How to Play an Escape Room: A Beginner’s Guide

Escape rooms are an exciting way to challenge your problem-solving skills, teamwork, and creativity. If you’re new to the concept, this beginner’s guide will walk you through how to play an escape room successfully and enjoy the experience. 1. Understand the Goal The main objective of an escape room is to solve puzzles and find… Continue reading How to Play an Escape Room: A Beginner’s Guide

Retiring Devils vs Heels

After 5 seasons, we’ll be retiring Devils vs Heels. This was one of our first games and the only head-to-head escape room around. It’s been a blast of a game with some incredible experiences, but all the greats retire eventually. Coach Williams and Coach K have both retired. We feel it’s time for us to… Continue reading Retiring Devils vs Heels

Fox 46 Charlotte Feature on Escape Tactic

Thanks to Aaron Martin and the Fox 46 Charlotte team for their great video feature on Escape Tactic. We had a blast showing Aaron the inner-workings of Escape Tactic, how we designed our game and what we’ve learned about our fellow Charlotteans in the 2+ years we’ve been open. It’s certainly been a wild ride! … Continue reading Fox 46 Charlotte Feature on Escape Tactic

Are Escape Rooms Safe

Are Escape Rooms Safe? Updated July 1, 2021 The question around escape room safety certainly has changed since I first wrote this post almost 3 years ago now. I’ve kept the original post below but updated the section to address where we are in a COVID / hopefully post-COVID world. The question everyone is asking… Continue reading Are Escape Rooms Safe

How to pick an escape room

How to Choose an Escape Room Updated: 12/26/18 Escape rooms are one of the best ways you can spend an hour with friends and family. They’re challenging, engaging, and memorable. But like with most things, choosing the right one matters. Here are 7 suggestions to help you choose the one the room that will be… Continue reading How to pick an escape room

Escape Rooms for Halloween

Why Escape Rooms are great at Halloween! Its October – pumpkin spice is everywhere, people are pulling out their flannel and football is in full swing. This also means that Halloween is right around the corner and you need something fun to do! Here are the top seven reasons you should play an escape room… Continue reading Escape Rooms for Halloween

Now Open!

Opening March 15th – Now Booking! I can’t believe I finally get to say this, but…..We’re Now Open for Bookings! So come and see us Charlotte. We’re opening next Thursday, March 15th, and bookings are available now. We’ve got 4 rooms open now and ready for to challenge you: King Tut’s Curse – one of… Continue reading Now Open!

Building an Escape Room

Building an Escape Room We’re now 3 weeks into construction on our building and quickly pushing towards our Grand Opening. Everything is on track, and we’re looking at a Dec/Jan opening right now. Of course, as we’ve learned throughout this process, that can all change! If you’ve read our blog posts or followed us on… Continue reading Building an Escape Room

Haunted House vs Escape Rooms

Haunted Houses vs Escape Rooms How They’re Alike and Different Sometimes when I tell people I am starting an escape room, they respond “oh, like a haunted house, right?” This response always perplexes me, but I have gotten it enough times that I thought it would be best to address the similarities and differences. The… Continue reading Haunted House vs Escape Rooms

15 Escape Room Tips

15 Escape Room Tips So, you are going to an escape room. Whether it’s your first time or 20th, here are a few tips that will help you get the most out of your game. Show up on time. This generally means 10-15 minutes before you game is scheduled to start. You only get a… Continue reading 15 Escape Room Tips