AdventureRooms is a
real-life escape the room game that was started in March 2012 as a high school project by Gabriel Palacios, a science teacher, in
Bern
german: Berner(in)french: Bernois(e) it, bernese
, neighboring_municipalities = Bremgarten bei Bern, Frauenkappelen, Ittigen, Kirchlindach, Köniz, Mühleberg, Muri bei Bern, Neuenegg, Ostermundigen, Wohlen bei Bern, Zollikofen
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, Switzerland. He founded the company AdventureRooms in 2013 together with his brother David Palacios.
It is considered one of the pioneers of the new game concept and is one of the most famous escape games worldwide.
Its main influences were
adventure
An adventure is an exciting experience or undertaking that is typically bold, sometimes risky. Adventures may be activities with danger such as traveling, exploring, skydiving, mountain climbing, scuba diving, river rafting, or other extreme spo ...
computer games from the 1990s, and scientific experiments from his Physics classes.
The scientific character of its games and the movie-like experience distinguishes AdventureRooms games from similar games. 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
Team building is a collective term for various types of activities used to enhance social relations and define roles within teams, often involving collaborative tasks. It is distinct from team training, which is designed by a combine of business ...
events.
In 2013 AdventureRooms started to offer a franchising system, and the company quickly spread around the globe. In July 2016 there were thirty-three active AdventureRooms locations worldwide.
The average escape rate amounts to about 20%.
As of July 2016, there were 33 active AdventureRooms centres: In Switzerland, Bern (founding centre, 4 games), Zurich (2 games), Lucerne (3 games), Davos (1 game) and Chur (2 games), in Germany, Cologne (1 game), Dresden (3 games) and Munich (2 games), in Austria, Vienna (2 games), in Italy, Florence (2 games), Bologna (1 game), Pavia (2 games), Perugia (3 games), Pisa (2 games) and Catania (2 games), in Spain, Palma de Mallorca (2 games) and Madrid (2 games), in Ireland, Dublin (2 games), in Oslo, Norway (3 games), in Cyprus, Nicosia (2 games), in Greece, Athens (4 games), in Estonia, Tallinn (3 games), in Qatar, Doha (2 games), in the USA, Connecticut (3 games), New Jersey (2 games) and Massachusetts (2 games), in Canada, Kitchener (3 games) and Niagara Falls (2 games), in Australia, Adelaide (5 games), in France, Toulon (2 games), Pau (2 games) and Toulouse (2 games)
and in Peru, Lima (2 games).
References
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External links
Official homepage
Escape rooms