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SheaCon: Retha Escape Room

Feb 51 min read

Updated: Mar 11

Match your wits against a series of 4 puzzle challenges in this Retha-themed virtual escape room.

The Second Age of Retha books are a GameLit series featuring a veteran video game player who gets stuck in the game on a comically bad character and has to unite the other players to safely escape.

However, you do not need to have read the Second Age of Retha book series to participate or understand this activity (but it will make it more fun).

Escape Room Instructions:

You can do this activity at any time either solo or in a group.

Use a computer (not your phone) to complete the escape room activities as others have found that some smartphones do not resize the activities properly which makes it difficult to complete them.

If you discuss the puzzles in the Champion Discord or Facebook group use spoiler tags on Discord, and identify your post as a spoiler post on Facebook to avoid giving clues away to others.

Click here or on the image to Start the Retha Escape Room

computer seen with first step of Retha Escape Room displayed

Many thanks to Champion RayJay for creating this awesome activity for a previous SheaCon event and allowing me to share it with everyone!

More Second Age of Retha Fun Stuff:

If the video game vocabulary in the Second Age of Retha series confuses you, check out these helpful (and hilarious) Video Game Vocab definitions!

And here are links to the other SheaCon games that include Second Age of Retha themed questions/challenges:

As part of my website migration earlier this year there now is a dedicated page where you can find a list of potential places to purchase bookish merchandise! I (Kitty) do not receive any money from purchases made at these vendors, but I have given all of them permission to sell items inspired by my worlds. (All of them are Champions and made these products out of love for the books!)

With Christmas quickly approaching I want to bring these amazing stores to your attention while you still have time to buy things you want delivered in time for the holiday! Enjoy this list and I hope you find some new merch you absolutely love!

Retha & Dragons - Ok, this first option isn't actually a store, it's a book written so you can run Dungeons and Dragons style campaigns in the Second Age of Retha world. If that sounds confusing you can listen to the Celebrity Retha and Dragons from the SheaCon recordings to get a feel for what it is like.

Vin Riel Creations - This store is run by Vin from the Champion Discord server. Her store focuses on stickers and T-Shirts and in addition to the KM Shea inspired items she has a lot of general bookish items that are just adorable!

CVMG Studios - Cami John has tons of items in her store make sure you check out some of her other categories besides KM Shea Fan Stuff. She even has Christmas themed KM Shea products, and some Trash Panda items for the Retha fans!

PixlDust Designs - If you want a T-Shirt with a Magiford design you should definitely check Amelia's store as she has some really beautiful options including the crest for House Medeis and Queen Leila's person seal!

The Quiet Grove - If you like the popular style of mugs, stickers, or T-Shirts displaying books you've read then come see the super cute KM Shea themed items Julia has (plus other great items including ornaments!).

SheaCon: Jigsaw Puzzles (Quotes)

Nov 13, 20244 min read

Updated: Mar 11

Enjoy these free puzzles featuring quote graphics from fantasy author K. M. Shea. There are over 60 puzzles to choose from with a variety of difficulty levels (based on the number of pieces).

All of these jigsaw puzzles were created by the reader organizers of the online SheaCon event. Many thanks to all the Planners for creating this fan-favorite game and sharing them with us!

This is only a small sampling of the quote images based on K. M. Shea's books - you can find the full list on her Pinterest board.

Other Puzzles/Games:

Helpful Puzzle Hints:

If you want to be able to save your progress and not accidentally lose your work, you do have to sign up for a jigidi account. (It is the website where all the puzzles are hosted.) This is free, and you can come back to puzzles you’ve started to finish later.
If you sign up for a free account, you can go under the puzzles tab and bookmark puzzles that you want to save to complete at a later time. Under the same puzzles tab, you can also access puzzles that are in progress or puzzles that you’ve completed and want to finish again.
There is a zoom feature (the + and - in the corner) that can be very helpful in limiting optometrist visits after looking at small puzzle pieces.
Use the three dots icon in the upper right corner to open the puzzle panel to view the image and access the more advanced features like:
- Change the background color under the puzzle timer. (Just click a colored box, and you’ll be able to try out which background color you prefer.)
- You can pause the puzzle timer if you need to step away but still want to keep time.