
The Infinite Escape Room
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S1 Ep 19Ronald's Revenge: E.T. Get Clue
ETumbling from the heights of Nakatomi Plaza, the gang land in an awfully familiar 1980s suburban house, in which sits a familiar little long-necked extra-terrestrial turd... Will they manage to save cinema and please the embalmed-yet-still-living-head of Ronald Reagan? --- For more audio escape shenanigans, go check out https://www.theinfiniteescaperoom.com/ Any questions, comments, indignant remarks or just want to chat puzzles and podcasts? You can email us, or say hi on Facebook, Instagram or Bluesky. And if you want to support the podcast and get fun bonuses like early access to episodes, watch live recordings and get in on our Discord channel, join our Patreon. --- Puzzle Master: Jon Saunders Solvers: Mike Collins, Jamie Gibbs, Emma Bailey Episode art: Dom Jordan --- Music from freepd.com Happy Whistling Ukulele - Rafael Krux Gothamlicious - Kevin MacLeod Magic in the Garden - Rafael Krux SFX from freesound.org male reaction cartoon surprised - 1love dropping compost bag on floor - fmaudio creaking door 02 - skyernaklea door slam no reverb - adriann Old TV sound (Original: Seven days in May) - AltF4 sci fi machine spin up - sieuamthanh bang 003 - cydon Cartoon_5" Boing - GCEffex Switch off - RICHERlandTV AERORckt_Rocket launch 9-2.Roar.Crackle.Squawking_EM_(12lrs) - newlocknew growl and roar - Jofae Come and chat to us on Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky and LinkedIn. Or join our Patreon programme for perks, early access episodes and bonus content. The Infinite Escape Room is a comedy escape room podcast where a group of friends make and solve audio escape rooms. It's one part tabletop RPG, one part escape room with a bit of Monkey Island-style humour sprinkled over the top.

S1 Ep 355New years bonus! Reviewing Tonypandy and Rhondda Escape Rooms
bonusEAled, Jamie, and Mike spent a day in Tonypandy, a small town in South Wales, just outside Pontypridd. While there, we took on Rhondda Escape Rooms and had a blast! This isn’t sponsored content, but we had a mic in our pocket (fnar) thought it’d make a cheeky New Year's bonus episode. If you enjoy this escape room travelogue, let us know, and we might do more in the future. Happy New Year! ---- For more audio escape shenanigans, go check out https://www.theinfiniteescaperoom.com/ Any questions, comments, indignant remarks or just want to chat puzzles and podcasts? You can email us, or say hi on Facebook, Instagram or Bluesky. And if you want to support the podcast and get fun bonuses like early access to episodes, watch live recordings and get in on our Discord channel, join our Patreon. Come and chat to us on Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky and LinkedIn. Or join our Patreon programme for perks, early access episodes and bonus content. The Infinite Escape Room is a comedy escape room podcast where a group of friends make and solve audio escape rooms. It's one part tabletop RPG, one part escape room with a bit of Monkey Island-style humour sprinkled over the top.

S1 Ep 18Ronald's Revenge: Yippee Ki-Yay Mr Falcon
EOn the run from the sudden appearance of a cyber yeti, the gang are forced to crawl through the vents of Nakatomi Plaza in their crisp white vests, all for the benefit of the Ronald Reagan head-in-a-jar's quest to save cinema. But there is a small bit of treachery afoot, as they soon find out ... --- For more audio escape shenanigans, go check out https://www.theinfiniteescaperoom.com/ Any questions, comments, indignant remarks or just want to chat puzzles and podcasts? You can email us, or say hi on Facebook, Instagram or Bluesky. And if you want to support the podcast and get fun bonuses like early access to episodes, watch live recordings and get in on our Discord channel, join our Patreon. --- Puzzle Master: Emma Bailey Solvers: Mike Collins, Jon Saunders, Jamie Gibbs --- Music from freepd.com Happy Whistling Ukulele - Rafael Krux Funky Energy Loop - Kevin Macleod SFX from freesound.org bell ding - 5ro4 walkie talkie static - crcavol walkie talkie over - miscpractice metal piece falling - robinhood76 fire starter lighter or match - jomungus stepping on broken glass - lukacafuka air hiss strongest - beerbelly38 Come and chat to us on Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky and LinkedIn. Or join our Patreon programme for perks, early access episodes and bonus content. The Infinite Escape Room is a comedy escape room podcast where a group of friends make and solve audio escape rooms. It's one part tabletop RPG, one part escape room with a bit of Monkey Island-style humour sprinkled over the top.

S1 Ep 17Ronald's Revenge: Great Scott!
EThis week, Mike, Jon and Jamie are joined by Emma as they come face to face with the embalmed head-in-a-jar of Ronald Reagan (who can somehow still manage to smoke cigars ...). Ronald has charged the gang with saving cinema by powering up a battered replica DeLorean from Back to the Future and locating the elusive 'Ski pads'. --- For more audio escape shenanigans, go check out https://linktr.ee/theinfiniteescaperoom Any questions, comments, indignant remarks or just want to chat puzzles and podcasts? You can email us, or say hi on Facebook, Instagram or Bluesky. And if you want to support the podcast and get fun bonuses like early access to episodes, watch live recordings and get in on our Discord channel, join our Patreon. --- Puzzle Master: Mike Collins Solvers: Jon Saunders, Jamie Gibbs, Emma Bailey Episode art: Dom Jordan --- Music from freepd.com Happy Whistling Ukulele - Rafael Krux Honour Bound - Bryan Teoh Beginning of Conflict - Rafael Krux SFX from freesound.org Polite coughing - Turbofool Synth Sparkle - komit.wav Short fart - Dsisstudios Pressing Stop on An Old Tape Machine - djlprojects FabricRipping2Stereo.wav - somewhatimmoral Sci Fi HUD Screen Select FX 1 - deadrobotmusic DeLorean DMC-12 (V6 PRV engine) - SkyernAklea Sci_Fi_Machine_Spin_Up 0 - SieuAmThanh Bang_003.mp3 - cydon Come and chat to us on Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky and LinkedIn. Or join our Patreon programme for perks, early access episodes and bonus content. The Infinite Escape Room is a comedy escape room podcast where a group of friends make and solve audio escape rooms. It's one part tabletop RPG, one part escape room with a bit of Monkey Island-style humour sprinkled over the top.
