Idea 19: Write a message on something tiny and require players to use a microscope to read it. Place clues in the website text and images. Idea 18: Place a computer or tablet in the room that takes players to a room-specific website you’ve created. Players must scribble lightly with a pencil on the top page of a notepad to reveal the note that had been written on the page above it.
Idea 17: Leave a blank notepad on a desk. Hide cryptic clues throughout the notes scribbled within. Idea 16: Place an ancient research diary (à la Professor Jones’ diary) in the room. Players must erase the chalk or dry erase ink from the board to reveal a message written in permanent ink. Idea 15: Place a whiteboard or chalkboard in the room with notes or equations all over it. Players must unbutton the skeleton’s shirt and reach between its bones to retrieve the object. Idea 14: Hide an object inside a skeleton’s “stomach,” as if it had once been swallowed. Idea 13: Hide a message in the underside of an umbrella. Idea 12: Design a desk drawer or trunk with a secret compartment and hide something in it. Idea 11: Hide a message within the image in a painting. Idea 10: Write a message on the back of a painting. Players must find them all to complete the message. Place slips of paper with message fragments inside them. Idea 9: Hide plastic Easter eggs or other objects that easily break open around the room. Idea 8: Hide a clue inside a fortune cookie. Even if they still have to figure out what to do with the object(s) they’ve found, the moment of discovery always energizes everyone in the room.
Playing Hide and Seekįinding something that has been hidden is a particularly satisfying moment for escape room players. Escape room players love opportunities to show off their geeky knowledge of fictional worlds. Idea 7: If appropriate for your theme, write coded messages in fictional alphabets. Use the NATO phonetic alphabet to create a message. Idea 5: Similar to Idea 4, use a postcard decoder to hide a message. Idea 4: Use a mask technique to reveal a hidden message. Red reveal cyphers can be created on a computer if you have a color printer. Idea 3: Hide a message using a red reveal technique. Idea 1: Use a scytale cipher to hide a message. Using cyphers and other techniques to hide secret messages is a great way to give players information while simultaneously ensuring that they experience some extremely satisfying wins.
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