Mr. Shawn H. Corey wrote:
  m/The satchel contains the following items? \((\d+)\): (.*)/
  my $count_of_items = $1;
my $item_list = $2;

And don't forget to check if it matched (otherwise you have the old $1 and $2):
if (m/The satchel contains the following items? \((\d+)\): (.*)/) {
        my $count_of_items = $1;
        my $item_list = $2;
        # ...
}

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