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Puzzle lovers gather for Escape Room & Games Festival By Jonathan Martin Puzzle aficionados had a nice escape Saturday at the second annual Escape Room and Games Festival. Fort Malden National Historic Site of Canada hosted the event for the second year in a row. Ten escape rooms, including five from Hidden Train Escape Rooms, Exodus Escape Rooms and Breakout Escape Rooms, challenged participants to solve puzzles in order to escape rooms in which they had been locked. Fort Malden’s employees designed five of their own, as well, tossing players into historically befuddling situations. Scherie Beneteau and Bill Dudar took the plunge for the first time last weekend. “We needed hints,” Dudar laughed. “Having never done one before, being tossed in (the escape rooms) with no background knowledge was a very unique experience.” The day wasn’t only about the rooms, though. Giant Yahtzee (which the Fort named “Yard-Zee”), bowling, checkers, tic-tac-toe, croquet, ring toss, badminton, board games and a watergun battlefield were provided by
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Craig Murray unlocks a chain in Hidden Trails Escape Rooms’ “The Cell” at Fort Malden National Historic Site of Canada last Saturday. Fort Malden presented its second annual Escape Room and Games Festival. Fort Malden National Historic Site of Canada to keep those who didn’t want to be confined busy. Games on the Move Windsor brought
its 28 mobile consoles to the site in a massive, Mario-decorated trailer. Inflatables Party Rentals set up a padded jousting ring, inflatable sumo
wrestling suits and laser tag in an alien-themed balloon dome.
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