S1 Ep 16A peaceful pint at The Legless Elf (Pubisode)
EHaving saved Christmas from geographically diverse criminal gangs, we kick back in the Legless Elf pub to sup some mead, shoot the breeze about the rooms we solved, and share some of our recommendations for the month. Come and chat to us on Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky and LinkedIn. Or join our Patreon programme for perks, early access episodes and bonus content. The Infinite Escape Room is a comedy escape room podcast where a group of friends make and solve audio escape rooms. It's one part tabletop RPG, one part escape room with a bit of Monkey Island-style humour sprinkled over the top.

S1 Ep 15A Very Criminal Christmas: The Cymraeg Collective
EIn the finale to our Christmas special, the last of the world's most regionally diverse mafias set the gang on a hunt across the maps. Google Maps to be precise. Will Santa be able to call in a surgical strike from low earth orbit, or will it be mandatory Welsh coal for all the kiddies this Christmas? Join Mike, Mairi and Jamie as they battle internet vandal Jon's fiendish doings. Come and chat to us on Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky and LinkedIn. Or join our Patreon programme for perks, early access episodes and bonus content. The Infinite Escape Room is a comedy escape room podcast where a group of friends make and solve audio escape rooms. It's one part tabletop RPG, one part escape room with a bit of Monkey Island-style humour sprinkled over the top.

S1 Ep 14A Very Criminal Christmas: Yorkshire Nanageddon
EHaving...solved... Jamie's Kiwi Confederacy the gang face off against Mairi's eldritch horror of the Yorkshire Nanas. Never fear though, they've got plucky, capable and ... disposable ... elves to help them through. Original art for each episode is by Dom Jordan. You can check out more of his art over at https://domjordanillustration.com/ Come and chat to us on Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky and LinkedIn. Or join our Patreon programme for perks, early access episodes and bonus content. The Infinite Escape Room is a comedy escape room podcast where a group of friends make and solve audio escape rooms. It's one part tabletop RPG, one part escape room with a bit of Monkey Island-style humour sprinkled over the top.

S1 Ep 13A Very Criminal Christmas: The Kiwi Confederacy
EIt's the first in our 2024 Christmas series, where the gang try and stop internationally typecast mafias from destroying Christmas. This week, Jamie presents Mike, Jon and Mairi with a nail biting conundrum - are the New Zealand Mafia really bad enough to go on the naughty list, or is all fair in love and garotte wire? Original art for each episode is by Dom Jordan. Check out more of his stuff at https://domjordanillustration.com/ Come and chat to us on Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky and LinkedIn. Or join our Patreon programme for perks, early access episodes and bonus content. The Infinite Escape Room is a comedy escape room podcast where a group of friends make and solve audio escape rooms. It's one part tabletop RPG, one part escape room with a bit of Monkey Island-style humour sprinkled over the top.
S1 Ep 12The School Hunt: Ben's Final Episode
EThis is the final episode in our Grumbledown series, in which the team successfully assassinated the predatory schoolmasters of Grumbledown's Preparatory Something or other for the whatsits...we never did quite figure out the name. Having dispatched the Latinmaster, we adjourne to the pub, The Post Plutius. Jon attempts to blind himself, Mike makes excuses for getting his Latin wrong, Jamie makes it all look easy and we all take some time to enjoy Ben's greatest hits. This is Ben's final episode of The Infinite Escape Room, certainly as a producer, though I'm sure we'll tempt him back as a solver some day! This episode features: Ben, Mike, Jamie and Jon Come and chat to us on Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky and LinkedIn. Or join our Patreon programme for perks, early access episodes and bonus content. The Infinite Escape Room is a comedy escape room podcast where a group of friends make and solve audio escape rooms. It's one part tabletop RPG, one part escape room with a bit of Monkey Island-style humour sprinkled over the top.

S1 Ep 11The School Hunt: Latin, Lasso and Steer
EWith two School Masters down the team are assaulted by an old flatulent man wielding a Gladius-Blunderbus. It can only be the Latin Master. Listen along as they wrestle not only with a dead language, but the incompetence of their Puzzle Master as well. There is a cannon and at the end of all this someone is getting fired out of it. This episode features: Jon, Mike, Ben and Jamie. Puzzle by: Mike (A+ for style, D- accuracy) Editor: Jon Nominated Latin Speaker: Ben Come and chat to us on Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky and LinkedIn. Or join our Patreon programme for perks, early access episodes and bonus content. The Infinite Escape Room is a comedy escape room podcast where a group of friends make and solve audio escape rooms. It's one part tabletop RPG, one part escape room with a bit of Monkey Island-style humour sprinkled over the top.

S1 Ep 10The School Hunt: "At you."
ELast week the team dispatched the Latin master at Grumbledowns Preparatory School For the Monetarily Advantaged. No sooner has his Peppermint Poisoned corpse hit the ground then the team dive into the Chemistry Lab to dispatch their next school master. Much hinges in this episode, as so often in history, on the placement of a comma, and the interpretation therof! And cheese. Lots of cheese. This episode features: Jon, Mike, Ben and Jamie. Puzzle by: Ben Editor: Jon Withering commentary: Mike. Attack of Gout: Jamie. Credit for Sound Effects: Hellfire.aif by Sepp Ultura -- https://freesound.org/s/66933/ -- License: Attribution 3.0 Wilhelm Splash by TiredHippo -- https://freesound.org/s/318189/ -- License: Creative Commons 0 Come and chat to us on Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky and LinkedIn. Or join our Patreon programme for perks, early access episodes and bonus content. The Infinite Escape Room is a comedy escape room podcast where a group of friends make and solve audio escape rooms. It's one part tabletop RPG, one part escape room with a bit of Monkey Island-style humour sprinkled over the top.

