A: Fixed Location Games (a typical “escape room”)
B: Fixed Location-Based (Virtual Reality Escape Room Game)
C: Online/Virtual Games
D: Live-streaming With Avatar Games
E: Small Portable Games (ex: tent based, small group of people)
F: Large Portable Games (ex: tabletop game for corporate, schools, and other large groups)
G: Mobile Games (ex: a trailer or bus)
H: City-wide Games (ex: a game using ClueKeeper)

A: I am planning to add a game in the next year
B: I am planning to replace a game in the next year
C: I am planning to remodel a game in the next year
D: I am planning to offer special large group and corporate bookings.
E: I am planning to open a new location(s)
F: I am planning to sell my business within the next year schools, and other large groups)
G: I am planning to close a location(s)
H: I am planning to cut back staff hours within the next year
I: I am planning to cut staff within the next year
J: I am planning to close my business altogether within the next year

A: Per Player
B: Per Team
C: Hybrid: Base team price + Per Player for each additional head

A: Solve a mystery (murder, theft, sabotage, etc)
B: Break out of a specific place (dungeon, school, etc)
C: Create something (e.g. a potion), or find something (e.g. stones with special powers) magical
D: Be an adventurer (includes adventures in space)
E: Ticking time bomb (defuse a time bomb, rescue a hostage, etc)
F: Engage with the supernatural year schools, and other large groups)
G: Carry out a heist
H: Just survive!
I: Gather intelligence or espionage-based
J: Break into a specific place (prison, office, etc)
K: Free a person or animal
L: Find a missing person
M: Abstract notion of escape
N: Conduct military operations
O: Carry out an assassination

A: Mystery (e.g. Solve a murder, CSI etc)
B: Happy fantasy (involving wizards, magical kingdoms etc)
C: Historical fantasy (Aztec temples, Pyramids, Wild West, etc)
D: Horror
E: Science/Laboratory
F: Seasonal (Christmas, Halloween)
G: Security services (military, secret agents, hostage situations, etc)
H: Everyday life (School, Office, Nightclub, etc)
I: Dark fantasy (zombies, aliens, etc.)
J: Prison
K: Future/Technological
L: Based on an entertainment franchise (Star Wars, James Bond, etc.)
M: Apocalyptic (Including disasters, natural disasters, zombie outbreaks)
N: Steampunk
O: Alternate Reality
P: Toy room
Q: Heist
R: Cartoon/Anime
S: Religious (e.g. Crusades-based)
T: School

A: Creating Room Elements That Won’t Be Destroyed Easily
B: Balancing the Difficulty of Puzzles
C: Integrating the Puzzle and Narrative
D: Puzzle Creation
E: Creating room elements that can be easily reset
F: Getting the Timing right
G: Developing a Narrative
H: Playtesting the Rooms

A: Marketing
B: Building the escape rooms
C: Getting the Automation / Tech to work correctly
D: Hiring and training staff
E: Getting a premise(s)
F: Designing the escape room games (Execution)
G: Getting funding
H: Planning the escape room games (Conceptualization)
I: Sales
J: Website, booking system, etc related
K: Planning the administration (e.g. staff rostering system)
L: Acquiring props

A: Rented/Leased
B: Shared occupant in a single building
C: Sole occupant in the entire building
D: In a shopping complex with more than one building
E: Bought
F: Owned previously

A: Various/Local Broker
B: ESP Specialty Insurance
C: State Farm
D: Don’t Have
E: AXA
F: Allianz
G: Liberty Mutual
H: Generali

A: General Insurance
B: Commercial Property Insurance
C: Workers Compensation Insurance
D: Umbrella Insurance
E: None
F: Liability Insurance

A: I invested my own money
B: I borrowed from my family and friends
C: I got formal credit from a bank or other financial institution
D: I partnered or sold shares in the Escape Room business to raise funds
E: Crowdfunding
F: Funding program (government and/or private)
G: Other informal financing

A: Sanitization between games
B: Staff asking for higher than usual wages
C: Providing players with protective equipment (like gloves and masks)
D: Rent
E: Mandatory private booking (reduced revenue per game)
F: Paying employees with empty time slots
G: Staffing Issues
H: Advertising and Marketing
I: Inflation
J: Repaying Covid Loans
K: Other COVID hygiene measures
L: Capacity Restrictions