October 2015 – Mystery Month
Non-linked hints encoded in ROT-13.
- Posters (location puzzles led people to bars)
- Dots
- Puzzle
- Hint 1: Gurer ner qbgf naq qnfurf. Qbrf gung erzvaq lbh bs nal fbeg bs pbqr?
- Hint 2: Pna gur qbgf naq qnfurf or chg va nal fbeg bs beqre?
- Hint 3
- Hint 4
- Hint 5: Jung qb lbh fhccbfr vg zrnaf? Jung jbhyq n “qvnzrgevp jbeq beqre” or? Jung “ahzreny” vf “rqvoyr?”
- Hint 6
- Hint 7: Jung ner gur uvtuyvtugrq nernf ersreevat gb?
- Solution Description
- Solution Image
- HueMazing
- Puzzle
- Hint 1: Vg’f n znmr. Pna lbh fbyir vg?
- Hint 2
- Hint 3: Jnez pbybef ner? Pbby pbybef ner?
- Hint 4
- Hint 5: Qb mrebrf naq barf znxr nal fbeg bs pbqr?
- Solution Description
- Solution Image
- Paddles
- Puzzle – PDF version
- Puzzle – laser cutting version
- Extra bit for non-American solvers
- Hint 1: Jung qb gurfr funcrf ybbx yvxr?
- Hint 2
- Hint 3: Pna gurfr or chg va nal cnegvphyne beqre?
- Hint 4
- Hint 5: Qb gur nezf bs gur gjb cvrprf chg gbtrgure ybbx yvxr nal fbeg bs pbqr?
- Solution Description
- Solution Image
- Grid
- Puzzle – complete PDF (Note: make sure to print with “no resize” setting, and check size against the laser-cut “punch card”! Recommend printing 1 test copy and verifying size first.)
- Puzzle – optional laser cutting file for card
- Hint 1: Gur pneq jvgu ubyrf va vg fubhyq or ynvq ba gur tevq. Vf gurer naljurer gung znxrf frafr sbe gur pneq gb fgneg?
- Hint 2
- Hint 3
- Hint 4: Lbh hfrq nyy gur yrggref naq qverpgvbaf sebz gur ubyrf. Jnf gurer nal bgure vasb erirnyrq jura gur pneq jnf ng nyy gur ybpngvbaf?
- Hint 5
- Hint 6: Jung jnf gur qverpgvbaf va gur ynfg cbfvgvba?
- Hint 7: Jung vf gur zrffntr bapr fuvsgrq guvegrra yrggref?
- Solution Description
- Solution Image
- Unnamed #1 (meta puzzle)
- Secret Logo Puzzle – Solution
- Unnamed #2 (bonus puzzle)
Thanks to Portland player Brian Kelly Hahn for writing all of this month’s main puzzles! Bonus is courtesy Andrea Blumberg, another wonderful Portland player.