S1 Ep 9The School Hunt: Whistler's Stifler's Mother
EAfter benefitting from early release at Timpson's prison, the team embark on their new carrers as Teaching Assistants, the infantryman of the school world (quite literally in some places). There first job is a placement at Grumbledown's Acadamy for the something something, home to quivering school boys and predatory teachers. Join them as they attempt to murder the headmaster by unusual means. This episode features: Jon, Mike, Ben and Jamie. Puzzle by: Jamie Editor: Jon Episode art: Dom Jordan Withering commentary: Mike. Come and chat to us on Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky and LinkedIn. Or join our Patreon programme for perks, early access episodes and bonus content. The Infinite Escape Room is a comedy escape room podcast where a group of friends make and solve audio escape rooms. It's one part tabletop RPG, one part escape room with a bit of Monkey Island-style humour sprinkled over the top.
S1 Ep 8Timpson's Prisons: The Cobbler and Shiv
EWanted in out of the cold and put your orders in - our gang of four look back over the past three episodes. We spend some time talking about what Mairi is currently up to, and then segue into the cesspit that is X, formerly known as Twitter. Ending, as ever with some recommendations, and a little ditty. Hosts: Jamie Gibbs, Mike Collins, Mairi Nolan, Jon Saunders Editor: Ben Lavery-Griffiths Episode art: Dom Jordan Come and say hi: Facebook Instagram Come and chat to us on Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky and LinkedIn. Or join our Patreon programme for perks, early access episodes and bonus content. The Infinite Escape Room is a comedy escape room podcast where a group of friends make and solve audio escape rooms. It's one part tabletop RPG, one part escape room with a bit of Monkey Island-style humour sprinkled over the top.

S1 Ep 7Timpson's Prisons: Where'd That Shiv Go?
EBe quick and be quiet! You're on the run from a drove a sunburnt gammon headcases and you attempt to find some solace in the library. You had previously skipped passed the canteen and didn't have the chance to devour a jam roly-poly, however you quickly discover someone who has, and they aren't in the best of states... When all is said and done, sometimes the answer is inside you all along... This episode comes with a visual handout - head over to www.theinfiniteescaperoom.com to get it. Puzzle design: Jamie Gibbs Solvers: Mike Collins, Mairi Nolan, Jon Saunders Editor: Ben Lavery-Griffiths Episode art: Dom Jordan Come and say hi: Facebook Instagram Come and chat to us on Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky and LinkedIn. Or join our Patreon programme for perks, early access episodes and bonus content. The Infinite Escape Room is a comedy escape room podcast where a group of friends make and solve audio escape rooms. It's one part tabletop RPG, one part escape room with a bit of Monkey Island-style humour sprinkled over the top.

S1 Ep 6Timpson's Prisons: Group activities are about to begin
EOut of the processing room and into the prison, as the old saying goes - that's where you begin this weeks puzzle. Timpson's Prison has a peculiar layout, you are split up and must not only find each other but discover how you can escape this place. Quick thinking, awkward neck bending, and a well placed utterance is just some of what's needed... This episode comes with a visual handout - head over to www.theinfiniteescaperoom.com to get it. Puzzle design: Jon Saunders Solvers: Mike Collins, Mairi Nolan, Jamie Gibbs Editor: Ben Lavery-Griffiths Episode art: Dom Jordan Come and say hi: Facebook Instagram Support us on Patreon! Come and chat to us on Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky and LinkedIn. Or join our Patreon programme for perks, early access episodes and bonus content. The Infinite Escape Room is a comedy escape room podcast where a group of friends make and solve audio escape rooms. It's one part tabletop RPG, one part escape room with a bit of Monkey Island-style humour sprinkled over the top.

S1 Ep 5Timpson's Prisons: Stupid Sexy Aardvarks
EWelcome back to part one of the exciting second instalment of our new format! Having escaped the rotary club you make your way to your new council house, when you wind up becoming accidental eco activists and are incarcerated at the new Timpson's Prison. Of course you begin in the processing room, which you must progress through before a hoard of 500 sunburnt gammon headcases come crashing in behind you. Your only obstacles are a furry felon and an innocuous looking door... Puzzle design: Mike Collins Solvers: Jon Saunders, Mairi, Jamie Gibbs Editor: Ben Lavery-Griffiths Episode art: Dom Jordan Come and say hi: Facebook Instagram Support us on Patreon! Come and chat to us on Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky and LinkedIn. Or join our Patreon programme for perks, early access episodes and bonus content. The Infinite Escape Room is a comedy escape room podcast where a group of friends make and solve audio escape rooms. It's one part tabletop RPG, one part escape room with a bit of Monkey Island-style humour sprinkled over the top.
S1 Ep 4Indeed, Brother: The Cog and Marrow
EJoin us as we pull up a chair and pull back the curtain on the last few episodes. We also get into why apple cake and custard is delicious, and go on a little rant about the size of IKEA beds. Hosts: Mike Collins, Ben Lavery-Griffiths, Jon Saunders, Jamie Gibbs Editor: Jamie Gibbs Come and say hi: Facebook Instagram SFX from freesound.org Bell ringing: Techienanna Come and chat to us on Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky and LinkedIn. Or join our Patreon programme for perks, early access episodes and bonus content. The Infinite Escape Room is a comedy escape room podcast where a group of friends make and solve audio escape rooms. It's one part tabletop RPG, one part escape room with a bit of Monkey Island-style humour sprinkled over the top.
