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148 - Farewell and Thanks from 2022-04-29T13:37:28
Hello, friends. We have a somewhat sad announcement to make. This week will mark the final episode of the REDivas podcast. You may have no...
Listen147 - Escape IF with Scott Nicholson from 2022-04-15T16:52:42
This week I am joined once again by the esteemed Doctor Scott Nicholson to talk about his latest project with mEducation Alliance, EscapeIF! It’s a storytelling game system designed to ...
Listen146 - Book of Dreams with Lee Ballan from 2022-03-25T14:02:20
This week I discuss The Book of Dreams, an anthology puzzle book, headed up by Lee Ballan and including entries from an all star puzzle design team! As of this posting, you can still su...
Listen145 - Adventuron w/Chris Ainsley from 2022-03-15T13:44:05
This week we get nostalgic about text adventures with Chris Ainsley, creator of Adventuron and a guest star appearance from Errol! If you are interested in creating text adventures, che...
Listen144 - Ciphers and Treasure Hunts with Mike Augustine from 2022-03-07T02:22:10
This week I am joined by Mike “Auggie” Augustine to discuss the world of ciphers and many tangents on treasure hunts and ARGs! Much fun ensues.
Listen143 - Planning Your Escape with Laura E Hall from 2022-02-18T13:50:11
This week I am joined by Laura E Hall! We discuss her book, Planning Your Escape, which both teaches the history of escape rooms (going alllllll the way back), and everything y...
Listen142 - Wild Optimists from 2022-01-28T02:53:44
This week I am joined by the powerhouse that is The Wild Optimists! Ariel Rubin and Juliana Moreno Patel discuss their experience designing Time Drifters, a take home escape that can be...
Listen141 - Year in Review with Reality Escape Pod from 2022-01-16T05:43:02
I am joined this week by the brilliant David Spira and Peih Gee Law of Reality Escape Podcast to reflect on 2021 and go down as many tangents as possible. Hope your 2022 is full of esca...
Listen140 - Constructed Adventures from 2021-12-31T15:44:11
For the last episode of 2021, I am joined by Chris Waters, the creator of Constructed Adventures! We talk about his epic adventure creating business, the importance of community, and ju...
Listen139 - Props with Haley Moore from 2021-12-03T19:02:36
How can props help enhance an experience? What stories can they tell? And how awesome are animatronics? This week Haley Moore shares her passion for prop making! If you’d like to see so...
Listen138 - Mechanics with Next Level Escapes from 2021-11-19T22:00:23
This week I am joined by Leanne Yong and Aaron Hooper of Next Level Escapes to discuss our non-escape room inspirations when creating designs! There are…many tangents in this one.
... Listen137 - Redesigning Your Game with Diorama's Ruud Kool from 2021-10-12T14:23:35
Apologies for the delay!
This week I talk with Ruud Kool of Diorama Games! We talk about the experience of translating and redesigning his first game, The Vandermist Doss...
Listen136 - VR with James Cobalt from 2021-09-23T03:23:25
This week Manda is joined by James Cobalt to discuss the wonders of VR and their impact on puzzle games and escape rooms. Manda might talk about Beatsaber too much.
Follo...
Listen135- Rita Orlov and Non-linear Game Design from 2021-09-10T02:10:22
Manda is back and kicking off the REDiva season with the ever so talented Rita Orlov to talk about nonlinear game design and her upcoming Kickstarter for her latest project: Light in th...
Listen134 - Forensic Accounting and Escape Rooms with Leah Wietholter from 2021-04-24T19:52:28
Manpans and Errol talk to Leah Weitholter, a fraud investigator who made an escape room inspired game Listen
133 - Rants about Online Immersive Escape Rooms from 2021-03-26T15:32:31
Sorry, it’s been a long time since the last update! Manda and Errol are joined by Lee-Fay and rant about a particular immersive adventure. Totally living up to their diva nature.
Listen132 - REDivas Discuss Online Horror Escape Rooms from 2021-02-12T14:14:33
Manda, Ruby, Mike, and Errol are back together! At least while the baby sleeps. We talk about how escape rooms can help prepare for parenting, horror rooms, and all the tangents in betw...
