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Book Description
Transform any space into a thrilling escape room experience with Create Your Own Escape Room, the ultimate guide for anyone interested in designing custom challenges for friends, family, classrooms, or parties. This comprehensive book takes you from concept to completion, offering all the essentials to create a memorable escape room, including theme selection, storyline development, puzzle creation, and even character crafting. Whether you're new to escape rooms or looking to deepen your skills, this guide covers every detail.
You’ll find:
Planning Essentials: Learn what makes an escape room exciting and challenging, with worksheets to guide you through planning.
Theme Ideas & Storyline Tips: Choose the perfect theme and create a captivating storyline that pulls players into your world.
Hundreds of Puzzle Ideas: Discover diverse puzzle types and examples to keep players guessing, from logic challenges to creative riddles.
Customizable Templates: Use ready-to-go templates for clues, character bios, and conflict scenarios.
Bonus: A FREE escape room setup to kickstart your creativity. From setting the scene with props to creating memorable characters, this book provides practical tips, worksheets, and resource links to make sure your escape room is fully immersive and fun for all!
FREE Escape Room Adventure: The Case of the Stolen Sleigh Storyline: You and your team are top-secret detectives from the North Pole Investigative Team, on a mission to save Christmas! Santa's sleigh has mysteriously vanished, and the joyful elves are in despair. The culprit? Grumbles GrinchyPants—the cranky neighbor down the road. Annoyed by the endless cheer coming from Santa’s workshop, he’s devised a dastardly plan: disassemble Santa's sleigh and scatter the parts among the workshop materials, hoping the elves will accidentally destroy it while making toys. Can your team break into the workshop, solve the clues, and save the sleigh in time for Christmas Eve? Your Mission: Sneak into Santa’s workshop while the elves are sleeping and solve each puzzle to uncover the sleigh parts hidden throughout the space. Piece by piece, your ultimate goal is to reassemble Santa’s sleigh as fast as possible to thwart Grumbles' scheme and restore the elves’ Christmas spirit. Challenge Steps:
Adopt Your Detective Identity: Your first task is to put on a detective badge with your new undercover name. You'll need to stay incognito! Clear the Path: Grumbles has left the path to the workshop dangerously icy. Use "rocks" (ping pong balls) to knock all the "ice" (cones) off the path without slipping—after all, you can’t afford any detective injuries on the job! Crack the Code: Once you’ve safely reached the workshop, you’ll need to bypass Santa’s newly installed three-step security system. Work with your team to solve each puzzle and reveal the multi-part code that will unlock the workshop door. Find and Reassemble Santa’s Sleigh: Inside, hidden among piles of lumber and toys, lie the disassembled parts of Santa’s sleigh. Solve each clue and challenge to locate and piece together the sleigh before it’s too late.
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Meet the Maker
With over 20 years of experience in teaching math and science, I've developed a passion for bringing logic, playfulness, and creativity into learning. I’ve taught graduate courses for educators through Colorado State University and work as an instructional designer for global companies, crafting learning experiences that are both meaningful and engaging. I thrive on designing games for any occasion, using them as powerful tools to inspire learning, team-building, and creative problem-solving. Whether it's developing a STEM lesson or creating a themed game, I’m all about combining fun and logic to make every experience impactful and memorable.
