Author: Curt Jackson
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781537690384
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Have you thought about creating an escape room for your summer camp, youth group or community center, but you didn't know where to start or figured it would be too expensive? In this book you'll find... >A lot of different ideas for puzzles, clues and challenges >Theme and story ideas >A list of low cost props >Ways to supervise and give hints to groups >And even a sample game that you can use right away Escape Rooms (or Puzzle Rooms) can be a great team-building experience. And while you could design an elaborate set-up that cost thousands of dollars, you can also do it for just a couple of hundred dollars or less.
How to Create a Low Cost Escape Room
Author: Curt Jackson
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781537690384
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Have you thought about creating an escape room for your summer camp, youth group or community center, but you didn't know where to start or figured it would be too expensive? In this book you'll find... >A lot of different ideas for puzzles, clues and challenges >Theme and story ideas >A list of low cost props >Ways to supervise and give hints to groups >And even a sample game that you can use right away Escape Rooms (or Puzzle Rooms) can be a great team-building experience. And while you could design an elaborate set-up that cost thousands of dollars, you can also do it for just a couple of hundred dollars or less.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781537690384
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Have you thought about creating an escape room for your summer camp, youth group or community center, but you didn't know where to start or figured it would be too expensive? In this book you'll find... >A lot of different ideas for puzzles, clues and challenges >Theme and story ideas >A list of low cost props >Ways to supervise and give hints to groups >And even a sample game that you can use right away Escape Rooms (or Puzzle Rooms) can be a great team-building experience. And while you could design an elaborate set-up that cost thousands of dollars, you can also do it for just a couple of hundred dollars or less.
The Do-It-Yourself Escape Room Book
Author: Paige Ellsworth Lyman
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 151075881X
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
A practical guide to create your very own escape room! Contains over 300 puzzle ideas! *Purchase includes link and password to download one full step-by-step escape room kit.* Now present in all fifty states, escape rooms offer a fun activity for corporate events, team training, youth groups, and all types of parties. But what if you could develop your very own escape room in the comfort of your own home? In this fun, full-color book, Paige Ellsworth Lyman, founder of TheGameGal.com, offers a practical guide to creating your own do-it-yourself escape room. Divided into two parts, the first half covers what an escape room is, how to develop theme and plot, how to set up a room, how to structure clues, and how to run the event. The second half provides multiple chapters of clues and challenges to use in your escape room, including codes, ciphers, mathematics, puzzles, physical objects, and more. This book is the perfect gift for puzzle enthusiasts looking for new challenges and families that are bored at home!
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 151075881X
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
A practical guide to create your very own escape room! Contains over 300 puzzle ideas! *Purchase includes link and password to download one full step-by-step escape room kit.* Now present in all fifty states, escape rooms offer a fun activity for corporate events, team training, youth groups, and all types of parties. But what if you could develop your very own escape room in the comfort of your own home? In this fun, full-color book, Paige Ellsworth Lyman, founder of TheGameGal.com, offers a practical guide to creating your own do-it-yourself escape room. Divided into two parts, the first half covers what an escape room is, how to develop theme and plot, how to set up a room, how to structure clues, and how to run the event. The second half provides multiple chapters of clues and challenges to use in your escape room, including codes, ciphers, mathematics, puzzles, physical objects, and more. This book is the perfect gift for puzzle enthusiasts looking for new challenges and families that are bored at home!
How to Start and Operate an Escape Room Business
Author: Aleksei Kniazev
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
In this book, I will review the entire process of managing quests starting with finding the perfect location, marketing and finally selling your rooms. Using the successful example of our Conundroom quest rooms, I will show you how to create, manage, and advertise quests. I'll also discuss what you will need to pay attention to and what should never be your focus. I'll even include the mistakes we made, and the lessons learned from them.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
In this book, I will review the entire process of managing quests starting with finding the perfect location, marketing and finally selling your rooms. Using the successful example of our Conundroom quest rooms, I will show you how to create, manage, and advertise quests. I'll also discuss what you will need to pay attention to and what should never be your focus. I'll even include the mistakes we made, and the lessons learned from them.
Unlocking the Potential of Puzzle-based Learning
Author: Scott Nicholson
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 152975531X
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 173
Book Description
Discover the educational power of puzzle-based learning. Understand the principles of effective game design, the power of well-crafted narratives and how different game mechanics can support varied learning objectives. Applying escape room concepts to the classroom, this book offers practical advice on how to create immersive, collaborative learning experiences for your students without the need for expensive resources and tools. Packed with examples, including a full sample puzzle game for you to use with your students, this book is a primer for classroom teachers on designing robust learning activities using problem-solving principles.