Listen07 - Designer Spotlight Video: The Enigma Emporium from 2021-02-05T14:52:52
In this designer spotlight, we only have Errol because he left it until the last minute and no one else could make the time he booked! However he has a grand time chatting to Logan Gian...
Listen131 - Matthew Stein on Empathy-driven Puzzles from 2021-01-29T14:09:20
Manpans and Errol talk with professional puzzle designer Matthew Stein about empathy-driven puzzles and puzzle design i...
Listen06 - Designer Spotlight Video: Society of Curiosities from 2021-01-22T15:35:29
Manda and Errol have a wonderful chat with Michelle and Yacine of Society of Curiosities! Listen in as they tell us a...
Listen130 - Escape Rooms and Art with Tommy Honton from 2021-01-15T19:03:17
Manpans and Errol talk to Tommy Honton! Originally, it was going to focus on St...
Listen05 - Designer Spotlight Video: Miss Jezebel from 2021-01-08T14:06:31
The Divas interview Brian Corbitt, who designed Miss Jezebel of 60out Escape Rooms. Miss ...
Listen129 - Room Escape Artist: Year End Reflections from 2021-01-02T17:45:42
The Divas chat with Lisa and David Spira about 2020 in escape rooms, and what's in store for Room Escape Artist in 2021!
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Now, before you listen to our podcast, you should check out The Infinite Escape Room Podcast which we reference all through the episode! We have a wonderful time with Mike and Ben.
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In today's episode, we talk about escape games you can play on your phone with Tammy Dorn and Andrew Ow. They both work at the indie-game company Listen
04 - Designer Spotlight Video: Agent November from 2020-12-04T14:16:24
Manpans and Errol have a fun chat with Nathan Glover of Agent November! We go into all sorts of behind the scenes details ...
Listen126 - DASH: Different Area, Same Hunt with Debbie Goldstein from 2020-11-27T19:37:52
In our 126th episode, Manpans and Errol have a fun time chatting to the founder of DASH, Debbie Goldstein! Listen in to learn all the ...
Listen03 - Designer Spotlight Video: Scarlet Envelope from 2020-11-20T16:38:13
Hello! We released two videos this week! Our latest designer spotlight is with Scarlet Envelope, and we chat to Lisa Levina...
Listen02 - Designer Spotlight Video: An Escape Room in 18 Cards from 2020-11-18T16:46:39
Allo, enthusiasts! Here’s our second video as we focus on designers.
Today, we have Jonathan Chaffer who has...
Listen125 - A Critical Look at Online Escape Rooms from 2020-11-13T14:48:14
Manda and Errol are joined by Lee Ballan, designer of The Pyramid, and they...
Listen01 - Designer Spotlight Video: Nick Moran of "Spectre&Vox" from 2020-11-06T15:24:51
We have something new we’re starting, enthusiasts! We are going to do youtube Designer Spotlights focusing on specific games!
Our first one is with Listen
124 - Survivor and Escape Rooms with Peih-Gee Law from 2020-10-30T13:03:26
In our latest episode, Manpans and Errol chat to Peih-Gee Law about Survivor (which Errol knows nothing about) and escape rooms (which Errol knows too much about.)
123 - Escape Jams with Jeb Havens from 2020-10-16T15:40:24
Manpans and Errol talk to Jeb Havens (jebhavensgames@gmail.com...
Listen122 - The World of ARGs with Michael Andersen from 2020-10-02T14:53:58
Today’s podcast is all about ARGs! The Divas talk with Michael Andersen of ARGn.com.
A great intro to the world of Alternate Reality Gamin...
ListenRoom Escape Divas Play - Escape the Eldritch Garden from 2020-10-02T13:53:49
Allo, everyone! This isn’t a podcast, but a video of us playing an audio escape game.
The game itself was first featured on Listen
121 - Cultural Bias in Escape Rooms from 2020-09-04T17:53:23
Huzzah! Manda and Errol interview Shannon McDowell, a researcher at the Listen
120 - RECON: Running an Online Escape Room Conference on Discord from 2020-08-07T19:47:18
Manda and Errol talk to Theresa Piazza about the Escape Room conference Reality Escape Con.
They discuss being an ...
