{"id":89956,"date":"2021-01-02T17:12:52","date_gmt":"2021-01-02T22:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/?p=89956"},"modified":"2023-12-31T17:27:33","modified_gmt":"2023-12-31T22:27:33","slug":"2020-golden-lock-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roomescapeartist.com\/2021\/01\/02\/2020-golden-lock-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"2020 Golden Lock Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We played only 34 real-life escape games in 2020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While our play count doesn’t come close to that of past years (which peaked at 258 in 2017), we found some incredible gems on our two international trips, and in our own home market. We’re excited to announce these winners, which would haven been strong contenders in past years as well, and deserve the recognition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, in 2020 we played many digital and remote escape games. For the first time this year, we’ll recognize our favorites in this category too, out of the more than 50 we played.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"2020<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Rules<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
  1. We established no arbitrary minimum or maximum number of rooms that could win the award.<\/li>
  2. A company could only win once for the year.<\/li>
  3. We (either of us) had to play the room during 2020.<\/li>
  4. To be eligible for the “Online” category, games had to be playable from home, without any shipped components.<\/li>
  5. To be eligible for the “Real-Life” category, we had to visit the venue in person to play the game.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    There is no such thing as the perfect escape room, but these are the ones that we wish we could play again. Here are our 17 favorite escape rooms (9 online, 8 real-life) of 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    2020 Golden Lock Winners<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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