Events

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Act 0 (Pre-clues)

Name	Order	Type	Short Description	Manager
Trenchwood Web Site	0.1	Introductory Website	n/a	David

Act 1

Name	Order	Type	Short Description	Manager
1.01 Introductory Lecture 1		Mandatory Presentation	Doctor When gives intro speech, steps inside time machine, which malfunctions and he never exits.	Erik
1.11.01 Intense Secrets		Optional Puzzle (JOURNALISM)	A pulp science fiction story written by Doctor When is discovered in the past.	Erik Stuart
1.11.00 Role Puzzles		Optional Puzzles	Directions on how to keep track of which teams do which role puzzles.	Trisha and Wei-Hwa
1.07.05 Location: Letterman		Location With Multiple Puzzles
1.09 Fabric of Time		Optional Puzzle	The fabric of history has been subtly altered and must be restored.	Sean
1.00 Registration		Mandatory Event	Visitors turn in their waivers and are given "security badges"	Erik
1.11.04 (REDACTED) Redaction Agency Puzzle		Optional Puzzle (GOVERNMENT)	Optional role puzzle--government. Teams are told that there is a suspected mole at the lab.	Wei-Hwa
1.05.3 Wormhole		Optional Puzzle	Particle maze in mirror grid	Eric L
1.11.03 Particle Zoo		Optional Puzzle (SCIENTIST)	Players need to classify a large number of "particles" (similar images).	David Greenspan
1.11.02b Income Statement		Optional Puzzle (INVESTOR)	Followup to Balance Sheet; bizarre income statement reveals another message.	Allen
1.02 Core Dump 1		Mandatory Puzzle	Each team is given a corrupted "Toggle Burner" core dump board + core dump printout to decode in order to figure out what's wrong with the time machine.	Dwight
1.11.02a Balance Sheet Puzzle		Optional Puzzle (INVESTOR)	An unusual financial balance sheet reveals instructions on how to raise money.	Allen
1.11 Fetch the Letter		Mandatory Puzzle	Retrieve the envelope from where it's been waiting for 50 years.	Sean
1.10 Locate the Letter		Mandatory Puzzle	Players must study the video of the Doctor's journey through time to figure out where he lost the envelope.	Allen
1.08 Send Me Back		Mandatory Puzzle	Garbled silent video message from Doctor When instructing where to send him.	Sean
1.06 Calibration		Mandatory Puzzle	Teams have to predict next time Doctor When will bounce to based on DVD containing short clips of where he's been so far.	Allen
1.04 Choose Your Own Adventure		Mandatory Puzzle	A "Choose your own adventure" book "The Dextrus of Tempus" written by Wesley while he was in high school contains his password in a hidden code.	Trisha and Wei-Hwa
1.03 Tachyon Midi Ether Co-Keypad 1		Mandatory Puzzle	Team designs new co-keypad #34 based on specifications from Prof. Dorian Clair to replace damaged one.	Wei-Hwa
1.03.05 Co-Keypad Optional Driving Puzzles		Optional, ongoing Puzzle	Originally we thought there was only one co-keypad broken, but now there's a lot more. Teams can fix them as they're travelling, if they wish.	?
1.07 Feynman Diagrams	1.06.02	Optional Puzzle	Players have to decode modified Feynman particle interaction diagrams to design placement of mirrors in device.	?
1.12 Consolidation 1	1.10	Mandatory Puzzle followed by Mandatory Presentation	Final fix before Doctor can be returned to the present.	Wei-Hwa

