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'''MIT Mystery Hunt 2009''' was the 29th iteration of the [[MIT Mystery Hunt]]. It was run by [[The Evil Midnight Bombers What Bomb At Midnight]], the winners of the [[MIT Mystery Hunt 2008|2008 Mystery Hunt]]. The theme of the hunt was the fictional board game ''Escape from Zyzzlvaria'', which was first introduced in the [[MIT Mystery Hunt 2002/D2: The Mighty Duck Konundrum|2002 Mystery Hunt puzzle "D2: The Mighty Duck Konundrum"]]. The setting from that puzzle was greatly expanded, and teams were given a copy of the board game, with aspects of the board game being used throughout the hunt.
'''MIT Mystery Hunt 2009''' was the 29th iteration of the [[MIT Mystery Hunt]]. It was run by [[The Evil Midnight Bombers What Bomb At Midnight]], the winners of the [[MIT Mystery Hunt 2008|2008 Mystery Hunt]]. The theme of the hunt was the fictional board game ''Escape from Zyzzlvaria'', which was first introduced in the [[MIT Mystery Hunt 2002|2002 Mystery Hunt]] puzzle [[MIT Mystery Hunt 2002/D2: The Mighty Duck Konundrum|"D2: The Mighty Duck Konundrum"]]. The setting from that puzzle was greatly expanded, and teams were given a copy of the board game, with aspects of the board game being used throughout the hunt.


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== Mentions in Other Media ==
* The Tech - [https://thetech.com/2009/01/21/mysteryhunt-v128-n64 'Beginner's Luck' Wins 63-Hour Mystery Hunt]

== Reviews and Write Ups ==
=== By Evil Midnight ===
* Dan Katz - [https://mystery-hunt.livejournal.com/9313.html#comments (Part 1)] - [https://mystery-hunt.livejournal.com/13649.html#comments Part 2 of my Hunt posting: Puzzles I wrote (or helped write) in Inner Zyzzlvaria.] - [https://mystery-hunt.livejournal.com/13923.html#comments Part 3: Puzzles I wrote in Outer Zyzzlvaria]
* Heaneyland! - [http://www.yarnivore.com/francis/archives/002050.html Sixteen things (plus one)]
* motris - [https://motris.livejournal.com/56872.html Mystery Hunt Warp-up?]

=== Others ===
* 530nm330hz - [https://530nm330hz.livejournal.com/278893.html Mystery Hunt Wrapup]
* Aaron Fuegi - [http://scv.bu.edu/~aarondf/hearth/archives/000545.html Mystery Hunt 2009]
* cananian - [https://web.archive.org/web/20170630060440/http://www.advogato.org/person/cananian/diary/42.html Mystery Hunt lessons]
* dalryaug - [https://dalryaug.livejournal.com/517709.html Hunt 2009: Zyzzlvaria and back again]
* davidglasser - [https://mystery-hunt.livejournal.com/13271.html yet another hunt report]
* devjoe - [https://devjoe.livejournal.com/19154.html Mystery Hunt over] - [https://devjoe.livejournal.com/19317.html Reverse Dimension] - [https://devjoe.livejournal.com/19682.html Other puzzles I worked on] - [https://devjoe.livejournal.com/19833.html Supplies]
* dougo - [https://dougo.livejournal.com/132546.html ZyzzlCon 3009, part 1] - [http://dougo.livejournal.com/132720.html part 2] - [http://dougo.livejournal.com/132872.html part 3] - [http://dougo.livejournal.com/133333.html part 4]
* dr_whom - [https://dr-whom.dreamwidth.org/5475.html Prisoners of Zyzzlvaria] - [https://dr-whom.dreamwidth.org/5859.html The post where I comment on a few specific puzzles]
* dumble - [https://dumble.livejournal.com/85530.html Mystery Hunt thoughts]
* emengee - [https://mystery-hunt.livejournal.com/8367.html Just a Few Thoughts]
* gwillen - [https://gwillen.livejournal.com/59494.html Mystery Hunt!]
* humbletoafault - [https://mystery-hunt.livejournal.com/11403.html Quickest Hunt Thoughts]
* jadelennox - [https://jadelennox.dreamwidth.org/333781.html Escape from Zyzzlvaria]
* mystery_fish - [https://mystery-fish.livejournal.com/13679.html MH2k9]
* noahspuzzlelj - [http://deadlymantis.blogspot.com/2009/01/time-for-my-mystery-hunt-review.html Zyzzlvaria]
* okosut - [https://okosut.livejournal.com/32500.html?view=comments#comments That's 9]
* oonh - [https://mystery-hunt.livejournal.com/11027.html hunt wrapup]
* prog - [https://prog.livejournal.com/919938.html Off to the strike]
* qaqaq - [https://qaqaq.livejournal.com/96855.html Mystery Hunt 2009] - [https://qaqaq.livejournal.com/97176.html And now, the long version]
* rford - [https://rford.livejournal.com/19027.html (no subject)]
* rhysara - [https://rhysara.livejournal.com/548708.html 2009 Mystery Hunt]
* Tanya Khovanova - [https://blog.tanyakhovanova.com/category/puzzle-hunts/page/3/ Sexacholics at MIT Mystery Hunt] - [https://blog.tanyakhovanova.com/2009/10/a-math-guide-to-the-mit-mystery-hunt/ A Math Guide to the MIT Mystery Hunt]
* Todd Etter - [https://toddetter.livejournal.com/1237.html The 2009 MIT Mystery Hunt]
* Yan Z. - [https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/good_will_mystery_hunting/ Good Will Mystery Hunting]
* zandperl - [https://zandperl.livejournal.com/565774.html Hunt 2009: Spaceship]

Latest revision as of 14:11, 7 January 2024

MIT Mystery Hunt 2009
Running TeamThe Evil Midnight Bombers What Bomb At Midnight
Winning TeamBeginner's Luck
Timeframe and Location
LocationMIT (Cambridge, MA)
Links
Hunt LinkLink
MIT Mystery Hunt Chronology
← 2008
2010 →


MIT Mystery Hunt 2009 was the 29th iteration of the MIT Mystery Hunt. It was run by The Evil Midnight Bombers What Bomb At Midnight, the winners of the 2008 Mystery Hunt. The theme of the hunt was the fictional board game Escape from Zyzzlvaria, which was first introduced in the 2002 Mystery Hunt puzzle "D2: The Mighty Duck Konundrum". The setting from that puzzle was greatly expanded, and teams were given a copy of the board game, with aspects of the board game being used throughout the hunt.

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List of Rounds[edit | edit source]

Round Title Number of Feeder Puzzles Number of Metapuzzles
Inner Zyzzlvaria
Planet Pluto 8 1
The ATM 5 1
Hiigara 7 1
Castor & Pollux 5 1
Kronos 9 1
The Board Game
Outer Zyzzlvaria
Harvoid Constellation 7 1
Virtual Sectors 14 1
Combat Simulator 12 1
Orbital Nexus 8 Click to revealEach puzzle has 4 variations, which during hunt would randomly be selected. 1
Astro Jail 16 1
Lazyr Zone 12 1
Reverse Dimension 18 Click to revealPuzzles needed to be paired up so that their answers would form cluephrases for 8 answers and 1 instruction phrase used to do the meta. 1
The Great Escape
Events

Mentions in Other Media[edit | edit source]

Reviews and Write Ups[edit | edit source]

By Evil Midnight[edit | edit source]

Others[edit | edit source]

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