119 - The ASPMC: An Interview with Kellian Pletcher from 2020-07-24T14:09:03
All of the Divas are present as we interview Kellian Pletcher of Green Door Labs about her latest successfully funded Kickst...
Listen118 - Chicagoland Survey of Escape Room Players from 2020-07-10T18:53:38
Manda and Errol talk to Vincent Rubino of Fox in a Box - Chicago and Maren Rosenberg of Listen
117 - Scooby-Doo!™: Escape from the Haunted Mansion - An interview with Sen-Foong Lim and Jay Cormier from 2020-06-26T14:54:53
Oh boy, that’s a long title. Manda and Errol talk to Jay Cormier and Listen
116 - A Casual Chat with Nick Moran about Escape Rooms from 2020-06-12T14:20:38
Manda and Errol get together again to talk to Nick Moran, best known for creating Time Run and the BBC’s Sherlock...
Listen115 - Manpans Rants About Online Escape Rooms from 2020-05-29T15:00
In this short episode, Manpans has rants! So she rants, and the rest of the Divas interrupt her. It was amazing!
Listen114 - Game Design with PostCurious from 2020-05-15T15:37:40
Manda and Errol talk with Rita Orlov of Post Curious about her lat...
Listen113 - Online Escape Room Taxonomy with Brett Kuehner from 2020-04-17T13:12:22
With all the online escape rooms available, a number of lists have been created to collate them all. However, soon there were a lot of lists to keep track of. So Manda and Errol talk to...
Listen112 - The Isolation Episode with Room Escape Artist from 2020-03-20T14:17:02
Manda and Errol meet up with Lisa and David Spira Room Escape Artist who are in self-isolation after returning from Europe.
111 - Discussing Escape Room Puzzle Tropes from 2020-03-06T18:53:12
Ruby, Manda, and Mike get together and discuss 101 Best Escape Room Puzzle Ideas as published by Listen
110 - Cryptex Hunt 2020: Behind the Scenes from 2020-02-21T16:47:22
Mike learns about this year’s Cryptex Hunt! Manda and Mike question Errol about what it’s like writing a novel, writing a puzzle hunt, and dealing with server issues.
109 - Would This Mechanic Work in an Escape Room? from 2020-02-07T21:22:31
The Divas are all here! And in this episode, we discuss different mechanics and practices that may or may not work in a room. For example, saboteur mechanics, multiple paths, and other ...
Listen108 - 2019 Escape Room Enthusiast Survey with Lee-Fay Low from 2020-01-24T20:32:10
Huzzah! We talk to Lee-Fay Low, an Associate Professor at the University of Sydney and an avid enthusiast of escape rooms, about the Listen
107 - Top Escape Rooms with Rich Bragg from 2020-01-10T17:17:45
The 2019 Top Escape Rooms Project Enthusiasts’ Choice Awards was released! This year, 50 top English speaking escape ro...
Listen106 - Room Escape Artist and the Escape Room Industry from 2019-12-13T15:37:02
Wow! We discussed so many things with Lisa and David Spira of Room Escape Artist. And we have a parody song by Benito Suppa of Listen
105 - The Privilege of Escape with Risa Puno from 2019-11-29T20:36:09
The Divas are all here! Huzzah! And they had a lot of fun chatting to Risa Puno about her escape room art installation called Listen
104 - Club Drosselmeyer, Four Years Later! from 2019-11-16T15:38:54
We have Green Door Labs back! And four years later, we see how Club Drosselmeyer has grown! ...
Listen103 - Escape Room Marketing from 2019-11-01T18:36:24
Manda and Errol are joined by Melissa Eapen of Improbable Escapes! She did a talk at the Listen
102 - Meeting with Escape This Podcast from 2019-10-25T17:00:04
Manda and Errol met with Bill and Dani of Escape This Podcast! They are doing a tour of escape rooms in North America, and the divas wer...
Listen101 - Teach an Escape Room Class from 2019-10-04T21:09:27
Manda and Errol talk to Brett Kuehner and Justin Seventko who taught a high school class how to create and build an escape room. There should be more escape room classes in education! A...
Listen100 Episodes of Room Escape Divas from 2019-09-21T22:41:18
Huzzah! We hit a 100 episodes!
You can watch our shenanigans live, because the whole thing was streamed, and it ...
