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What escape rooms are, how to play, how they are built, and the words people use
Glossary of Escape Room Terms
Plain definitions for the words players, designers, and reviewers use: game master, linear vs non-linear, red herring, meta puzzle, reset, bottleneck, and more. Short enough to read in five minutes.
How an Escape Room Is Built
The anatomy of a room from the inside: story and puzzle flow, the physical set, the electronics that make props react, the game master's control desk, and what it costs. For students, hobbyists, and anyone curious about what's behind the walls.
Start Here: What an Escape Room Is and How to Play One
New to escape rooms, or explaining them to someone who is? This is the one page to read first: what happens in a room, how to pick a first one, what it costs, and where to go next on this site.