Act 2

Name	Order	Type	Short Description	Manager
2.01 Introductory Lecture 2		Mandatory Presentation	Prof. Chronus gives a welcoming speech to the teams, parallel to Dr. When's speech at the start of Act I.	Erik and Ellen
2.02 Core Dump 2		Mandatory Puzzle	Teams receive the "core dump" from Prof. Chronos's time machine, and try to figure out why it's broken.	David Greenspan
2.04 Chronomentometer 1		Mandatory Puzzle	The players need to help Doctor When design a new quantum chronomentometer.	Wei-Hwa
2.05 Mix Tape Puzzle		Mandatory Puzzle	Teams get a mix tape with 18 songs, each with the word "time" in the title, plus an insert with (out-of-order) artists and years and a poem from Catherine.	Erik
2.07 Art History		Mandatory Puzzle	Prof. Chronos has managed to insert herself into famous works of art to "tell" the teams where she wants them to send her next.	Erik
2.09 Fix The View-O-Scope		Optional Puzzle	The teams need to help Doctor When repair the time machine's View-O-Scope.	Sean
2.10 Christmas Party		Mandatory Puzzle	Prof. Chronos needs Wesley's locker combo; ghostly voices from 1986 heard at the high school in 2011 help teams find where it might be recorded.	Dave S
2.11 Locker Combo		Mandatory Puzzle	Teams need to figure out the master locker combo from the principal's notes.	Sean
2.06 Quantum Time Vibrations		Optional Puzzle	The time machine has detected quantum time vibrations that might help the players locate where Prof. Chronos hid a message.	Erik
2.00 Sign In Act 2		Mandatory Puzzle	Signing in to presentation is a complicated puzzle that requires collaboration between different roles.	Wei-Hwa
2.13 Consolidation 2		Mandatory Puzzle	Final fixes before Prof. Chronos can be returned to the present.	Wei-Hwa
2.12 Restaurant Coupon		Optional Puzzle	Figure out complex takeout food order to satisfy ravenous lab assistants.	Thomas
2.03 Invalid Permit		Mandatory Puzzle	A government regulator threatens to shut down the lab unless a seemingly impossible series of forms are filled out correctly.	Wei-Hwa
2.08 Sheet Music Puzzle	2.05.03	Optional Puzzle	An unusual piece of sheet music from the past contains a message from Doctor When.	Allen & Ellen

Act 3

Name	Order	Type	Short Description	Manager
3.01 Introductory Lecture 1, Reprise		Mandatory Presentation	Exact repeat of Act I, diverging when players solve first puzzle instantly.	Allen
3.10 Detention and Dance		Mandatory Puzzle	Players must figure out how to escape detention so they can complete the first step of their mission.	Erik
3.07 Calibration Redux		Mandatory Puzzle	Shorter version of Act I, with new solution.	Allen
3.08.01 Mission Training-"Chrononaut Rapid Acclimation Protocol"		Mandatory Activity	Drill the "mission dossier" into the players' minds by making them play a human board game with 80s trivia and giant dice.	Erik, Melissa
3.09 Send Players To 1986		Mandatory Activity	Players enter the time machine and go back to 1986.	Melissa
3.13 Lunch puzzle		Optional Puzzle	Doris the Lunch Lady will give a special prize to anyone who figures out what the Mystery Meat really is.	Erik
3.17 Dénouement		Mandatory Presentation	Wrap-up lecture, not puzzle	Allen
3.00 Registration Redux		Mandatory Event	Visitors turn in their waivers and are given "security badges"	Erik
3.05 Yearbook (Jiffy Pop) Solve		Mandatory Puzzle	A puzzle that is a [Bootstrap Paradox]: The teams solve it, and then later have a hand in its creation.	Eric L
3.12 Yearbook (Jiffy Pop) Puzzle, Closing the Loop		Mandatory Puzzle	Re-construct the puzzle that was received earlier.	Eric L
3.16 Happy Ending		Mandatory Presentation	The "Science Fair Incident" played out live.	Allen
3.11 TRASH		Mandatory Puzzle	Locate the letter after Chronos discards it.	Erik
3.04 Choose Your Own Adventure Redux		Mandatory Puzzle	Same as Act I.
3.03 Tachyon Midi Ether Co-Keypad 1 Redux		Mandatory Puzzle
3.02 Core Dump 1 Redux		Mandatory Puzzle	Same as Act I.
3.15 Banner Event	3.09.02	Optional Puzzle	Teams are pressed by the PMHS Typography Club to redo school banners
3.14 Apple II	3.09.02	Optional Puzzle	Fortune Teller program for Apple II	Sean

Links to unused Puzzle Ideas

Brainstorming -- unorganized puzzle ideas.

• Audio Puzzle
• Background Chatter
• Boggle
• LED
• Yearbook

Playing games backwards -- i.e., given the final state of some game or event, try to figure out what happened. (See Boggle, below)