S1 Ep 3Indeed, Brother: The Thursday Sex Club
EThe thrilling conclusion to the gang's descent into depravity as they try desperately to become members of the Rotary Club. This week, Mike sends them down into the sex dungeon, to try and find out who killed the corpse on the table ... and with what? There's a plethora of sexually depraved devices from which to choose, but will they choose wisely? Puzzle design: Mike Collins Solvers: Ben Lavery-Griffiths, Jon Saunders, Jamie Gibbs Editor: Jamie Gibbs Come and say hi: Facebook Instagram Music from freepd.com Happy Whistling Ukulele by Rafael Krux Horror Mystery by Rafael Krux SFX from freesound.org Spooky sound: HaraldDeLuca Fart: DSISStudios Filing cabinet: MattRuthSound Fire alarm: SpliceSound Falling scream: Robinhood76 Come and chat to us on Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky and LinkedIn. Or join our Patreon programme for perks, early access episodes and bonus content. The Infinite Escape Room is a comedy escape room podcast where a group of friends make and solve audio escape rooms. It's one part tabletop RPG, one part escape room with a bit of Monkey Island-style humour sprinkled over the top.
S1 Ep 2Indeed, Brother: The World's Veiniest Pumpkin
EThe gang continues their journey through the Rotary Club village hall - this week they're stuck in the kitchen. To escape, they must ... bake an apple pie? Surely there's more to it than that? Well, Ben's back behind the wheel so you know there are a few surprises in store. This episode comes with a visual handout - head over to www.theinfiniteescaperoom.com to get it. Puzzle design: Ben Lavery-Griffiths Solvers: Mike Collins, Jon Saunders, Jamie Gibbs Editor: Jamie Gibbs Come and say hi: Facebook Instagram Support us on Patreon! Music from freepd.com Happy Whistling Ukulele by Rafael Krux Isolation Waltz by Bryan Teoh Funky Energy Loop by Kevin MacLeod SFX from freesound.org Rummaging: daveincamas Match lighting: kitchen sounds Fire: Foleyheaven Wood falling: akennedybrewer Falling bag: F.M. Audio Ding: 5ro4 Gears: draelent Satisfied sound: 1LOVE 56cd6858f832e4a29c3044265608443bc88a1b84 Come and chat to us on Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky and LinkedIn. Or join our Patreon programme for perks, early access episodes and bonus content. The Infinite Escape Room is a comedy escape room podcast where a group of friends make and solve audio escape rooms. It's one part tabletop RPG, one part escape room with a bit of Monkey Island-style humour sprinkled over the top.
S1 Ep 1Indeed, Brother: What is a Four Letter Word
EWelcome to the first episode of our exciting new format (which feels remarkably like our original format)! This week, the gang finds themselves trapped in a village hall commandeered by the mysterious and sexually deviant local Rotary Club. To escape, they must crack Jon's intricate, almost Masonic puzzle and recite the elusive Rotary Club oath. Puzzle design: Jon Saunders Solvers: Mike Collins, Ben Lavery-Griffiths, Jamie Gibbs Editor: Jamie Gibbs Come and say hi: Facebook Instagram Support us on Patreon! Music from freepd.com Happy Whistling Ukulele by Rafael Krux City Sunshine by Kevin MacLeod SFX from freesound.org Cell phone vibration: MrAuralization Knocking: awrecording.it Creaking door: SkyernAklea Door slam: adriann Safety lock: Robinhood76 Clock chime: phantastonia Creaky floorboard: Soundbysimmons Hammering nails: InspectorJ Come and chat to us on Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky and LinkedIn. Or join our Patreon programme for perks, early access episodes and bonus content. The Infinite Escape Room is a comedy escape room podcast where a group of friends make and solve audio escape rooms. It's one part tabletop RPG, one part escape room with a bit of Monkey Island-style humour sprinkled over the top.
S1 Ep 353Upmarket Bourbon in the Park.
EHaving spent all of their money on a single nights rent the team go out to celebrate their right to exist...in the park, because they can't afford to go anywhere else. Join Jon and Anna as they pick apart Mike's thinly veiled satire of the housing crisis. Digressions include Mike's book, why Mike thinks writing books is easy but putting them together is hard, the absolute Kafka esque hell of the rental sector in the UK and Anna's love of Severance. Come and chat to us on Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky and LinkedIn. Or join our Patreon programme for perks, early access episodes and bonus content. The Infinite Escape Room is a comedy escape room podcast where a group of friends make and solve audio escape rooms. It's one part tabletop RPG, one part escape room with a bit of Monkey Island-style humour sprinkled over the top.
S1 Ep 352The Housing Crysis.
EIn this week's cataloguing of our national decline the team is arrested outside the leafy setting of The Great British Bake Off and returned to their rightful place, a cramped mould ridden maisonette administered by a sadistic estate agent and the sort of landlord that sees the death of one of their tenants as "a real headache." And like any flatshare, the team are invited to the "house WhatsApp" on their arrival. But why? And what dastardly villain would come up with such an unrelentingly bleak concept for an escape room? Mike. Mike would. And he'd do all the voices, too. Come and chat to us on Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky and LinkedIn. Or join our Patreon programme for perks, early access episodes and bonus content. The Infinite Escape Room is a comedy escape room podcast where a group of friends make and solve audio escape rooms. It's one part tabletop RPG, one part escape room with a bit of Monkey Island-style humour sprinkled over the top.
S1 Ep 351Superhero semen vision at the Soggy Bottoms Up (pubisode)
EJamie is joined at the Soggy Bottom's Up by Gord and Liz at Review the Room for a chat about last week's episode. We also get into: Colourblindness in puzzle games Which city is the best for escape rooms Why stakes matter when playing an escape room Which one of them has superhero semen vision Our list of cool shit to check out includes: Sasquatch Sunset (Gord) Squatty Potty (Liz) Powerwash Simulator (Jamie) Come and chat to us on Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky and LinkedIn. Or join our Patreon programme for perks, early access episodes and bonus content. The Infinite Escape Room is a comedy escape room podcast where a group of friends make and solve audio escape rooms. It's one part tabletop RPG, one part escape room with a bit of Monkey Island-style humour sprinkled over the top.
