What is an Escape Room Marathon?
Escape room games, also known as an “escape experiences”, are an exciting, new entertainment that everybody should try. An escape room is a realistic collaborative mystery game, where players are locked inside a themed room and the quest is to figure out a way to escape the room before your allotted time ends.
This is done by solving a series of puzzles and riddles using clues, hints, and tactics to complete the tasks at hand. The aim is to unveil the secret plot which is hidden within the rooms, and you’ll need members of your team to use their wits or their street smarts to figure out how everything joins together. Escape games could be set in any fictional location, such as dungeons, prison cells, and space stations, and usually, the various riddles and puzzles follow the theme of the room.
Escape room marathons basically involve playing a game for a long continuous time, usually consecutively or at a stretch. Gaming marathons are an enjoyable way to chill and enjoy quality time with friends.
It could involve participating in several escape games at one location in a row, or maybe doing a ‘pub-crawl’ type activity where you do a “roundup of all the escape rooms in a location”. It’s an awesome team exercise and bonding activity and turns into a ‘think-solve-escape’ marathon. A group of friends once participated in one of the longest stretched escape marathons, 26 Games in 12 Months. They hit up several escape rooms companies all around the UK, a year load of fun.
A Player’s Guide to an Escape Room Marathon
When travelling to a new city, you may like to play a lot of escape rooms back-to-back-to-back. In order to fully enjoy your escape room marathon, follow these tips:
Booking
To make the most of escape room quantity, make a plan before booking begins, like a spreadsheet. You might want to tell the company you’re doing an escape room marathon, and give them a heads up you’ll be there all day.
Transportation
If the plan involves moving between companies, refer to a map as you plan the order of your journey. Note whether you’ll need to leave extra time between bookings to account for rush hours, or lunch breaks! Remember, you’ll need toilet breaks, food and drink throughout the day!
Organising
Stay organised, especially if it’s a group. Before you start the trip, make sure you have information like the company names, company addresses, start times information, special instructions, etc, handy.
Sustaining players
Most people will get tired. Make sure you take care of other physical comforts, plan meal stops, travel with snacks and beverages, wear layers. Try to be comfortable in every game.
Maximising fun
If you are even thinking whether you need an escape game marathon, you should definitely try one. The fact that you’re pondering over it suggests that you’ll enjoy it, and it’s a truly unique activity for friends or colleagues to take part in. Enjoy your Marathon!
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