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Episode 4 - Martin Ashburn - Owner of Escape Key (Newcastle) - Show Notes

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Intro - 0:00

Joining us today is Martin Ashburn, the owner of Escape Key in Newcastle, which opened in August 2017 has now expanded to host 4 rooms including Armageddon, Witch, Plague and Electric City. 


Escape Room player profile (Quick Fire) - 

  • Player Type / Stereotype (Stereotype Blog Post)

  • Favorite Theme

  • Least Favorite Theme

  • Favorite Lock 

  • Least Favorite Puzzle

  • Strength

  • Weakness 

  • Who would be on your Dream Team? 

Escape room origin story - coming from an IT and teaching background what made you move into escape rooms? - 11:11

 

Your escape rooms are often commended for having incredibly authentic and impressive set designs, how do you guys achieve this and where do you think it falls in importance of game design? - 15:24 


Can you tell us about your outdoor games and why they came about?  - 20:03


Why did you choose the themes for your rooms? - 25:27


If you could go back to when you started the business and give yourself advice or change how you did something, what would it be? - 28:59


If you had an unlimited budget to create a room, what would you build? - 30:29


What are your plans for the future? (Any teasers?)  - 34:00


Where can the listeners find you? (Socials)




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