Both Semi-Finals contests of the 2020 Readers Key Tournament have concluded, and the results are in:
CONGRATULATIONS to the 2020 Top Ten Favorite Venues, as chosen by you, our readers! The final round begins at 3pm tomorrow, and will last for five full days! We will be temporarily pausing our At Home Game Reviews during that time to allow full attention to go to this most important bracket.
As always, we invite you to show your support by voting for your favorite venue one time per day (for a total of five votes cast in the Finals.) Each day, the two venues with the lowest two vote counts will be removed at 3pm, ultimately leading to a one on one Final Two! Full details will be included in tomorrow’s Finals round post.
Reviewing so many great venues is always a challenge for the Escape Authority team, but we dare say you, dear readers, have an even more difficult choice to make in this contest! You’ve narrowed it down to so many incredible venues that picking just one will definitely not be easy!
To learn more about the Finals bracket’s contestants, take a look at their venue details below – including highlights from our reviews of their top rated games. Venues are listed in randomized order determined by their original colored brackets, and should neither imply their current rankings nor any suggested bias from the Escape Authority team.
Option #1: Escape My Room
Location: New Orleans, LA
Number of Games: 4
Highlights: Inventor’s Attic / Smuggler’s Den
Option #2: Lost Games
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Number of Games: 2
Highlights: Playtime / The Doctor’s Secret
Option #3: 13th Gate Escape
Location: Baton Rouge, LA
Number of Games: 8
Highlights: Cutthroat Cavern / Tomb of Anubis / The Collector
Option #4: The Escape Game
Location: Atlanta, GA / Austin, TX / Chicago, IL / Cincinnati, OH / Dallas, TX / Houston, TX / Irvine, CA / Jacksonville, FL / King of Prussia, PA / Las Vegas, NV / Minneapolis, MN / Nashville, TN / New Orleans, LA / New York City, NY / Orlando, FL / Pigeon Forge, TN / San Francisco, CA
Number of Games: 10
Highlights: Playground / Mission Mars / Prison Break / Gold Rush
Option #5: 5 Wits
Location: Albany, NY / Buffalo, NY / Syracuse, NY / West Nyack, NY / Foxboro, MA / Plymouth Meeting, PA / Arlington, VA
Number of Games: 5
Highlights: Drago’s Castle / Deep Space / 20,000 Leagues / Espionage / Tomb
Option #6: ESCAPE THE NETHERWORLD
Location: Stone Mountain, GA
Number of Games: 4
Highlights: Sasquatch – Bigfoot’s Revenge / Nosferatu – Van Helsing’s Secret / Haunted – Curse of the Night Hag
Option #7: Escape Factor
Location: Forest Park, IL
Number of Games: 5
Highlights: Bonus Fun Time Game Show Challenge
Option #8: 60OUT
Location: Los Angeles, CA (seven venues)
Number of Games: 27
Highlights: Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle / Grandma’s Masterplan / Titanic / Galaxy Quest / Alice in Wonderland / Amityville / Ghost Ship / P.U.T.I.N. Bunker / Doctor Psycho / Wizards Workshop / The Krampus / Zen Room / Da Vinci’s Secret / The Mystery of Senator Payne / The Tiki Palace
Option #9: Trapped!
Location: Upland, CA / San Dimas, CA / Las Vegas, NV
Number of Games: 7
Highlights: Down the Rabbit Hole / Lair of the Puzzlemaster / Sector 13 / One Eyed Jack
Option #10: Doldrick’s Escape Room
Location: Kissimmee, FL
Number of Games: 4
Highlights: Captain Spoopy Bones and the Magnificent Quest for Some Other Pirate’s Treasure / Red Sled Redemption at the Holly Jolly Holiday Hubcap Repair / Super Bomb Squad: Commandos Awesome!