Puzzlehunt 12 was a weird mash-up of a Jeopardy-themed hunt and a Halloween/hell-based hunt.  What that meant was that it was the longest hunt ever, with a whopping 66 puzzles!

Team Liboncatipu rocked this hunt.  We came in second, finally breaking into the echelon of powerhouse teams.  There were a lot of great "ah ha" moments, and the whole team ( Read more... )

We pulled Puzzle Safari off without a hitch, which was surprising given our relative lack of organization this year in running the thing.
70ish teams competed this year which is about normal for the past few years.

The most gimme-ish puzzle in the event had 60 solves, and one puzzle had 0 solves, with the complete gamut in between.  In that context ( Read more... )

This year's Puzzlehunt was Tron-themed.  Liboncatipu, my team, got together the friday evening before to watch Tron at
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