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 152975531X
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 173
Book Description
Discover the educational power of puzzle-based learning. Understand the principles of effective game design, the power of well-crafted narratives and how different game mechanics can support varied learning objectives. Applying escape room concepts to the classroom, this book offers practical advice on how to create immersive, collaborative learning experiences for your students without the need for expensive resources and tools. Packed with examples, including a full sample puzzle game for you to use with your students, this book is a primer for classroom teachers on designing robust learning activities using problem-solving principles.
101 Puzzles for Low Cost Escape Rooms
Author: Philip Drake
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781688584877
Category : Cooperation
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
A fantastic resource for anyone who is looking to create low cost escape rooms, be that for a summer camp, after school program, birthday party, recreation center, youth group or simply for a bunch of friends.While you can find puzzle ideas online, this book shares what supplies you'll need, how to set-up each puzzle and what the players need to do to solve them. Puzzles are separated into difficulty levels. Most are on the easy side for younger and inexperienced players, but there are some tougher puzzles for your teen and adult players.You'll be able to use these puzzles with just about any theme for any age. Tweak them to fit your story, your location and your players.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781688584877
Category : Cooperation
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
A fantastic resource for anyone who is looking to create low cost escape rooms, be that for a summer camp, after school program, birthday party, recreation center, youth group or simply for a bunch of friends.While you can find puzzle ideas online, this book shares what supplies you'll need, how to set-up each puzzle and what the players need to do to solve them. Puzzles are separated into difficulty levels. Most are on the easy side for younger and inexperienced players, but there are some tougher puzzles for your teen and adult players.You'll be able to use these puzzles with just about any theme for any age. Tweak them to fit your story, your location and your players.
Build Your Own LEGO Escape Room
Author: Simon Hugo
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 074407892X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 95
Book Description
Plan and build thrilling LEGO® escape rooms! Follow one of three themed escape rooms: Egyptian Quest, Space Mission, and Safari Adventure. Or pick and choose from more than 30 LEGO puzzles to create your own escape rooms from scratch. Build tips Step-by-step guides to running the rooms Theme inspiration Puzzle ideas And much more! ©2022 The LEGO Group.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 074407892X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 95
Book Description
Plan and build thrilling LEGO® escape rooms! Follow one of three themed escape rooms: Egyptian Quest, Space Mission, and Safari Adventure. Or pick and choose from more than 30 LEGO puzzles to create your own escape rooms from scratch. Build tips Step-by-step guides to running the rooms Theme inspiration Puzzle ideas And much more! ©2022 The LEGO Group.
Ditch That Textbook
Author: Matt Miller
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781946444257
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Textbooks are symbols of centuries-old education. They're often outdated as soon as they hit students' desks. Acting "by the textbook" implies compliance and a lack of creativity. It's time to ditch those textbooks--and those textbook assumptions about learning In Ditch That Textbook, teacher and blogger Matt Miller encourages educators to throw out meaningless, pedestrian teaching and learning practices. He empowers them to evolve and improve on old, standard, teaching methods. Ditch That Textbook is a support system, toolbox, and manifesto to help educators free their teaching and revolutionize their classrooms.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781946444257
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Textbooks are symbols of centuries-old education. They're often outdated as soon as they hit students' desks. Acting "by the textbook" implies compliance and a lack of creativity. It's time to ditch those textbooks--and those textbook assumptions about learning In Ditch That Textbook, teacher and blogger Matt Miller encourages educators to throw out meaningless, pedestrian teaching and learning practices. He empowers them to evolve and improve on old, standard, teaching methods. Ditch That Textbook is a support system, toolbox, and manifesto to help educators free their teaching and revolutionize their classrooms.
Escape Room Puzzles
Author: James Hamer-Morton
Publisher: Portable Press
ISBN: 9781645171614
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Solve these fiendishly fun escape room puzzles without leaving your house! Escape rooms have become a popular group activity in cities across the world, with more than 8,000 venues in existence today. In Escape Room Puzzles, you can play the escape room games from the comfort of your chair, honing your mental skills in the process. Each of the puzzles in this book includes three different levels of difficulty, allowing first-timers and veterans alike to partake in the fun. Use your logical reasoning, mathematics, and observation skills to solve the puzzles and break out of the rooms!
Publisher: Portable Press
ISBN: 9781645171614
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Solve these fiendishly fun escape room puzzles without leaving your house! Escape rooms have become a popular group activity in cities across the world, with more than 8,000 venues in existence today. In Escape Room Puzzles, you can play the escape room games from the comfort of your chair, honing your mental skills in the process. Each of the puzzles in this book includes three different levels of difficulty, allowing first-timers and veterans alike to partake in the fun. Use your logical reasoning, mathematics, and observation skills to solve the puzzles and break out of the rooms!
