Press & Media Kit

The Reality Escape Convention is a conversation for the escape room industry. With core tenets of knowledge, connection, and immersion, RECON opens dialogues. By attending RECON, you will gain new insights and a broader community. RECON supports a sustainable escape room industry now and in the future.

Background

For years, people have been asking when Room Escape Artist would host a conference. In 2020, we saw that the needs of our community were not being met and we responded with the inaugural RECON event: RECON ‘20 Global.

Mission

Our convention is born out of a love for these games. It is about growing this industry. It is about realizing potential – of creators, of experiences, of storytelling.

We see escape rooms as a new medium for storytelling and play. Our goal is to turn it into a medium that is timeless like theater, music, tabletop games, video games, film, and the written word.

Presented by Room Escape Artist

RECON is presented by Room Escape Artist, your source of well-researched, rational, and reasonably humorous escape room reviews, design tips, player tips, and industry commentary since 2014.

At Room Escape Artist, we are wry cheerleaders, critics, and ambassadors of the escape room world.

Room Escape Artist is best known for:

Golden Lock Award
Annual Escape Room Industry Report
Comprehensive US Escape Room Directory
Reality Escape Podcast (REPOD)
Escape Immerse Explore Tours

Founders Lisa and David have been featured as industry experts in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and on a CBS Sunday Morning segment. They are the escape room industry’s most prolific leaders.