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? 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

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 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

Escape Tactic Coming to LoSo! Well Charlotte, it’s (almost) official!   Earlier this morning Andrew Dunn and Charlotte Agenda wrote a nice article announcing our intentions to bring Escape Tactic to Charlotte.  It’s a high-level overview, and there will be more details revealed in the coming weeks.  But here’s what we know now that we… Continue reading Official Announcment

Why do so many escape rooms use a “horror” theme? The other day I had a really interesting exchange with our game designer.  He’s now done over 50 games in his career, and he sent me a list of them all.  Most of them all had the same theme – Horror.  They were designed to… Continue reading Escape Rooms Horror Theme

Christmas – The Great Escape? We are now right smack dab in the middle of the most wonderful time of year!!!  It’s almost Christmas!  There is so much to look forward to and celebrate, but it’s also important to make sure that people don’t forget how important finely tuned escape skills are during this holiday… Continue reading Christmas – The Great Escape?

4 Places You Lose Your Keys Locks and keys are obviously central to any escape room, and as they go, keys can be misplaced.  So in that vein, I thought I’d offer up the top 4 places people lose their keys.  For those of you asking, “how did you survey people” and “where did you… Continue reading 4 Places You Lose Your Keys

Our 3 Favorite South End Breweries We love a good beer!  There’s not much better than kicking back on a warm fall Saturday afternoon with a great brew.  And we’re lucky.  South End has some of the best breweries around.  This area is booming with new breweries every year, and we continue to be blessed… Continue reading Our 3 Favorite South End Breweries