S1 Ep 350Bake Off but with more cocaine (with Review the Room)
EThis week Jamie is joined by Gord and Liz from Review the Room to desecrate several British national treasures in quick succession. There's copious sampling of unknown white powders in this one - completely unintended, promise. Come and chat to us on Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky and LinkedIn. Or join our Patreon programme for perks, early access episodes and bonus content. The Infinite Escape Room is a comedy escape room podcast where a group of friends make and solve audio escape rooms. It's one part tabletop RPG, one part escape room with a bit of Monkey Island-style humour sprinkled over the top.
S1 Ep 349Sniffing Petrol at The Dat Fuck.
ETuck into some Snail Porridge at Heston F***ing Blumenthal's legally different pub as Ben and Jamie try to make sense of last weeks room. Topics include the psychological harm caused by Anosmia, favourite smells (petrol, bacon), the dangers of writing puzzles with similar ingredients and then relying on the team to distinguish between them, and the Victorian pleasure of Snorting Mummies. Yep, you read that right. Come and chat to us on Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky and LinkedIn. Or join our Patreon programme for perks, early access episodes and bonus content. The Infinite Escape Room is a comedy escape room podcast where a group of friends make and solve audio escape rooms. It's one part tabletop RPG, one part escape room with a bit of Monkey Island-style humour sprinkled over the top.
S1 Ep 348Helping Heston
EIt's only taken five years but Jon has finally managed to start a recording ahead of time. It lasts thirty seconds and immeadiately fails. This is followed by an intro section that goes completely out of sequence and one of the most obscure puzzles we've ever done. There are no locks, no keys or codes. All that's needed is the answer to a simple question. What's wrong with Heston? This episode features Jon, Jamie, Ben and even Jon's wife Sinead providing some piano for the ending. Come and chat to us on Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky and LinkedIn. Or join our Patreon programme for perks, early access episodes and bonus content. The Infinite Escape Room is a comedy escape room podcast where a group of friends make and solve audio escape rooms. It's one part tabletop RPG, one part escape room with a bit of Monkey Island-style humour sprinkled over the top.
S1 Ep 347Flavoured beers, stolen artefacts and Mike's new book [Pubisode]
ECome join us at the "We've put a flag in it, so it's ours" pub, where Jamie, Mairi and Helen chat about last week's episode - The Museum Anti Heist. We also have a brief chat about weird-flavoured beers, get into just how much stuff the British Museum has stolen over the years, and Jamie leads a call to reclaim Stonehenge for the Welsh. Cool stuff to check out: A coincidental mammoth meat connection - Cave Escape Nottingham: Project Iceman Case Closed Edinburgh Quizzy Dan's Twitch stream Cerebral Puzzle Showcase (Steam) Also, our own Mike Collins has co-written a bloody book! Check out the Pedagodzilla book for pop culture and learning deliciousness. Come and chat to us on Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky and LinkedIn. Or join our Patreon programme for perks, early access episodes and bonus content. The Infinite Escape Room is a comedy escape room podcast where a group of friends make and solve audio escape rooms. It's one part tabletop RPG, one part escape room with a bit of Monkey Island-style humour sprinkled over the top.
S1 Ep 345The Museum Anti-Heist
EThis week, Jamie is joined by Helen and Mairi - two of our wonderful Patreon subscribers - to smuggle a few historical objects from the British Museum. Fictionally sponsored by Mammoth Meat, this episode features much chewing, pocket lint theft, dodgy accents and a surprise cameo. Our top-tier Patreon supporters will get this episode - unedited - in video format! Join our Patreon programme to check out what perks you're missing out on. Check out Mairi's previous episodes: Down the Rabbit's Hole Stop The Presses! Come and chat to us on Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky and LinkedIn. Or join our Patreon programme for perks, early access episodes and bonus content. The Infinite Escape Room is a comedy escape room podcast where a group of friends make and solve audio escape rooms. It's one part tabletop RPG, one part escape room with a bit of Monkey Island-style humour sprinkled over the top.
S1 Ep 346Pubisode - A Zero Alcohol pint of Arse.
EPull up a Wicker armchair and join us for a watery brew at The Arse, or The Forge and Wicker, or The Golden Shower, or whatever we've settled on as the name of this hellish pub. A fitting a retreat after a puzzle described initially by Jon as "definately an easy one," that descended into confusion, public urination and serial village murder. Everything that could be misunderstood, was, and everything that couldn't was as well. Topics of discussion include the traditional Spanish abduction of naughty Dutch children via Steamboat, why Beer definately should be served with chocolate, the human tendency to see patterns in random events and extract meaning from those patterns, and smut. Really, quite a lot of smut. Thie episode features Ben, Annekoos, and Jon. Which is why it is late. Come and chat to us on Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky and LinkedIn. Or join our Patreon programme for perks, early access episodes and bonus content. The Infinite Escape Room is a comedy escape room podcast where a group of friends make and solve audio escape rooms. It's one part tabletop RPG, one part escape room with a bit of Monkey Island-style humour sprinkled over the top.
S1 Ep 344The Heart of the Wicker Man
EYou are in a state of crisis, the puzzle pieces before you make no sense. No answers come to you, no logic pervades, no inspiration. What do you do? Well if this episode is anything to go by, you pee on it. And then expectantly ask the GM whether that "does anything." With teams like these, who needs enemies. This episode features Annekoos, Ben and Jon. Special thanks this episode to Lena Orsa, for the Epic Cinematic Music that Jon glorifies amateurism to at the top of the show. Come and chat to us on Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky and LinkedIn. Or join our Patreon programme for perks, early access episodes and bonus content. The Infinite Escape Room is a comedy escape room podcast where a group of friends make and solve audio escape rooms. It's one part tabletop RPG, one part escape room with a bit of Monkey Island-style humour sprinkled over the top.
