Special guest
Special guest
Sunday Dec 10, 2023
Rap Battles With Demon Horses
Sunday Dec 10, 2023
Sunday Dec 10, 2023
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.
Sunday Nov 19, 2023
Arson Around at the Time Warp Club
Sunday Nov 19, 2023
Sunday Nov 19, 2023
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.
Sunday Nov 12, 2023
Let’s Do The Time Loop Again
Sunday Nov 12, 2023
Sunday Nov 12, 2023
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.
Sunday Oct 01, 2023
Bad Popes and Jeff Bezos at the Gutenberger Grill & Taphouse
Sunday Oct 01, 2023
Sunday Oct 01, 2023
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.
Sunday Sep 24, 2023
Stop The Presses!
Sunday Sep 24, 2023
Sunday Sep 24, 2023
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!
Sunday Sep 10, 2023
The desert of well accented wee
Sunday Sep 10, 2023
Sunday Sep 10, 2023
Jon, Jamie, Anakos and Dom are stuck in Mike's horrid team building desert, and with a well researched and perfectly mimicked celebrity guest...
Sunday May 28, 2023
A pint at the Dirty Houdini (pubisode)
Sunday May 28, 2023
Sunday May 28, 2023
Let's settle down into a dark and weary nook while we talk about which Muppets are taking which drugs, how the Book Nook escape was put together, and give Step Lockyer from Enigmailed a grilling on how the hell he can create so many puzzle projects at once.
Check out Escape the Book Nook on Kickstarter
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Sunday May 21, 2023
The Bookie Nookie ft. Step Lockyer
Sunday May 21, 2023
Sunday May 21, 2023
Escape the mentalist's Book Nook
We're joined by Step Lockyer from Enigmailed who's running the puzzles for us this week!
Step took us through an audio version of one of his upcoming Kickstarter projects - Escape the Book Nook.
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Check out Escape the Book Nook on Kickstarter!
This episode was brought to you by The MOON, as well as our patrons Christopher Cherng, Ryann Sparrow, Dave Shaw and Maggie B.
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This week's solvers were Laura, Jon, and Jamie. Your Games Maestro and puzzle creator was Step Lockyer.