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Treasure chest

Put something inside, choose how it opens: a key name, a code, or the host's tap. Then watch it open.

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No chests yet. Add one in the Chests tab, say what is inside it and choose how it opens.

    The chests and what is in them

      Add a chest

      Up to 8 chests. A code chest needs three to six digits and a key chest needs a name to match, or neither of them can open.

      The code and the contents are only ever on this device, so set them up somewhere private

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      The moment the lid comes up

      A reward that arrives as an announcement is worth less than the same reward that arrives out of a box. It is the same information either way, and the box wins every time, because the box makes the room lean in. That is the whole of this page: something you wrote, hidden behind a lid, with a condition on the lid.

      What goes inside is up to you and is usually not a prize. The next clue in a hunt. The rule that applies for the rest of the game. The real combination for a real box in the next room. A name nobody was expecting. Two hundred characters is enough for any of those and short enough to read out loud without losing the room.

      A number code makes the chest a puzzle: the answer to something is the code, and typing it is how you prove you have it. The name of a key makes it a collecting game, and it pairs with the keys and locks page, where the keys are handed out. The host's tap makes it pure theatre: the chest opens when the story says it should, and the lock is not the point at all.

      Kept in this browser under pph.chest.items and pph.chest.muted, and nowhere else. Accounts, printing, storage and what the page loads are answered on the FAQ.

      Questions

      How does a chest open?
      Whichever way you choose for it. A number code of three to six digits, typed in by whoever is trying. The name of a key, which anybody holding that key can type. Or nothing at all, so the host taps it open when the moment is right. Each chest has its own setting.
      Where does the code live?
      In this browser and nowhere else. It is hidden behind a show toggle in the Chests panel so the panel can be open in front of a room, and it is never put into a link, so there is nothing for anybody to read off the address bar.
      Can a chest be used twice?
      Yes. Shut it again and it is back to locked, with the same code and the same contents. That is useful when the same chest is the gate for two groups running the hunt one after the other.
      What if I forget to set the code?
      A code chest with no code and a key chest with no key name both say so and refuse to open rather than swinging open on the first try. A chest with no lock is not a chest.
      Is there a share link?
      No, and deliberately. Everything here is something you typed, including the codes and what is inside, and none of it goes into a link. The address of the page is all there is to share.

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      Safe combination

      A combination the host sets, clues handed out one at a time, and a dial the room turns until it opens.

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      Inventory tray

      A tray per player for items and resources, with a shared bank and a move that takes from one and gives to another.

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      Set collection board

      Sets you define, pieces handed out one at a time, and a board that shows how close each player is to a full set.

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      Everything in Collect and unlock, and every family on the tools page.