S1 Ep 343Flaming shots with David Spira and Peih-Gee Law
EGather ye round, settle down, grab a beer and listen in as I chat with David Spira and Peih-Gee Law of Reality Escape Pod about last week's episode - The Wicker Plan. We also touch on why David and PG enjoy leaving one another for dead, we chat about the difficulties of switching you brain between game mode and story mode in an escape room, and we get a little insight into how they make REPOD. Check out Reality Escape Pod and say hi to David at @roomscapeartist and Peih-Gee at @peihgee. Come and chat to us on Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky and LinkedIn. Or join our Patreon programme for perks, early access episodes and bonus content. The Infinite Escape Room is a comedy escape room podcast where a group of friends make and solve audio escape rooms. It's one part tabletop RPG, one part escape room with a bit of Monkey Island-style humour sprinkled over the top.
S1 Ep 342The Wicker Plan (with David Spira & Peih-Gee Law)
EWe're joined this week by David Spira and Peih-Gee Law of Reality Escape Pod, where they have to work their way out of a burning wicker man where everything is designed to kill them. Fire in the feet Bees in the arms Pollen in the head It's a nightmare. Here's a handout if you want to play along: Wicker man schematic Check out Reality Escape Pod and say hi to David at @roomscapeartist and Peih-Gee at @peihgee. And remember - don't snort bees, kids. It'll mess you up. Your solvers this week were David Spira and Peih-Gee Law. Game design and hosting by Jamie Gibbs. Come and chat to us on Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky and LinkedIn. Or join our Patreon programme for perks, early access episodes and bonus content. The Infinite Escape Room is a comedy escape room podcast where a group of friends make and solve audio escape rooms. It's one part tabletop RPG, one part escape room with a bit of Monkey Island-style humour sprinkled over the top.
S1 Ep 341A Pretentious Pint At The Garrick Club.
EJoin Annekoos, Bailey, Mike and Aled as they sip their overpriced tipples in The Garrick Club, Jon's natural home. We kick off by discussing the great injustices of Jon's previous room (chief among them that he inadvertently told them not to bother taking notes). Topics of digression then include Overengineered Light Switches, Corporate Flunkies, The Rise of Clickbait Journalism, The Capabilities of The Scorpion and The Death Of Self. Standard night at the pub, then. Come and chat to us on Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky and LinkedIn. Or join our Patreon programme for perks, early access episodes and bonus content. The Infinite Escape Room is a comedy escape room podcast where a group of friends make and solve audio escape rooms. It's one part tabletop RPG, one part escape room with a bit of Monkey Island-style humour sprinkled over the top.
S1 Ep 340The Highrarchy.
EMike's back! And what an absolute hellscape he's returned to! He joins Annekoos, Aled, and Bailey as they wrangle another Jon shaped disaster of misdirection. Tune in and listen to them slowly go mad as they try to figure out who's on top, and what top is, exactly. Come and chat to us on Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky and LinkedIn. Or join our Patreon programme for perks, early access episodes and bonus content. The Infinite Escape Room is a comedy escape room podcast where a group of friends make and solve audio escape rooms. It's one part tabletop RPG, one part escape room with a bit of Monkey Island-style humour sprinkled over the top.
S1 Ep 339A little dribble at The Golden Streak
EJoin us at The Golden Streak where Dom, Ben and I chat about last week's episode, try to name a Jason Statham film Ben's actually seen, and chat about the current trend for bullshit documentaries. This week's recommendations (gods help me) Bodies (Netflix) Stainless steel (you heard that right) The act of swimming (yup, it's one of those episodes) Come and chat to us on Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky and LinkedIn. Or join our Patreon programme for perks, early access episodes and bonus content. The Infinite Escape Room is a comedy escape room podcast where a group of friends make and solve audio escape rooms. It's one part tabletop RPG, one part escape room with a bit of Monkey Island-style humour sprinkled over the top.
S1 Ep 338Are you still watching?
EThis week, Dom crafts a delightful puzzle where Ben and Jamie have to escape from Nitflex - the streaming service with a delightful set of portals we can jump into. Dom also did a fantastic job at hosting this one, too. Tell us if you think he should host more often :) His alliteration skills were also on point. Visuals for your delight SFX used in this episode Trombone sound - https://freesound.org/people/HootOwl/sounds/468909/ Jump scare = https://freesound.org/people/TheSoundFXGuy_YT/sounds/534218/ Come and chat to us on Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky and LinkedIn. Or join our Patreon programme for perks, early access episodes and bonus content. The Infinite Escape Room is a comedy escape room podcast where a group of friends make and solve audio escape rooms. It's one part tabletop RPG, one part escape room with a bit of Monkey Island-style humour sprinkled over the top.
S1 Ep 337A Night Cap at The Counting House
EAfter a marathon full length escape room Annekoos and Aled join Jon in the vaults of The Counting House. We pick over the bones of The Heist, delve into the affect that the medium of delivery has on the difficulty of different puzzles, reflect on the inherently self defeating nature of late stage capitalism and then talk about Anne of Green Gables. Standard night out in your thirties, basically. Come and chat to us on Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky and LinkedIn. Or join our Patreon programme for perks, early access episodes and bonus content. The Infinite Escape Room is a comedy escape room podcast where a group of friends make and solve audio escape rooms. It's one part tabletop RPG, one part escape room with a bit of Monkey Island-style humour sprinkled over the top.
S1 Ep 336Pt2 - Farewell to The Heist
EThe first number two we've ever done. Yep. Leaving that there. Couldn't be happier with it. I can feel your judgement, I can sense your grimace on the winds that whip around the earth and bind our experience together. And on that wind I can taste your dissappointment. And it tastes good. Come and chat to us on Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky and LinkedIn. Or join our Patreon programme for perks, early access episodes and bonus content. The Infinite Escape Room is a comedy escape room podcast where a group of friends make and solve audio escape rooms. It's one part tabletop RPG, one part escape room with a bit of Monkey Island-style humour sprinkled over the top.
S1 Ep 335Farewell to The Heist.
