diff --git a/beautiful-racket/br/demo/txtadv/expander.rkt b/beautiful-racket/br/demo/txtadv/expander.rkt
index 45ac649..d5b3560 100644
--- a/beautiful-racket/br/demo/txtadv/expander.rkt
+++ b/beautiful-racket/br/demo/txtadv/expander.rkt
@@ -51,6 +51,15 @@
 (define-inverting #'(everywhere-action _name _desc)
   #'(_name _desc))
 
+(provide things-section)
+(define-inverting #'(things-section _heading _thing ...)
+  #'(begin _thing ...))
+
+(provide thing-entry)
+(define #'(thing-entry (thing-id _thingname) (thing-action _actionname _actiondesc) ...)
+  #''(define-thing _thingname [_actionname _actiondesc] ...))
+
+
 (provide desc)
 (define #'(desc _d) #'_d)
 
diff --git a/beautiful-racket/br/demo/txtadv/parser.rkt b/beautiful-racket/br/demo/txtadv/parser.rkt
index f265cac..eb19d0c 100644
--- a/beautiful-racket/br/demo/txtadv/parser.rkt
+++ b/beautiful-racket/br/demo/txtadv/parser.rkt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #lang ragg
 
-txtadv-program : [verb-section] [everywhere-section] 
+txtadv-program : [verb-section] [everywhere-section] [things-section]
 
 verb-section : "===VERBS===" verb-entry+
 
@@ -12,6 +12,14 @@ everywhere-section : "===EVERYWHERE===" everywhere-action+
 
 everywhere-action : ID desc
 
+things-section : "===THINGS===" thing-entry+
+
+thing-entry : thing-id thing-action+
+
+thing-id : THING-NAME
+
+thing-action : ID desc
+
 desc : s-exp
 
-s-exp : ID | STRING | "(" s-exp* ")"
\ No newline at end of file
+s-exp : ID | STRING | ("(" "[" "{") s-exp* (")" "]" "}")
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/beautiful-racket/br/demo/txtadv/tokenizer.rkt b/beautiful-racket/br/demo/txtadv/tokenizer.rkt
index e38cef6..637ccc7 100644
--- a/beautiful-racket/br/demo/txtadv/tokenizer.rkt
+++ b/beautiful-racket/br/demo/txtadv/tokenizer.rkt
@@ -16,8 +16,11 @@
        [(union #\tab #\space #\newline) (get-token input-port)]
        [(repetition 1 +inf.0 (union upper-case (char-set "="))) lexeme]
        [(seq "\"" (complement (seq any-string "\"" any-string)) "\"") (token 'STRING lexeme)]
-       [(char-set "()[]{},_") lexeme]
-       [(repetition 1 +inf.0 (union alphabetic numeric (char-set "-.")))
-        (token 'ID (string->symbol lexeme))]))
+       [(seq "---"
+             (repetition 1 +inf.0 (union alphabetic numeric punctuation))
+             "---") (token 'THING-NAME (string-trim lexeme "-" #:repeat? #t))]
+       [(repetition 1 +inf.0 (union alphabetic numeric punctuation))
+        (token 'ID (string->symbol lexeme))]
+       [any-char lexeme]))
     (get-token input-port))  
   next-token)
diff --git a/beautiful-racket/br/demo/txtadv/world.rkt b/beautiful-racket/br/demo/txtadv/world.rkt
index e9435af..94503cb 100644
--- a/beautiful-racket/br/demo/txtadv/world.rkt
+++ b/beautiful-racket/br/demo/txtadv/world.rkt
@@ -75,11 +75,20 @@ inventory
 get
   "Ouch!"
 
+
 ---door---
 open 
-  (if (have-thing? key)
+  (if 
+      this
+      that)
+
+
+/*
+---door---
+open 
+  (if 
       (begin
-        (set-thing-state! door 'open)
+        (set-thing-state door open)
         "The door is now unlocked and open.")
       "The door is locked.")
 
@@ -114,6 +123,8 @@ get
    (take-thing! trophy)
    "You win!")
 
+*/
+
 
 /*
 ===PLACES===