

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

Sep 18, 2019 • 1h 8min
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 • 32min
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 • 1h 9min
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 • 38min
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 • 1h 13min
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.


