NEWS

We’ve got lots in store for 2018! We are excited to announce the opening in early April of our newest escape game, Bombshell! It will be joining it’s counterpart, Nefertari’s Tomb, located at our facility on 4401 Mcleod Rd NE. This game will start out with an important goal in mind as the mob bosses from crime syndicates all over the city convene to discuss the pressing matter of a shared enemy, Don Bosargio. He’s a quirky eccentric who doesn’t respect the old ways, and is reeking havoc all over the city, disrespecting other crime families, and trespassing on their territories. […]

Give the gift of memories! With the big holiday right around the corner, you may feel the pressure to give the ultimate gift. Why not give the ultimate escape room experience? We have made purchasing a gift card to NM Escape Room easy and convenient. Just visit our Gift Certificates Page and purchase your gift in quantities of $25. You will then receive a voucher code that will be used by the gift recipient to book their experience at either location at NM Escape Room on Carlisle Blvd or McLeod Rd. You can also stop by either location during our open […]

The Blood Map scenario has had a great run. It was the first scenario that we debuted when we opened back in 2015, and the first scenario that our community got to experience locally. It has been so much more than just a great room. The Blood Map has taught folks that “white equals 7” and that a random bolt isn’t what it seems, to explore every square inch of an escape game, and more importantly, that discovering a hidden room behind a book shelf is one of the best things since sliced bread.    The replacement will be released hopefully […]

We operated for 2 years having all of our sessions open for booking by groups up to 8 participants. What this means is that if a group of 4 books a scenario, there is the potential that another group of 4 could join them in that same scenario. We did it this way because that was pretty much an industry standard in the United States when we opened. All the various games we played operated under this policy, so we saw nothing wrong with emulating this practice.  We really hadn’t had any negative experiences in either the pairing of strangers in […]

I’ve discussed team building, but team bonding is probably more closely in line with what groups typically experience when they attend a work related event at NM Escape Room. Though we do offer team building extras for those groups who are looking to identify areas where their team dynamic needs improvement, but teams also need to just get away and have a good time.    When a work group comes to just have some fun and let off some steam, the ultimate goal is a good time, but the great thing is they are making memories together to look back on.  That is where the bonding […]

You voted, and now it’s here! We have spent months hammering, drilling, cutting, painting, foam carving, more painting, wiring, hammering, sawing, did I say painting… oh, and more wiring to get this scenario to look and feel like an Egyptian tomb.    Our build team consisted of 6 to 8 staff members, all of whom put their sweat and tears into making this dream become a reality. They all had a hand in bringing Nefertari’s Tomb to life and in my opinion they did an amazing job.   The tomb is over 600 sq.ft and it consists of 3 main puzzle path chambers and a few […]

We are expanding in order to bring you newer and bigger escape games! We have already begun renovations of our new location near Jefferson and I-25. The facility will be able to house up to 6 scenarios, a conference room, and a spacious lobby / meeting area. We hope to open doors to the public in June 2017.    Initially we will offer just one scenario, Nefertari’s Tomb, but hope to have a second scenario operating at the new facility by late Fall. We plan to keep the Carlisle facility running for at least  the next few years. This means that by the end of 2017, we will have […]

We have such an artistic staff at NM Escape Room! We employ a seamstress and cosplayer, an actor, a sketch artist, a clown, and another artist who also happens to cosplay. I wanted to highlight New Mexico’s local talent who also happen to have day jobs at your friendly, neighborhood escape room!   Kailah Case aka Case Creative Arts – a local artist who recently graduated from UNM. She paints, sketches, foam carves, and fabricates her costumes and accessories for her cosplay. She does it all, and was especially instrumental in bringing Nefertari’s Tomb to life!    Nicholas Wineman aka Stu Pickles- not local to NM, […]

New Mexico Homes, a resource for Albuquerque, NM Real Estate, recently featured us in an article. Read it here: New Mexico Escape Room Challenges Critical Thinking, Logic and More With Creative Live Action Scenarios.

This month NM Escape Room had the opportunity to attend the Haunted House Association Trade Show in St. Louis, MO.This is and has been the biggest haunted attraction trade show in the U.S. for the past 20 or so years, and now it has taken on the escape game industry. It’s a one stop shop of sorts where vendors, designers, instructors, enthusiasts, and customers can mingle and commerce.    Three members of our NM Escape Room team attended the show and a few seminars to learn and bring back new knowledge and skills to help improve what we bring to the community here in the […]

There are many, many escape rooms popping up all over the world offering a variety of themes, game play styles, and puzzles. Your traditional – ha, have they really been around long enough to justify the description, traditional?- escape games are largely lock and key based, where clues are hidden or locked up with a combination or key lock of some sort and the players must find the codes to unlock them in order to progress in the game. The theming or settings in these games vary slightly, but are largely an office setting with little immersion factor. That said, these games […]

Sadly, we have decided to retire our Unpublished scenario. It had a good run for a full year. This will make a great deal of folks sad, but that one guy who yelled, “It Sucked!” upon not beating the room will be quite pleased to see it go.    On a happier note, we have a new scenario designed to take its place! We hope to have the build completed by the end of January 2017. This room will include a bit more tech than our other scenarios, but will still offer the challenging puzzles and thematic setting and back story that our fans […]

One of the coolest things we get to witness is families reuniting at our NM Escape Room during the holidays. We see all generations of one family come together to play a game. It is reminiscent of the family board game nights that were popular when I was growing up. I know that families still practice this ritual of fun and togetherness, but in addition to that, they are now playing escape room games. It always warms our hearts to see the grandmother so encouraging and proud of her grand child as he/she puzzles through the escape room game. And to see grandpa directing […]