The Infinite Escape Room clip show! 2023’s best bits

This 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.

This 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
 
 
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This week's solvers were Aled, Jack and Franks. Your host and puzzlemaker was Jamie Gibbs.

This week, Jamie and Mike are joined by Anna and Lisa of Scarlet Envelope to have a little chat about last week's episode - Let's Do The Time Loop Again! - where we chat about how difficult time loops are to pull off, discuss the entirety of Wales's contribution to rock music, and a short interview with Anna and Lisa about the highs and lows of running a puzzle-by-mail company.
 
Time stamps for those who like to skip ahead:
00:45: Who's drinking what?
05:36: Chat about last week's puzzle episode
16:02: A Q&A with Anna and Lisa
41:50: Recommendations
Here are our recommendations for stuff you should check out:
Catfish and the Bottlemen - The Balcony [music]
 
Babel by R.F. Kwang [book]
The Devil's Plan [TV]
Marry My Dead Body [movie]
Chants of Sennaar [video game]
Our special guests this week are Anna Lysova and Lisa Levina of Scarlet Envelope. Check out their Puzzle Christmas cards at https://www.scarletenvelope.ca/christmas and keep an eye out for discount codes on their website around Black Friday.

Featuring Anna Lysova & Lisa Levina of Scarlet Envelope
 
This week, Jamie and Mike are joined by Anna & Lisa of Scarlet Envelope - a Canada-based puzzle company that offers mysteries by mail.
 
Check out their Christmas puzzle cards!
 
The gang find themselves trapped in a time loop, and need to get themselves out of this particular jam before they get themselves Spaghettified.
 
Featuring:
Way more suggestions of arson as puzzle solutions
A scathing critique of the British Empire
Several time loop Easter eggs for your enjoyment
Handouts if you want to play along:
Note found in globe
Numbers on deposit boxes
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This week's solvers were Mike, Anna & Lisa. Your puzzle maker and host was Jamie Gibbs.

Spoilers ahead! If you haven't already, hop back and listen to our two part RPG special, The Bourne Kerfuffle. Or don't, we're not your handler.
As well as the debrief, we're talking TTRPG mechanics, and some red hot media reccos.
Also...it's the last episode I'm producing before going on parental hiatus! Still going to crop up in some episodes as a guest, but I'll be taking a few months off production as my wee bambino comes in to the world. Best of luck to Jamie and Jon as they man the fort!
~Mike x

And here's the second and final part of this year's RPG special - stay tuned for a pubisode next week, and then back to our normal format :D

This week, Jamie ,Mairi, Mike, Tony have a little chat about last week's episode - Stop The Presses! - where we briefly discuss why medieval popes were literally the worst, as well as exploring whether Jeff Bezos trapped in an Egyptian tomb is an immersion-breaking anachronism.
Time stamps for those who like to skip ahead:
00:43: Who's drinking what?
06:40: Chat about last week's puzzle episode
26:53: Podcast recommendations
And if you're interested in the podcasts we talked about:
Sipping Time
Add to Playlist
Search Engine
Under Understood
Our special guest this week was Mairi Nolan. Check out her excellent design work at mairispaceship.com or at theescaperoomer.com to check out her escape room reviews. The campaign has ended since this episode has aired, but you can check out the Kickstarter page for her latest project - Body of Evidence - with Mysterious Package Company.

Join Mairi (@mairispaceship), Mike and Tony as they have to create history's first tabloid newspaper and escape Gutenberg's printing press workshop!
 
- Marvel at how Mairi and Tony seem to have the entire periodic table memorised!
- Stifle your giggle at Mike's squirty toot into a pneumatic tube
- Roll your eyes in fake surprise at the custom shape they create to personalise the paper
 
A map of the room and all visuals are attached if you want to play along.
- Map
- List of banned books
- Wall rack
 
Game design by Jamie Gibbs (@armchairescapist)
 
Enjoy!