ESURPRISE, you're doing a real escape room, a full length one, that is real. Or was real. Once. In my mind. In your mind. Well, in my mind first, then in your mind. Minds are great aren't they. Aren't they? Do you care? Do you mind? I don't mind. Don't mind me. Mind out there, I'm doing my mindfulness. Deep breath now. Mind the gap. I may have gotten carried away with today's sponsor. Come and chat to us on Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky and LinkedIn. Or join our Patreon programme for perks, early access episodes and bonus content. The Infinite Escape Room is a comedy escape room podcast where a group of friends make and solve audio escape rooms. It's one part tabletop RPG, one part escape room with a bit of Monkey Island-style humour sprinkled over the top.
S1 Ep 334A pint of madness at The Cosmic Horror
EWhoo boy do we go on some tangents with this one. From Cockneys to Wombles to Batman and back. And for those of you not from the UK - this is the wombles. Ben and Dom were stellar pub friends, keeping the banter flowing when my internet connection went down ... several times. Make sure you comment or send us a message with your answer to our Cockney rhyming slang challenge! Here are some links to the cool things we talk about during the episode: The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing - Margate Fhtagn Mastadon social network Master and Commander: Far side of the world Evil Genius podcast Come and chat to us on Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky and LinkedIn. Or join our Patreon programme for perks, early access episodes and bonus content. The Infinite Escape Room is a comedy escape room podcast where a group of friends make and solve audio escape rooms. It's one part tabletop RPG, one part escape room with a bit of Monkey Island-style humour sprinkled over the top.
S1 Ep 333Apples and tentacles
E'Ello Guv'nor! Ben and Dom find themselves in the midst of a dastardly Cockney plan to summon the Great Cthulu, Spawn of the Stars, at Margate Water Treatment Plant. How will they fare? Will Jamie's AWFUL connection be the death of them? Fear not, dear listener - where there's a will there's a way. Handouts attached if you want to play along: Star chart Sigil Door sign Music used in this episode from FreePD.com: Patron Saint of Heists by Brian Teoh Bavarian Seascape by Anonymous Hidden Truth by Rafael Krux SFX used: Squeaky Scrap 41 by Department64 Shower(ernie)05.wave by kokopetiyot Bathtub Water Turn On Run and Drain.wav by bbrocer Come and chat to us on Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky and LinkedIn. Or join our Patreon programme for perks, early access episodes and bonus content. The Infinite Escape Room is a comedy escape room podcast where a group of friends make and solve audio escape rooms. It's one part tabletop RPG, one part escape room with a bit of Monkey Island-style humour sprinkled over the top.
S1 Ep 332Pubisode - Snowballs and Mead at The Drowning Point
EJoin Jon, Jame and Ben as they take a sip of Margate Effluent at this underwater boozer. Topics include Why The Hard Things Are Easy and vice versa, the difficulties of puzzle design that doesn't involve numbers and why the "defeat" ending is a dying art. Also, Jon gives us a One time only performance of his hit parody "Unter Der Sea". Enjoy! Come and chat to us on Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky and LinkedIn. Or join our Patreon programme for perks, early access episodes and bonus content. The Infinite Escape Room is a comedy escape room podcast where a group of friends make and solve audio escape rooms. It's one part tabletop RPG, one part escape room with a bit of Monkey Island-style humour sprinkled over the top.
S1 Ep 331Unter Der Sea
EProducer Ben marks his return to the show with this voyage beneath the waves. He joins Jamie as they patiently endure Jon's impersonation of a series of Germanic Mermen. Now. How does a Puffer Fish work? Do you know? Special thanks this episode go to the following FreeSound.org users: cAPSLOCK7 - 00001NoisevaultAlleyWater. kernowrules - Cornish River Estuary thatjeffcarter -underwater loop 120bpm Come and chat to us on Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky and LinkedIn. Or join our Patreon programme for perks, early access episodes and bonus content. The Infinite Escape Room is a comedy escape room podcast where a group of friends make and solve audio escape rooms. It's one part tabletop RPG, one part escape room with a bit of Monkey Island-style humour sprinkled over the top.
S1 Ep 330Disney horrors and frozen heads at the Haus of Maus
EIn this pubisode we go down the rabbit hole with pitches for Disney films that could be remade into horror films. We also get into modern showings of older Disney movies showing content warnings due to dodgy stuff from way back when. And we address certain urban myths about old Walt himself. Timestamps if you want to skip ahead: 00:45 - Who's drinking what? 08:26 - A debrief of last week's episode, Maus Trap 24:08 - Disney horror remakes 32:39 - Recommendations for cool stuff you should check out Here are some things we recommend: Ella Minnow Pea - Mark Dunn (book) Barbarian (film) Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens - David Mitchell (book) SIX (musical) Headlock escape rooms - Keeper and the Fungus Among Us (virtual escape room) Enjoy! Jamie x Come and chat to us on Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky and LinkedIn. Or join our Patreon programme for perks, early access episodes and bonus content. The Infinite Escape Room is a comedy escape room podcast where a group of friends make and solve audio escape rooms. It's one part tabletop RPG, one part escape room with a bit of Monkey Island-style humour sprinkled over the top.
S1 Ep 329Maus Trap
EWell well well. After 95 years, the OG Mickey Mouse is in the public domain. So of course we see just how close we can get to bringing the fury of the House of Mouse upon us as quickly as possible. What a way to start 2024. Anna and Bailey were excellent solvers, and it was great to have them back on the pod after so many months. If you want to support the show, don't forget to check our Patreon where you can: Get early access to episodes Join our TIER Patron discord Listen to unedited episodes Get episode scripts and fun stuff we don't release to the public Game design by Jamie Gibbs (@armchairescapist) Come and chat to us on Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky and LinkedIn. Or join our Patreon programme for perks, early access episodes and bonus content. The Infinite Escape Room is a comedy escape room podcast where a group of friends make and solve audio escape rooms. It's one part tabletop RPG, one part escape room with a bit of Monkey Island-style humour sprinkled over the top.
