Atlantis, Undercover: Escape The Safehouse, and Outside In.  We discuss a bit about each room and also their decisions to make some crucial changes to each of the room as time pas...

Looking to spice up your dating life? Look no further than this episode of Escape Break where we explore whether or not escape rooms are a good thing from the dating scene.  We share a few stories about our experience dating and if its beneficial to your future success if you can work together in an escape room  We've seen a lot in escape rooms from couples getting along, fighting and ev...

Many players dream of starting their own escape room, but that's where it stops. Tyler and Kolby made their dream a reality by creating Skeleton Key Escape Room.  As big fans of horror and generation 1 games, they put together Carlisle Café a cute original adventure from story to art! We talk with them about what it feels like to be new to the escape room scene how they want to move forward w...

All 3 of your favorite host are together for this Halloween Edition of Escape Break! From dressing up in rooms to talking about our deepest darkest fears we have it all in store.  Whether you are a beginner, intermediate or extremist when it comes to scary things Beth, Tati and Ky put together the Ultimate Halloween Escape Room Roadmap of recommended games.  With all the fun memories and...

New comer to the escape room scene,  Confusion Escapes joins the show. Al and Stacy are veterans to the haunt industry and escape room lovers too. When they decided to start their own escape room it was  a simple conversation and plan: Let's Use A Semi Truck! The rest was history. From "The Last Job", the fantasy adventure " Tree House" and of course the number 1 seed in the escape room...

While Brain Games Escape Room might be new to the scene, the creator behind it isno rookie by any means.  Daniel Crowley  (Creator of Escape the Laboratory) and Brian Corbitt (Creator of Ms. Jezebel, Tiki Time and many more) team up together to bring you one of the newest and most anticipated pirate game in Los Angeles.  Heralded as two of the top puzzle minds in the game, we had a...

What can you do to prevent a bad experience in an Escape Room?  We think its an easy answer, but we discuss this topic as well as how to deal with tech failures! With new games popping up towards the end of the year, Tati and Ky put together some wacky stories about these upcoming adventures. Last but not least, Escape Room Stories from hell to hilarious is back with one of the most cringe wo...

Mindtrap Escape Room is arguably the best escape room company on the west coast of the United States. We had the pleasure of talking with the owners of Mindtrap, Nathan and Emma.  From playing their first escape room to deciding to build their own, the Bekker family has made quite the splash in the Escape Room scene.  Tune in to find out more about their first experiences with rooms, pul...

At the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco you will find one of the most storied Escape Room Companies in all the country. On this episode Tatiyana and Cager Ky discuss the first 3 games you will find there as well as the logistics of the best way to play these games.  We had a blast solving puzzles and getting a reminder of what Escape Rooms used to be with Houdini and Roosevelt only to be...

This month Ky and Tati are up in the Bay Area, and Beth is out in Boston, but that doesn't mean we can't put out a new show. Escape Rooms are often called puzzle rooms, but in this episode we discuss whether Escape Rooms are declining or excelling in their use of actual puzzles. Tati and Ky sort through the various types of puzzles you will see in the Escape Room world. Which ones are fun? Which o...

In this Episode of Escape Break, Tatiyana and Ezekiel Cager Ky welcome in anyone who's relatively new to the Escape Room World. They recap several  tips to ensure that your Escape Room experiences are a grand time full of laughs, and victories.  In the middle of the episode several great rooms are highlighted in SoCal to get your addiction pumping and at the end of the show they play Nam...

Whether an Escape Room Junkie or Newbie, its always hard to rank the number of rooms you've played. However, Beth is back and up for the challenge with her Top 10 Escape Rooms she's ever played! Tune in as we talk through her list and find out why she's been M.I.A. from the show. 

Welcome back to our Top Ten Escape Room series.  This episode we go through Ezekiel Cager Ky's Top Adventures ever. This list consists of 10 unique companies and includes escape rooms that are all actively open to go play! Out of 233 Rooms who will take the top spot and why? Each room listed Ky dives a little bit into the story and why it outshines some of the other great rooms he's played. W...

Have you ever wondered what the best escapes rooms were? It's almost an impossible question, but between the 3 of us we have played almost 700 Escape Rooms so we decided to narrow down the best ones in this multipart series on Top 10 Series.  This episode we start with our newest teammate, Tatiyana!  Her list of 10 can't miss rooms has some classic throwbacks and some rooms that even I h...

A quick interview with Jace Taylor, Actor in the hit escape room experience of Hope End! You can play the Immersive Theater Escape Room in Azusa Pacific at The Ministry of Peculiarities.  Take a small look into the perspective of an in game actor  who must be quick on her feet and wits to guide groups into one of the best new experiences in the Escape Room world. 

In this Episode of Escape Break we recap some of the other rooms in Louisiana including: Escape My Room,  Escape Warehouse and Clue Carre! A small culinary break in the middle of the show to discuss the good and questionable eats we had, as well as some shout outs to our travel friends along the way. The show gets back to California and the traditional format as we sort through some fan quest...

The Trio is together for Part 2 of our trip to play the awesome rooms at The 13th Gate in Baton Rouge. Tune in to hear which games we liked best and some of the girls' favorite moments at the expense of my safety! Going to jail, honest feelings, getting locked in a bathroom and  the greatest metaphor you'll ever hear... we have it all on this episode of Escape Break!

Welcome back to Escape Break for a new episode and a new co-host!  Tatiyana Abarro joins the team as a rotating co-host with Beth! We made it back from Louisiana and we are here to talk about the great rooms out at 13th Gate in Baton Rouge! This is part 1, where we cover The Collector, Spellbound and Cutthroat Cavern! Whether you've played or want to play, tune in for our takes on these epic...

Our next guest on Escape Break is the multitalented Edwin Tactay. Owner and Puzzle creator at The Unlockables and SUBScape Poway and Kearny Mesa.  Edwin and Cager Ky recap their 6+ years on being in the industry together. Take a listen as we dive into some of his award winning games and his process between building rooms from scratch and revamping existing rooms. This show gets goofy at the e...

Escape Breakers, tune in for this exclusive interview with the minds behind The 13th Basement at the Exit Game in Orange County.  Christine and Jeremiah allow us to ask them  some pending questions about how they went front acting, ventriloquism and haunts to the world of Escape Rooms! If you haven't played the 13th Basement yet, this is episode is great for you too as it will allow you...