Escape Rooms on Demand

  Escape Rooms on Demand started with a few ideas, some codes and kids who wanted to try an escape room. From there, it's grown to entertain groups large and small, from family reunions to large scale Scout activities where groups rotate. We are based in Redlands, California and will travel up to 30 minutes (depending on traffic) or up to an hour for an additional cost. If given enough notice, we can bring the activity to Southern Utah or Phoenix, when we visit family! Everything fits in a crate!  Contact us and see what we can do for your group activity!  We have been offering the Escape Room experience for about five years, and recently decided to kick it up a notch! What do you get when you hire ERoD? Codes, puzzles, games, clues, and teamwork all in one!

   Once upon a time, there was a man named Leon Battista Alberti who really was the definition of the a renaissance man. His curiosity and insatiable need to keep moving kept him writing plays, publishing multiple treatises (yeah, that doesn't look right, but I'm pretty sure it is), and designing buildings. In his spare time, he invented things and procured the moniker "Father of Western Cryptography". Pretty impressive, yes? So how did the Father of Western Cryptography advance the field of codes? First, he figured out how to break ciphers without the key, he invented the polyalphabetic cipher and he encrypted his codes. Now, when we say "code" most people think computer language, but obviously, those weren't around then. Let's switch out "codes" for cryptology, and go from there. Cryptology is the "practice and study of techniques for secure communication in the presence of third parties". "(Thanks, Wiki!) At this point, ev...

  Kids and codes go together like peanut butter and jelly. Or bacon and eggs. Or Easter eggs and hunting. While a sandwich, or food in general, have nothing to do with hiding things, Easter can bring to mind something not seen immediately. Looking for Easter Eggs in movies is a great past time. What's the best way to hide information someone else when you're a kid? Codes. Ciphers. Encryption. While the semantics separate them out a bit, generally they mean the same thing. Twins have been known to create their own language, a code in and of itself. Friends can share a look that says everything. Which written codes draw kids to it? One of the most common is straight substitution -- the easiest is "A" equals "1" and write a note with numbers that, upon getting confiscated, means nothing. Another quick substitution has the numbers going up or down one. The message can become nearly indecipherable when using a polyalphabetic cipher! Substituting shapes or designs...