S1 Ep 328The Infinite Escape Room clip show! 2023’s best bits
ELet's take a look at some of ours and your favourite episodes and moments from 2023, and I say a few thank yous. Thank you all so much for your continued support! We'll be taking a 1-week break for the start of 2024, so you'll get your next episode on Jan 21st. Here's to 2024 and to more escaping! Episodes featured in this roundup: Britain's Finest Knob Tugging Hour And 1,2,3,4 ... Rap Battles With Demon Horses Separating art from artist, escape toilets and a sexy duel at the Night Fever Club A Bitter Pint at the Trusty Trowel Gusset Gum and the Temple Of Mood Falling Monks and Robotic Beer Tasting The Bookie Nookie ft. Step Lockyer Down The Rabbit's Hole Let's Do The Time Loop Again Oh the Humanity! - With Ctrl+Alt+Esc RPG Special 2023 - The Bourne Kerfuffle Part 2: Chronofarce Come and chat to us on Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky and LinkedIn. Or join our Patreon programme for perks, early access episodes and bonus content. The Infinite Escape Room is a comedy escape room podcast where a group of friends make and solve audio escape rooms. It's one part tabletop RPG, one part escape room with a bit of Monkey Island-style humour sprinkled over the top.
S1 Ep 327PTSD, Egg Nog & Grog At Santa’s Drag Bar
EJoin Annekoos, Jamie and Jon as they pick over the bones, blood and guts of last week's Christmas Special. Topics include Back To The Future style predictions of how our Christmas's went, Jamie's former career as a Discontent-Sparking Egyptologist, that time The English stole Christmas traditions from The Dutch and, of course, the legend of St Nicholas raising the dead. Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year you bloodsoaked monster. Jon Come and chat to us on Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky and LinkedIn. Or join our Patreon programme for perks, early access episodes and bonus content. The Infinite Escape Room is a comedy escape room podcast where a group of friends make and solve audio escape rooms. It's one part tabletop RPG, one part escape room with a bit of Monkey Island-style humour sprinkled over the top.
S1 Ep 326Santa Slay.
EThe title says it all, really. Merry Christmas Jon Special thanks to a few Freesound.org users for some crucial sound effects used in this episode: 2kool4school - BattleScene backing track, used for Today's Sponsor. qbodup - Tomahawk missile launch, self explanatory mikhalin1992 - Plane Crash And finally Noisecollector - Jingle Bells, which, which a little pitch edit, absolutely made the opening of this episode. ========= For those following this show closely, there's a puzzle element that is briefly described, but not in full. So, here it is in full, should you want to Solve-Along. The picture is of Santa and his reindeer. Santa stands in the middle with the reindeer gathered around him for the shot. The reindeer have all been labeled with their names and some numbers: Cupid - DP70 L20 - White legs, grey body Rudolph - DP0 L0 - White, Red Nose Vixen - DP20 L5 - Grey with white head Prancer -. DP25 L10 - Brown Blitzen - DP80 - L10 - Brown with white spots on hind legs Donner -- DP 10 L10 - Very dark grey Dancer - DP40 L30 - Brown with white fore legs Dasher - DP40 L30 Grey all over - Comet - DP30 L70 Black all over - Come and chat to us on Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky and LinkedIn. Or join our Patreon programme for perks, early access episodes and bonus content. The Infinite Escape Room is a comedy escape room podcast where a group of friends make and solve audio escape rooms. It's one part tabletop RPG, one part escape room with a bit of Monkey Island-style humour sprinkled over the top.
S1 Ep 325A cold pint at the Frost Mare with the Tales for Wales podcast
EThis week, Jamie and Aled are joined by Jack and Franks from the Welsh history podcast Tales For Wales to chat about last week's episode Rap Battles with Demon Horses. We also get into some weird and wonderful Welsh folk traditions and have a little Q&A with Jack and Franks about their passion for Welsh history. Time stamps for your pleasure: 00:40 - What's everyone drinking? 04:55 - Last episode debrief 24:39 - Q&A with Tales for Wales 39:07 - Media recommendations This week's Stuff You Should Check Out are: - Mr Inbetween (TV show) - Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (TV Show) - The 13th Warrior (Movie) - Ice Nine Kills: Ex Mørtis (Band / song) I had to cut a fair bit of good banter from this episode for time - if you're keen to listen to the full thing, consider joining our Patreon programme over at patreon.com/theinfiniteescaperoom. Come and chat to us on Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky and LinkedIn. Or join our Patreon programme for perks, early access episodes and bonus content. The Infinite Escape Room is a comedy escape room podcast where a group of friends make and solve audio escape rooms. It's one part tabletop RPG, one part escape room with a bit of Monkey Island-style humour sprinkled over the top.
S1 Ep 324Rap Battles With Demon Horses
EThis week, Aled and Jamie are joined by Jack and Franks from Tales for Wales - a Welsh history podcast where they love their beer as much as their history (they're a couple of guys after our own hearts). Give them a follow, give them a listen and say hi from us. With a full Welsh contingent and it being almost Christmas, the gang find themselves trapped in a winter cabin and up against the Mari Lwyd - a demonic horse skeleton hell-bent on breaking in and noshing on our solvers' souls. Visuals attached if you want to play along: Wreath Code 1 - Lintel Code 2 - Bowl Ogham Alphabet Summoning circle All links to our social media profiles and our Patreon programme over at https://linktr.ee/theinfiniteescaperoom Puzzle Maestro: Jamie Gibbs Solvers: Aled Hughes Special Guests: Jack and Franks from the Tales for Wales podcast Editor: Jamie Gibbs The Infinite Escape Room is a comedy escape room podcast where a group of friends make and solve audio escape rooms for one another. It's one part tabletop RPG, one part escape room with a bit of Monkey Island humour sprinkled over the top. Come and chat to us on Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky and LinkedIn. Or join our Patreon programme for perks, early access episodes and bonus content. The Infinite Escape Room is a comedy escape room podcast where a group of friends make and solve audio escape rooms. It's one part tabletop RPG, one part escape room with a bit of Monkey Island-style humour sprinkled over the top.