2021 RECON: REcap

Recon (Reality Escape Convention) 2021! What an amazing 2 day event! We finally have the time to sit down and write about some amazing memories we've encountered during this online convention.

Day 1

After a hilarious opening intro from Harrison Greenbaum, the remarkable Neil Patrick Harris introduced the organizers of RECON David & Lisa Spira. The day got really busy from there on. We were hopping between Discord, their main website and Zoom.

The main website is where all the "Speakers and Panels" were held. If you missed these incredible talks, they'll be releasing it on their YouTube in the future so make sure to subscribe to their YouTube channel!

While busy learning about the industry through the talks and having multiple chats going on at same time in Discord, we managed to also squeeze in 3 fun games as well (if you got the RECON playpass you got over 30+ games to choose from so make sure you purchase that early next year!) : "Escape from Escape Island" from Trapped Puzzle Rooms , "The Triwizard Trials" from Improbable Escapes , and "Escape from Bell Hill Asylum" from TEN | Total Escape Network. A lot of these games were exclusively made for RECON so you can't play it elsewhere.

Our day ended with an amazing surprising live hosted audio escape by the lovely Escape this Podcast joined by Neil Patrick Harris, Harrison Greenbaum, and Emily Jillette!

Day 2

It's a bummer that we had to get our second vaccination shot on this day so other than playing the super fun and challenging game "CTRL/ALT/DECODE-MMXXI" by The Great Gotham Challenge (we came in 4th but only because of the amazing teammates! Shoutout to Mike Schnurr, Matthew Stein (Escape the Plagues), Ace Ellett & Anna Ellett (Bluefish Games) and Mark Denine!), trying to get into the secret society on RECON (you can still play the game and be inducted just check here for the first clue) and chatting away on Discord pub rooms!

There were a lot of other fun stuff to do during RECON that we missed like workshops, learn about new games and technology with various vendors in exhibit halls, participate in a virtual escape jam, and after hour events like karaoke or trivia/puzzle pub! There's simply no way to attend everything in the mere two days. I wish I can split into multiple people or maybe the event can last a whole week instead? I'm sure the hardworking RECON team would be "delighted" to hear about this suggestion. Speaking of suggestion, if you send in your feedback now until Sept 6th by 23:59 (NY time), you will be eligible to be entered into a raffle to win a copy of signed "BoxOne" game by Neil Patrick Harris!

We truly enjoyed partnering up with RECON this year as media partners as we see so much commonality in our mission and visions that we want for the community that we love. We love to get more people to recognize the fun in puzzles, escape rooms, immersive events and more! Meeting new friends in this industry also makes us feel like we are a big happy family. We can't wait for RECON to grow bigger and bigger each year and hopefully we'll see YOU all in person next year in Boston, MA!

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