Ciphers

A simple way to hide a message is to use a cipher to turn text into gibberish. A cipher is a way to turn plain text into something unrecognizable. When used as an escape room puzzle, the players get the unrecognizable encrypted text and need to find and apply the appropriate cipher to restore the plain text. Here are some ciphers appropriate for escape room puzzles.

	Alphabetic Substitution Make a table converting each letter to another letter. Reverse the process to get the message back.
	Symbol Substitution Decode a sequence of symbols by replacing each one with a number or letter.
	Pigpen Cipher A particular cipher that uses grids to define a unique symbol for each letter.
	Morse Code Use the classic code of dots and dashes to spell a message.
	Braille Leverage this alphabet for sightless reading to encode a message in a pattern of dots.