Planning Your Escape
Author: L.E. Hall
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1982140356
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Never get stuck inside an escape room again, with this strategy guidebook to beating your favorite immersive interactive game—from a well-known game designer and puzzle enthusiast Chances are you have visited an escape room, whether for a birthday party, a corporate team-building exercise, or as a weekend excursion with your friends. But what does it take to maximize your chances of solving the puzzles, while ensuring everyone has a good time along the way? Planning Your Escape is the perfect guide to making sure you never get stuck in another escape room again. Game designer extraordinaire Laura Hall has all the best strategies for every room you might encounter, so your team can function like a well-oiled machine. This guide offers: -A history of puzzles and experiential entertainment, from the 4,000-year-old dexterity puzzles of Mohenjo-daro to the spectacle of immersive theater installations like Secret Cinema, Meow Wolf, and Sleep No More; -Different types of escape rooms, and solvable examples of the common puzzles they employ; -Common escape room player personality types, and how best to work with them; and -Advice for constructing your own escape rooms and puzzle hunts Bringing in a cast of experts, Planning Your Escape is the must-have strategy book for any escape room enthusiast, puzzle fan, and aspiring experience designer. Get ready to wow your friends and impress your co-workers with your new skills, and never enter a room you can’t get out of again!
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1982140356
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Never get stuck inside an escape room again, with this strategy guidebook to beating your favorite immersive interactive game—from a well-known game designer and puzzle enthusiast Chances are you have visited an escape room, whether for a birthday party, a corporate team-building exercise, or as a weekend excursion with your friends. But what does it take to maximize your chances of solving the puzzles, while ensuring everyone has a good time along the way? Planning Your Escape is the perfect guide to making sure you never get stuck in another escape room again. Game designer extraordinaire Laura Hall has all the best strategies for every room you might encounter, so your team can function like a well-oiled machine. This guide offers: -A history of puzzles and experiential entertainment, from the 4,000-year-old dexterity puzzles of Mohenjo-daro to the spectacle of immersive theater installations like Secret Cinema, Meow Wolf, and Sleep No More; -Different types of escape rooms, and solvable examples of the common puzzles they employ; -Common escape room player personality types, and how best to work with them; and -Advice for constructing your own escape rooms and puzzle hunts Bringing in a cast of experts, Planning Your Escape is the must-have strategy book for any escape room enthusiast, puzzle fan, and aspiring experience designer. Get ready to wow your friends and impress your co-workers with your new skills, and never enter a room you can’t get out of again!
Escape Rooms and Other Immersive Experiences in the Library
Author: Ellyssa Kroski
Publisher: American Library Association
ISBN: 0838917674
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
By one count, there are more than 7,200 escape room environments in 1,445 cities in 105 countries. So why not in libraries? Sharpening participants’ problem solving and collaboration skills by mashing up real-time adventure, immersive theater, gaming, and old-fashioned entertainment, they’re a natural for libraries. And, as Kroski demonstrates in this fun guide, they’re feasible for a range of audiences and library budgets. Whether you’re already an escape room aficionado who’s eager to replicate the experience at your own institution, or an intrigued novice looking for ways to enliven your programing, Kroski has got you covered. This book discusses the differences between escape rooms, which are highly structured, and immersive experiences, which are more casual;shows how these unique experiences can be used to teach information literacy skills, add unique youth programming, bring adults into the library, and instruct patrons about library resources in the form of puzzles and challenges;profiles several successful library projects, from large scale programs like New York Public Libraries’ Find the Future: The Game to smaller ones like Search for Alexander Hamilton;offers dozens of programming ideas and examples that can be tailored to fit a variety of libraries and budgets; andprovides information on game kits available for purchase, tips for partnering with local Escape Room businesses, and links to additional resources. With the assistance of Kroski’s guide, libraries everywhere can offer their own take on these exciting forms of entertainment, engagement, and education.
Publisher: American Library Association
ISBN: 0838917674
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
By one count, there are more than 7,200 escape room environments in 1,445 cities in 105 countries. So why not in libraries? Sharpening participants’ problem solving and collaboration skills by mashing up real-time adventure, immersive theater, gaming, and old-fashioned entertainment, they’re a natural for libraries. And, as Kroski demonstrates in this fun guide, they’re feasible for a range of audiences and library budgets. Whether you’re already an escape room aficionado who’s eager to replicate the experience at your own institution, or an intrigued novice looking for ways to enliven your programing, Kroski has got you covered. This book discusses the differences between escape rooms, which are highly structured, and immersive experiences, which are more casual;shows how these unique experiences can be used to teach information literacy skills, add unique youth programming, bring adults into the library, and instruct patrons about library resources in the form of puzzles and challenges;profiles several successful library projects, from large scale programs like New York Public Libraries’ Find the Future: The Game to smaller ones like Search for Alexander Hamilton;offers dozens of programming ideas and examples that can be tailored to fit a variety of libraries and budgets; andprovides information on game kits available for purchase, tips for partnering with local Escape Room businesses, and links to additional resources. With the assistance of Kroski’s guide, libraries everywhere can offer their own take on these exciting forms of entertainment, engagement, and education.