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==Order==
 
1.01
 
  
 
==Status==
 
==Status==
  ::POLISH::
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  ::FINAL-READY::
  
 
==Location==
 
==Location==
  
'''Status''': "Trenchwood Institute" -- Highlands Elementary School, 2320 Newport St, San Mateo, CA 94402
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'''Name and Address''': "Trenchwood Institute" -- Highlands Elementary School, 2320 Newport St, San Mateo, CA 94402
  
'''GC PoC''': Erik Stuart, (650) 395-8463, lab@trenchwood.com
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'''Parking''': School lot, free
  
'''Parking''': School lot, free
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'''Bathrooms''': Yes
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'''Food''': No
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'''GC PoC''': Erik Stuart, (415) 475-8463, lab@trenchwood.com
  
 
==Type==
 
==Type==
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==Plot Setup==
 
==Plot Setup==
Players have all come to see the Grand Unveiling of Doctor When's life's achievement
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Visitors have finished registration, entered the Institute, and are waiting for the presentation.
  
 
==Props==
 
==Props==
  
'''Inside, for presentation''':
 
 
* PowerPoint presentation on Erik's Laptop [[File:PPT for intro speech.ppt]]
 
* PowerPoint presentation on Erik's Laptop [[File:PPT for intro speech.ppt]]
 
* projector
 
* projector
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* PA system
 
* PA system
 
* time machine set with sound/light/smoke special effects.
 
* time machine set with sound/light/smoke special effects.
'''Outside, for registration''':
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* seats for players
* 16 envelopes, each labeled with a team name
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* portable tachyon detector prop
* Lab coat (one for each staffer)
 
* Trenchwood Institute name badge and lanyard (one for each staffer)
 
* (optional) Bin for waivers
 
* Spare waivers
 
  
 
==Plot Point to Convey==
 
==Plot Point to Convey==
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==Short Description==
 
==Short Description==
Welcome! Doctor vanishes into time machine, which breaks.
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Doctor When gives intro speech, steps inside time machine, which malfunctions and he never exits.
  
 
==Open Time Period==
 
==Open Time Period==
  
Saturday, 8:30 AM-9:30 AM
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Saturday, 9:00 AM-9:10 AM
  
 
==Staff Instructions==
 
==Staff Instructions==
  
'''Your Role''': You are a lab assistant at Trenchwood Institute, called away from your research tasks to be a registration clerk.
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'''Puzzles At This Site''': None in this segment
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'''Where To Get Materials''':
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* Set should be installed the previous night
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* Chairs should be onsite
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* Everything else from GC HQ
  
'''Handout Instructions''': The interaction should go something like:
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'''Site Set Up''':
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* Place portable tachyon detector near entrance of time machine
  
LAB ASSISTANT:
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'''Actors''':
Good morning. I see you're on our exclusive guest list.  Have you completed your non-disclosure agreement and liability waiver?
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* PROFESSOR CATHERINE CHRONOS: Kristina Kenney
VISITOR:
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* DOCTOR WESLEY WHEN: Dan Kurtz
Yes, here it is.
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* TIRESIAS THE JANITOR: Sean Gugler
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* Miscellaneous lab assistants
  
The visitor hands the form to the lab assistant, who puts it in the waiver pile.
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'''Script''' (see Google Doc):
  
LAB ASSISTANT:
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Note that two lab assistants will be required to open the curtains to reveal the time machine. Do this when Doctor When first says "time machine."
Then, here are your security badges.  Also please each take a lanyard from that pile over there to insert your badge into.  Make sure to have your badge on display at all times. Welcome to Trenchwood Institute. Prepare to be amazed!
 
  
 
'''Site Close Down''':
 
'''Site Close Down''':
* Join the presentation inside
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* No close-down, scene automatically continues to [[1.02 Core Dump]]
* Make sure all the signed waivers get to Erik Stuart
 
 
 
'''Other Instructions''':
 
* Stay in character.
 
* Except ... if a team says "time out," break character and help them.
 
* Erik and Ellen and other core GC members will be setting up the presentation inside.
 
  
 
==Detailed Description==
 
==Detailed Description==
  
The players sign in, turn in their waivers and get their badges, and then get the opening presentation.
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See script (Google Doc) for details.
  
 
==Puzzle Answer==
 
==Puzzle Answer==
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==Puzzle Solution==
 
==Puzzle Solution==
 
 
N/A
 
N/A
  
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==Credits==
 
==Credits==
  
Everyone on GC who helped with the story.
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Everyone on GC who helped with the story; mostly Allen, Erik, Trisha.
  
 
==Manager==
 
==Manager==
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==Hints==
 
==Hints==
 
 
N/A
 
N/A
  
 
==Response to Correct Answer==
 
==Response to Correct Answer==
 
 
N/A
 
N/A
  
 
==To Do==
 
==To Do==
 
Possibly get bin for waivers?
 
  
 
==Other Notes==
 
==Other Notes==

Latest revision as of 23:11, 30 March 2012

Status

::FINAL-READY::

Location

Name and Address: "Trenchwood Institute" -- Highlands Elementary School, 2320 Newport St, San Mateo, CA 94402

Parking: School lot, free

Bathrooms: Yes

Food: No

GC PoC: Erik Stuart, (415) 475-8463, lab@trenchwood.com

Type

Mandatory Presentation

Plot Setup

Visitors have finished registration, entered the Institute, and are waiting for the presentation.

Props

  • PowerPoint presentation on Erik's Laptop File:PPT for intro speech.ppt
  • projector
  • screen
  • PA system
  • time machine set with sound/light/smoke special effects.
  • seats for players
  • portable tachyon detector prop

Plot Point to Convey

The Doctor's creation is a time machine. Tongue-in-cheek tone of game through homologous survey of others' failed time travel efforts (lots of references to time travel in pop culture). Doctor When has been working on this problem since high school and is about to demonstrate. The Doctor's high school friend, Prof. Catherine Chronos, has flown in to assist. Two of the key components of the time machine are the "midi ether co-keypad ring" and the "quantum chronomentometer," which the Professor and the Doctor were specialists in respectively. Doctor admonishes audience to "Never use time travel for petty personal gain." Dr. When is carrying an overly-conspicuous and highly recognizable envelope but makes no overt reference to it. When he enters the time machine and activates it, the machine goes haywire.

Short Description

Doctor When gives intro speech, steps inside time machine, which malfunctions and he never exits.

Open Time Period

Saturday, 9:00 AM-9:10 AM

Staff Instructions

Puzzles At This Site: None in this segment

Where To Get Materials:

  • Set should be installed the previous night
  • Chairs should be onsite
  • Everything else from GC HQ

Site Set Up:

  • Place portable tachyon detector near entrance of time machine

Actors:

  • PROFESSOR CATHERINE CHRONOS: Kristina Kenney
  • DOCTOR WESLEY WHEN: Dan Kurtz
  • TIRESIAS THE JANITOR: Sean Gugler
  • Miscellaneous lab assistants

Script (see Google Doc):

Note that two lab assistants will be required to open the curtains to reveal the time machine. Do this when Doctor When first says "time machine."

Site Close Down:

Detailed Description

See script (Google Doc) for details.

Puzzle Answer

N/A

Puzzle Solution

N/A

Budget

Credits

Everyone on GC who helped with the story; mostly Allen, Erik, Trisha.

Manager

Erik

Hints

N/A

Response to Correct Answer

N/A

To Do

Other Notes