Puzzlehunt
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A puzzlehunt is a puzzle game where teams compete to solve a series of puzzles at a particular site, in multiple sites and/or via the internet. Groups of puzzles in a puzzle hunt are often connected by a metapuzzle, leading to answers which combine into a final set of solutions. Some famous annual puzzlehunts are:
- the MIT Mystery Hunt (Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA), the first of its kind
- the Melbourne University (Melbourne, Australia, Australia), one of the largest in the world.
- the Microsoft Puzzle Hunt (Redmond, Washington, USA)
- the Miami Herald's Tropic Hunt (Miami, Florida, USA)
- the Maze of Games (Indianapolis, Indiana and Columbus, Ohio, USA)
- the TMOU (Brno, Czech Republic)
College puzzlehunts include the aforementioned MIT Mystery Hunt as well as:
- PuzzleCrack (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)
- College Puzzle Challenge (Multiple Locations, North America), hosted by Microsoft as a recruiting event on college campuses.
Sometimes, the prize for winning a puzzlehunt is to create the next one.
[edit] Related puzzle events
- The Game (a puzzlehunt combined with a road rally)
- Microsoft Puzzle Safari (Redmond, Washington)
- Race In The City (an Amazing Race-style event in Toronto)
