AdventureRooms

AdventureRooms is a real-life escape the room game that was started in March 2012 as a high school project by a science teacher in Bern, Switzerland.[1] It is considered one of the pioneers of the new game concept and is one of the most famous escape games worldwide. [2] Its main influences were adventure computer games from the 1990s, Hungarian escape games and scientific experiments.[3]

The scientific character of its games and the movie-like experience[4] distinguishes AdventureRooms games from similar games.[5] Another innovation was the introduction of "duels", where two teams can play the same game at the same time against each other. This game option is used for larger groups, mainly by companies for team building events.[6]

In 2013 AdventureRooms started to offer a franchising system,[7] and the company quickly spread around the globe.[8][9] In April 2015 there were twenty-two active AdventureRooms locations: in Switzerland, Bern (main location, 2 games), Zurich (1 game), Lucerne (2 games), Davos (1 game) and Chur (2 games), in Germany, Köln (1 game), Dresden (2 games) and Munich (1 game), in Italy, Firenze (2 games), in Spain, Palma de Mallorca (2 games), in Ireland, Dublin (1 game), in Cyprus, Nicosia (1 game), in Greece, Athens (4 games), in Estonia, Tallinn (2 games), in Russia, Moscow (2 games), in the USA, Connecticut (3 games), New Jersey (1 game) and Massachusetts (2 games), in Canada, Kitchener (2 games) and Niagara Falls (1 game), in France, Toulon (2 games) and Toulouse (1 game).

The average escape rate amounts to about 30%.[10][11]

References

  1. ↑ "Adventure Rooms a new alternative to team building". The Cord. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "{0} - la Repubblica.it". Archivio - la Repubblica.it. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "BILDUNG SCHWEIZ" (PDF). Lch.ch. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "Adventure Rooms offers clues for fun in West Hartford (PICS AND VIDEO)". Connecticut weekly Newspaper covering local news including local sports, video and multimedia coverage, and classified advertising. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  5. ↑ "20 Minuten - Ein PC-Spiel in der Realität erleben - Bern". 20 Minuten. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  6. ↑ "CTV Kitchener: Adventure rooms". Kitchener. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  7. ↑ "Franchise: Blo� raus hier: Junges Franchise-System Adventure Rooms setzt auf ungewöhnliche Spielidee". FranchisePORTAL. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  8. ↑ "Eingesperrt, angekettet – und mit Köpfchen und etwas Mut zurück in die Freiheit". derbund.ch/. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  9. ↑ "20 Minuten - Adventure Room zieht um und expandiert - Bern". 20 Minuten. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  10. ↑ "Getting Locked In At Adventure Rooms". Neverending Wanderlust. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  11. ↑ "Adventure Rooms a new alternative to team building". The Cord. Retrieved 4 October 2014.

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