ListenRegister for our 100th Episode! from 2019-09-16T20:29:34
99 - How Escape Rooms Do Difficulty Wrong from 2019-09-06T15:55:06
Errol wrote another article called How Escape Rooms Do Difficulty Wrong. In this episode, the Div...
Listen98 - Noah Nelson of No Proscenium from 2019-08-23T13:19:20
Manda is interviewing solo! And she got a chance to interview Noah Nelson, the founder and publisher of No Proscenium – the guid...
Listen97 - Escape Room Club! from 2019-08-09T13:43:08
The Divas meet up with Kyle Cacilhas who runs an escape room club at the University of Windsor, Ontario called Escape ...
Listen96 - Acting in Escape Rooms from 2019-07-26T12:43:09
The Divas interview Barbara-Audrey Bergeron, who has acted in escape rooms and was also an actor in their events!
... Listen95 - Seattle and Vancouver: Escape Room Marathon from 2019-07-12T18:42:24
Manda and Errol head off to the west coast with Margaux and Leezet to do an escape room Marathon! They hit 16 escape rooms in about 3 and a half days. It was amazing! They also got a ch...
Listen94 - Interview with Escape Rumors from 2019-06-28T16:25:04
Errol and Manda meet up and do escape rooms with Randy Hum and Sarah Moliner-Roy of the escape room blog EscapeRumors.com!
... Listen93 - Live at the Escape Summit from 2019-06-14T15:09:31
This is our third live podcast and we deliver it at the Escape Summit, an escape room conference in Canada!
92 - Divas Take NOLA from 2019-05-31T15:20:14
Mike, Ruby, and Manpans leave Errol behind to explore the escape rooms of Louisiana! They also do a quick jaunt into Houston, Texas!
In this two hour special, listen in a...
Listen91 - The Escape Summit with Fred Preddy from 2019-05-17T17:12:13
Errol is alone while the other Divas are in NOLA, so he talks to Fred Preddy of Escape Maze about the upcoming Canadian Escape ...
Listen90 - Frequently Argued Questions about Escape Rooms from 2019-05-03T16:29:13
Dan Egnor has organized a crowdsourced document of Frequently ...
Listen89 - Online Escape Rooms with YouEscape from 2019-04-19T16:59:44
The Divas interview Nick Vanikiotis, the creator of YouEscape! YouEscape is an online, live escape game where you speak t...
Listen88 - Dustin Freeman on Remote Immersive Design from 2019-04-05T20:18:07
Manpans and Errol get together with Dustin Freeman, creator of Aluminum Cat, ...
Listen87 - Weird Escape Attempts - Fault of Designer or Player? from 2019-03-22T14:12:54
Buzzfeed released an article where Gamemasters describe weird escape attempts. The D...
Listen86 - Escape Room Themes from 2019-03-08T15:04:03
The Divas got a request from Jonathan Driscoll of Escaparium to talk about themes. So we did! Huzzah! :D
For a list of themes, we u...
Listen85 - Crimes Against Mimesis in Escape Rooms from 2019-02-22T17:40:49
This topic came up a few times in the enthusiast groups, and so we decided to tackle the sins committed against mimesis in escape rooms, as discussed in Roger Giner-Sorolla’s essay “Crimes A...
Listen84 - How to Start a Podcast or Blog in the Escape Room Industry from 2019-02-08T14:45:41
There are a lot of people looking to start a podcast, blog, or youtube video series, and so the Divas have dedicated a whole podcast to talk about how to start one! They talk about the 4 C’s of ...
Listen83 - Dealing with Criticism in the Escape Room Industry from 2019-01-25T19:03:30
There was a small bit of drama, and Errol loves drama, and that spurred on this podcast!
Listen82 - Escape Room Safety from 2019-01-11T14:59:29
The news of the tragedy hit the escape room industry pretty hard. The Divas discuss escape room saf...
Listen81 - Top Escape Rooms Project with Rich Bragg from 2018-12-28T16:00
If you haven’t heard about the Top Escape Rooms Project, you should check it out. Seventy enthusiasts around the world got togeth...
Listen80 - The Escape Room Scene with Room Escape Artist from 2018-12-14T14:30
It is now tradition to catch up with Lisa and David Spira of Room Escape Artist. We talk about a lot of things, and for a full time sign...
