about us
est. 2018
how we started
Escape The Game was created by Leanne Taylor in 2018. With a love of entertainment and whilst trying to find something different to do for a day/night out, she decided to create a business based on providing people of various ages with something fun they could do with family and friends. She initially wrote the game ‘Circus Heist’ a circus themed escape room, and having found a suitable premises in her home town of Bovey Tracey, built the room with the help of her Dad, David, whilst mum, Val, was constantly bombarded with questions and opinions about new ideas for the puzzles, and metres upon metres of material to help sew together the circus tent roof! Family and friends were then invited to trial the game and the room was officially opened on the 18th August 2018 (as a nod to her grandad on his birthday as he would have loved to have heard all about her new project and escapades!)
Unbeknown to all her friends and family, they were all included in the writing of the rooms. Leanne often includes important dates (birthdays, wedding anniversaries) or names/childrens names of friends etc as the codes to her games.
Every year Leanne creates a new Christmas themed escape room. She only initially intended to open one for her first year (whilst waiting to complete the second escape room for the second unit space) but the first one was such a success that when people kept asking her to run it again the following year she didn’t want to disappoint, and now it has become a Christmas tradition for many families and local businesses!
Escape The Game has been able to continue and evolve due to the support of everyone who has visited, many of whom have returned to play all of the games and have become regular faces, for that I am so so grateful. You have all helped me fulfil my dream of wanting to create something that helps people have fun and create lasting memories together, so thank you!
