NORTH For the puzzle enthusiasts Escape Rhode Island One of the state ’ s best rainy day activities involves escaping in the great indoors . Escape Rhode Island in Providence opened in 2015 , just before the craze expanded across the country . When the team first opened the facility , there were about fifty venues across the nation . Now , there are more than 2,000 escape rooms to be explored and solved .
Escape Rhode Island is open yearround , with games changing every year or so . The four indoor games include the Mausoleum , the Speakeasy , the Space Station Andromeda and the Bunker . There ’ s also an immersive outdoor game called the Zachariah Conundrum , with a second outdoor game — the Eldritch Expedition — coming this spring .
The team enjoys dreaming up ideas for rooms and games . How long it takes to design and build a room depends on the theme and how many custom electronic effects are used , says Christopher Mejias , general manager of Escape Rhode Island . “ With the actual installation , it could take several months to design a room ,” he says .
An IQ of 200 isn ’ t necessary to master the puzzles . Each room has its own success rate . The Speakeasy and Space Station Andromeda hover around the 30 to 35 percent escape rate ; in other words , “ seven
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