Listen79 - The Game is Now with Nick Moran from 2018-11-30T14:32:26
For Escape Room and BBC’s Sherlock fans comes a new game called The Game Is Now. Manda and Errol get a chance to talk to the game dire...
Listen78 - Guinness World Record For Most Escape Rooms in One Day from 2018-11-16T17:03:29
On October 2nd, 2018, Richard Bragg, Listen
77 - Escape Rooms in Montreal from 2018-11-02T13:46:44
The Divas discuss their trips to Montreal and they also debate which has the greater rooms: Montreal, Toronto, or Ottawa? Contentious topics!
... Listen76 - A Thousand Escape Rooms with Sera and Sharan from 2018-10-12T14:05:26
Over a thousand escape rooms, wow! The Divas chat with Sera Dodd and Sharan Gill, also known as S2, about escape rooms enthusiasm, game and puzzle design, and Listen
75 - 13 Rules For Escape Room Puzzle Design from 2018-09-28T16:59:02
The Divas get together to discuss Errol’s post 13 Rules for Escape Room Puzzle Design.
You may wan...
Listen74 - Room Escape Artist and their Amazing Friends from 2018-09-14T13:37:18
Errol was in Los Angeles and he had a wonderful time. In this episode, he meets up with a number of escape room enthusiasts and interviews as many as he can. He also gets distracted a lot.
<... Listen73 - Escape Room Software with David Hernly of M3 from 2018-08-31T14:36:57
In this episode, Errol gets into a nerd competition with David Hernly. They also talk about escape room software and David's own M...
Listen72 - The Escape Room Industry in Asia with Yolanda Chiu from 2018-08-17T14:19:49
Escape Rooms pretty much started in Asia, and their market has matured over the years. The Divas have a great chat with Yolanda Chiu of Asia E...
Listen71 - Errol Visits Boston Escape Rooms! from 2018-08-03T13:40:36
Errol and his family went to Boston! There, they met up with some other enthusiasts (Lisa and David Spira, James Cobalt), checked out ...
Listen70 - Russell Leasure on being an Excellent Game Master from 2018-07-20T16:23:53
In this podcast, all the Divas chat with Russell Leasure, who will be holding a seminar at Transworld's Escape Room Conference called Listen
69 - Escape Rooms in Conventions with Delaney Anderson from 2018-07-13T15:43:58
Delaney Anderson and her crew of Portable Escapes run escape rooms at different comic conventions! Listen in as Manda and Errol dis...
Listen68 - Escape Rooms in Schools and Libraries with Steph Frey from 2018-06-22T20:13:19
Stephanie Frey hosts the Games in Schools & Libraries podcast here on Inverse Genius, and we got the...
Listen67 - The Future of Escape Room Narrative from 2018-06-08T14:54:01
Manpans got a chance to attend a lot of seminars at Up the Game in the Netherlands. She attended Listen
66 - Musings on the Escape Room Industry from 2018-05-25T17:18:56
Having finished her whirlwind tour of the Netherlands, Manpans rounds up her thoughts on the Up the Game conference she attended. And Errol we...
Listen65 - Attending Up The Game from 2018-05-11T17:04:30
Manda Whitney was just in the Netherlands attending the escape room conference Up The Game! She got a chance to talk to a whole host of people...
Listen64 - The Trust Spectrum and Escape Rooms (Playing with Strangers) from 2018-04-27T17:17:41
In response to the controversial topic of public games and playing with strangers, Scott Nicholson shared this wonderful post on the FB Enthusiast group called Listen
63 - Are Escape Rooms Good for Team Building? from 2018-04-13T13:58:59
Are escape rooms good for team building? Surprisingly, not really. In this two hour special, Listen in as the Divas interview Listen
62 - Hint Giving in Escape Rooms from 2018-03-30T14:47:49
All the Divas are back to talk about Hint Giving in Escape Rooms!
