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catherwood
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee
Joined: 25 Sep 2002 Posts: 4109 Location: Silicon Valley, CA
[Puzzles] Black Letter Game Heard about this one just today.
http://blacklettergame.com/
If they have not yet reached capacity, it's not too late to get into Round One. Check out the FAQ for more details about the up-front price for all five rounds and how the scoring works.
(updated FAQ link for 2014/2015)
http://blacklettergame.com/faq.php
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 4:25 pm
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ginji
Unfettered
Joined: 10 Mar 2009 Posts: 376 Location: Home
Re: [Puzzles] Black Letter Game
catherwood wrote:
Heard about this one just today.
http://blacklettergame.com/
If they have not yet reached capacity, it's not too late to get into Round One. Check out the FAQ for more details about the up-front price for all five rounds and how the scoring works.
How much do we know?
Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 5:39 pm
catherwood
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee
Joined: 25 Sep 2002 Posts: 4109 Location: Silicon Valley, CA
Re: [Puzzles] Black Letter Game
ginji wrote:
How much do we know?
I know very little, only what's in their FAQ. A group of people I know on in the National Puzzlers League teamed up and had one member buy the physical item, then they did a group solve remotely. I haven't seen any of the puzzles, but I think I remember being told they spent 3-5 hours on one puzzle from the first week. I'm not playing this one, just wanted to pass along the info.
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 11:46 am
Syncopal
Decorated
Joined: 18 Jul 2009 Posts: 199 Location: Look Behind You!
Here you go friends! :) So my brother signed up.... he got a 8x8x8 box in the mail with this receipt inside and that's about it... he got in late and thinks he might have missed an email or something but right now this is all we have. Please hide any spoilers as we're still working on it too... but damn... I'm stumped.
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Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 4:08 pm
mrsmathteacher
Greenhorn
Joined: 16 Nov 2007 Posts: 5
stumped also I have solved 2 of the 5 puzzles but am really stuck. Lots of ideas, but feeling discouraged. Would you like to team up?
Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2012 4:08 pm
joywalking
Guest
I'm in Edgewater and on a Black Letter Game team. We've got three out of the five puzzles done, but are at a stuck point. We'd be open to sharing brainpower at some point.
Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 10:46 am
ariock
Has a Posse
Joined: 11 Aug 2004 Posts: 762 Location: SF East Bay
Hello. My team (Oryx and Crake) has just completed the first artifact.
It doesn't hurt to send the answer-bot brief guesses about ideas you might have regarding the direction to take to get a solution.
A brief overview: There are five puzzles on this artifact. who, what, when, where, and a signature.
I have to say that I thought the solution to "when" was fairly arbitrary/inelegant. Especially after how beautifully done the other puzzles were.
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When the Apocalypse comes, it'll be in base64.
Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 3:05 pm
catherwood
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee
Joined: 25 Sep 2002 Posts: 4109 Location: Silicon Valley, CA
Black Letter Game returns A new sequence is about to begin for "early 2015". This round's FAQ says it will be only four shipments (as opposed to the five in the original game). Subscriptions are being taken at http://www.blacklettergame.com/
Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2014 4:32 pm
mstephans
Boot
Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 21
First BLL Puzzles Does anyone have the hints/solutions for the 2012 BLL puzzles? I am trying to do the last three and the website no longer has hints or solutions. The creators say they don't have them either. I am hoping one of you might have kept them?
Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2014 5:33 pm
catherwood
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee
Joined: 25 Sep 2002 Posts: 4109 Location: Silicon Valley, CA
Re: Black Letter Game returns Subscriptions for the 2016 round may be closed now, but I just saw a mention on a puzzle forum (posted last week) which said they found a new batch of artifacts and could accept a few more subscribers.
Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2015 3:26 pm
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