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Searching for kid-friendly escape room activities? How about an escape room kids party? Maybe you’re looking for some fun indoor activities for kids to keep them engaged. We know how important that is during winters in the Pacific Northwest. Having fun inside while it’s cold, wet and stormy outside is a priority! Fortunately, the answer to all three questions is the same: paradigmQ — Vancouver’s newest and greatest escape room challenge! Players under the age of 18 are welcome and encouraged to visit paradigmQ. While we do require that at least one adult be present in the room, that doesn’t stop [...]

When escape rooms first started back in 2007 in Japan, it was a pretty basic set up with some locked boxes and some furniture with some paper clues in the room where you truly had to find the key to escape the locked room.  Fast forward to 2019, with more than 2400 escape room companies in just the US alone, and it’s a whole new game (literally!). You might still be “locked” in the room but there are fail safes for safety, where if the power goes out, the doors automatically open, or perhaps the door that you enter is the [...]

The Number One Question We Get Asked… How do you come up with all the game ideas? It truly is a great question and if you looked at my business plan from years ago when we were opening Escape Games PDX in Portland, I had a whole section on hiring this process out because I didn’t think I was creative at all. Turns out, I have a small amount of design and game theory knowledge but the best thing I learned was to hire someone who’s even better at it than I am! Typically, we brainstorm room themes first and those [...]