61 - Cryptex Hunt Behind the Scenes from 2018-03-17T18:24:12
Huzzah! In our latest episode, David Spira of Room Escape Artist guest interviews the crew of the Listen
60- Chatting with E4G's Codegreen (aka Leader) from 2018-03-02T19:47:12
Errol and Manda are off running the Cryptex Hunt, so Mike and Ruby chat with Leader (aka Listen
59 - Escape Room Design Course with Scott Nicholson from 2018-02-16T16:02:33
Huzzah! If you don't know Scott Nicholson, he is a Listen
58 - The Cryptex Puzzle Hunt from 2018-02-02T14:47:32
The Divas interview Justin Nevins and Errol Elumir about their upcoming puzzle hunt, the Cryptex Hunt! It will start on Feb 24th, and featur...
Listen57 - Immersive Escape Rooms with Strange Bird Immersive from 2018-01-19T14:27:42
The Divas join Haley and Cameron Cooper, professional actors who run Strange Bird Immersive, to discuss Immersive Theatre, Escape ...
Listen56 - 2017 Year in Review from 2018-01-05T17:13:07
Another escape year come and gone! In this episode, the Divas look back at the year, and hint at things to come.
And there's no song. Sorry. Errol is busy with so many things again.
Listen55 - Mobile Room Escape with Jason Garvett from 2017-12-22T16:06:36
Manda and Errol have a great time talking to Jason Garvett, the owner and game creator for Mobile Room Escape in Chicago!
I...
Listen54 - Room Escape Artist and the Escape Room Industry from 2017-12-08T15:57:02
David and Lisa Spira of Room Escape Artist are back and wow, did they have an awesome year! Listen in as we discuss their latest proje...
Listen53 - Escape Room in a Box: The Werewolf Experiment from 2017-11-24T14:00
The first escape room board game on kickstarter was wildly successful, and we got to interview the creators Juliana Patel & Ariel ...
Listen52 - Cryptex Creator Justin Nevins from 2017-11-10T15:20:41
Allo, all you fans and soon-to-be fans of the cryptex! We were fortunate to get Justin Nevins on skype for an interview about the history and development of the cryptex, first conceived in Dan B...
Listen51 - Elan Lee and Game Design from 2017-10-27T13:42:40
Elan Lee, the co-creator of Exploding Kittens, is a game designer a...
Listen50 - The Worst Escape Room Ever from 2017-10-16T13:39:43
The worst room anyone has ever played is closed, and so we can finally talk about it! They may decide on opening it again, so be aware that there will be spoilers.
Feel free to listen alon...
Listen49 - Interview with Escape this Pocast! from 2017-09-27T18:34:23
We got the chance to be guests on Escape This Podcast! They take escape rooms to a pen and paper route, and then play them on a po...
Listen48 - Escape Rooms in Libraries and Schools with Donald Dennis from 2017-09-25T17:12:56
The divas have Donald Dennis back again, and this times he talks about creating escape rooms in schools and libraries. As one of the host for Listen
47 - Escape Room Design: Intro to Story and Narrative from 2017-09-08T14:39:46
In our 47th episode, Manda gives us a talk on Story and Narrative within escape rooms! And the rest of the divas? Ruby is playing with a bunny. Errol is working on a LEGO Totoro. And we don't kn...
Listen46 - Historical Escapes with Escape Maze and Scott Nicholson from 2017-09-01T14:24:08
The Divas do a public podcast at Escape Maze during their enthusiast play day! Jake Walling and Fred Preddy, owners of Escape Maze, are j...
Listen45 - Not Exactly Escape Rooms from 2017-08-25T18:49:34
Escape events, scavenger escapes, escape room board games, there are a number of ways to get your escape room fix if you have done all the escape rooms.
In this episode, we discuss s...
Listen44 - Terminus Debrief: Escape Room on a Train from 2017-08-15T16:50:34
As you may know, the Divas and Panic Factory joined up to create a three hour escape room event on a moving train!
This podcast is a po...
Listen43 - Escape Room Puzzle Design Part 1 - The Experience from 2017-07-21T23:27:34
We're doing something a bit different for the summer, we're giving an in-depth discussion on Escape Room Puzzle Design based on Errol's slides he presented at the Listen
42 - Halfway Through Terminus from 2017-07-11T19:02:09
It's been a while! The divas have been working on Terminus, which is an escape event on a moving train. At the time of this recording, they had finished two events and have a lot of stories to t...
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