The Do-It-Yourself Escape Room Book: A Practical Guide to Writing Your Own Clues, Designing Puzzles, and Creating Your Own Challenges

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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!

Reviews

"Jam-packed with puzzles, tips, and advice from a master escape room artist. . . . Breaks down the complicated puzzle of escape room design, letting the rest of us manage it even at home." Michelle Nephew, PhD, co-owner of Atlas Games

"Great resource for the first-timer or seasoned DIY escape room builder." Andy Murray, author and owner of the DIY Escape Room blog

Author Bio

Paige Lyman is an enthusiast for games of all kinds and the founder of the website TheGameGal.com. She attended Brigham Young University. A mother of three, she resides outside of Houston, Texas.