I was recently playing various exit/escape board games, and was wondering if there is a proper name for the "solution wheels"?

Also, are there any common strategies, techniques or applications to create these?

Escape the Room - Mystery at Stargazer’s Manor
Exit: The Game - The Secret Lab


The proper name for this sort of encoder/decoder ring is a Cipher disk, but they are also commonly called Caesar or Cipher Wheels.

Generally speaking they are relatively easy to create using either a ruler, compass and protractor, or a template.

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