Imagine this. It’s a rainy Saturday night, and you’ve got your pals over for some board game fun. You pull out an escape room in a box, and everyone is intrigued – it’s something different, exciting ...

A few weeks ago we got something interesting in the mail as we were shipped a special Escape Room in a box from Sony, promoting the film Escape Room. The film came out back in January, which you can ...

Lock a group of people in a room filled with mysterious devices and the police will have more than a number of questions for you. Make them pay money for the experience, however, and you get one of ...

Two Los Angeles women have created an enchanting board game that requires you to find hidden objects, solve clever puzzles and unlock secret compartments. Juliana Patel and Ariel Rubin are two friends ...

The trick to a fun escape room is layers. For [doktorinjh]’s Spacecase, you start with an enigmatic aluminum briefcase and a NASA drawstring backpack. A gamemaster reads the intro speech to set the ...

The Escape Room craze has really taken off (especially here in Los Angeles) and I couldn’t be happier about it. Getting a group of my friends together, locking ourselves in a room, and solving a ...

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“Escape Room: Tournament of Champions,” Columbia Pictures’ psychological horror sequel, earned $1.2 million in Thursday night previews at the box office from early shows starting at 3 p.m. in 2,382 ...