MIT Mystery Hunt 2017
| MIT Mystery Hunt 2017 | |
|---|---|
| Running Team | Setec Astronomy |
| Winning Team | Death & Mayhem |
| Timeframe and Location | |
| Location | MIT (Cambridge, MA) |
| Links | |
| Hunt Link | Link |
| MIT Mystery Hunt Chronology | |
MIT Mystery Hunt 2017 was the 37th iteration of the MIT Mystery Hunt. It was run by Setec Astronomy and themed after Dungeons & Dragons.
TO DO
List of Rounds[edit | edit source]
| Round Title | Number of Feeder Puzzles | Number of Metapuzzles |
|---|---|---|
| The Fighter | 11 | 1 |
| The Wizard | 11 | 1 |
| The Cleric | 10 | 1 |
| The Linguist | 12 | 1 |
| The Economist | 8 | 1 |
| The Chemist | 9 | 1 |
| The Big Bad Battle | 0 | 1 |
| The Despondent Dynast | 11 | 1 |
| The Dismal Dungeon | 11 | 1 |
| The Thrilling Thespians | 10 | 1 |
| The Broken Bridge | 16 | 1 |
| The Crafty Criminal | 10 | 1 |
| The Modest Minstrels | 7 | 1 |
| The Curious Cube | 8 | 1 |
| The Woeful Warlords | 9 | 1 |
| The Maniacal Merchants | 0 | 1 |
| The Foreboding Final Fortress | 0 | 1 |
Reviews and write-ups[edit | edit source]
From the organizing team[edit | edit source]
- Dan Katz - Part 1: Theme & Structure - Part 2: Puzzles I Wrote - Part 3: Procedural Issues and Gratitude - Part 4: Team Size and Hunt Length
- tmcay - Monsters et Manus
From solvers[edit | edit source]
- Alex Irpan - MIT Mystery Hunt 2017
- betaveros - I guess January is puzzles month
- chriswords - 2017 Mystery Hunt - Critical Hit
- davidglasser - this is where I used to post Mystery Hunt recaps and I don't have anywhere better
- devjoe - What the heck happened? - The Puzzles - Other thoughts - That Unlocking Structure
- dr_whom - Also I'm delighted that they had a character called "the Linguist" - 30 hours' worth of puzzles
- dr4b - MIT Mystery Hunt 2017
- extratricky - Mystery Hunt 2017 Review
- fortenforge - Part 1/3 - Part 2/3 - Part 3/3
- Joe Bohanon - Mystery Hunt 2017 Wrap-Up
- qzqxq - 2017 Mystery Hunt recap
- sniffnoy - A late, short Mystery Hunt roundup for 2017
- tablesaw - Quick Hunt Recap
Leaderboard[edit | edit source]
This leaderboard was estimated from the wrapup video. The team names are sourced from here, the finish times are from the next slide, and the solve counts are from three slides ahead. The leaderboard displayed here gives the 17 finishers ranked by finish time, and the extended leaderboard (up to 30 teams) are derived from the solve count graph until the dots and labels become too hard to distinguish.
| Rank | Team | Solves | Finish Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Death and Mayhem | 170 | 2017-01-14 4:00:00 AM |
| 2 | Too Long No Loot | 170 | 2017-01-14 5:30:00 AM |
| 3 | Team Left Out | 170 | 2017-01-14 9:30:00 AM |
| 4 | ✈✈✈ Galactic Trendsetters ✈✈✈ | 159 | 2017-01-14 2:20:00 PM |
| 5 | We've Made a Huge Mistake | 170 | 2017-01-14 3:10:00 PM |
| 6 | Codex Grolier | 165 | 2017-01-14 3:30:00 PM |
| 7 | Metaphysical Plant | 152 | 2017-01-14 7:30:00 PM |
| 8 | Hunches in Bunches | 155 | 2017-01-14 8:00:00 PM |
| 9 | The Rage of Aquarius | 161 | 2017-01-14 9:30:00 PM |
| 10 | Super Team Awesome | 152 | 2017-01-14 11:20:00 PM |
| 11 | Up Late | 159 | 2017-01-14 11:40:00 PM |
| 12 | Central Services | 154 | 2017-01-15 12:50:00 AM |
| 13 | Immoral, Illegal & Fattening | 150 | 2017-01-15 1:10:00 AM |
| 14 | Frumious Bandersnatch | 162 | 2017-01-15 2:30:00 AM |
| 15 | The Providence Transplantations | 153 | 2017-01-15 10:00:00 AM |
| 16 | Wafflehaüs | 154 | 2017-01-15 3:00:00 PM |
| 17 | Left as an Exercise for the Reader | 156 | 2017-01-15 6:00:00 PM |
