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==Excerpt From This Month's Featured Article: [[Red Herring]] == |
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[[File:Red herring.jpg|alt=|thumb|200x200px|Some red (smoked) herring. Not helpful in solving puzzles.]] |
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'''Red Herrings''' are misleading elements of a mystery or puzzle, intended to lead the solver down an incorrect path or temporarily distract from the correct path. While less common in puzzles as an actual element, the phrase itself shows up quite often. It's commonly said that intentional red herrings should be avoided when writing a puzzle, as solvers will find enough of their own to follow. That being said, the phrase "red herring" has become something of a staple within puzzle hunts. |
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The words "Red Herring" have become synonymous with "Ignore this piece of information, it's not useful to you". Thus, red herrings in puzzle hunts are rarely intended to deceive; rather, they are a sincere (if humorous) warning to not subject oneself to needless confusion. Leaning into the humor of the phrase is also quite common, with writers finding more and more creative ways to say "This is a red herring".{{clear}} |
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| Taxonomy and description of elements that comprise puzzle hunt-style puzzles |
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== Puzzle Wiki FAQs== |
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* [[Wiki:Welcome|What is this Wiki?]] |
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* [[Puzzle Hunt|What's a puzzle hunt?]] |
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* [[Puzzle Elements|What kinds of puzzles appear in puzzle hunts?]] |
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*'''[https://discord.gg/TbNkQUcwCD Discord Server]''' - [[Wiki:Discord|Startup Guide]] |
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Latest revision as of 20:09, 22 March 2024
While we've done our best in trying to avoid spoiling puzzle solutions and hunt revelations, we can't guarantee that no spoilers will be seen.
To view an earlier version of the wiki without spoilers for a specific hunt, go to the Time Machine!
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Featured article (Check back later for this month's.)
Cipher & Code Breaking Competition, often abbreviated as CCBC, is an annual puzzle hunt run by Cipherpuzzles. It is the oldest puzzlehunt in Chinese. The old name for CCBC was Cipher & Code Bar Competition because the first CCBC was run by SEVENKING who was the administrator of Baidu Cipher Bar in 2008. This name was used until CCBC X, the 10th iteration of CCBC. Due to the reduced correlation between CCBC and Baidu Cipher Bar, the name was changed from 'Bar' to 'Breaking'. It is mainly designed for Chinese puzzle solvers but also friendly to non-Chinese puzzle solvers. Like many other hunts, the winning team will be responsible for designing next year’s hunt. It allows a max team size of 5.
(Full article...)Did you know ...
- ...that in-person attendees at kickoffs have been given parts of physical puzzles during both puzzlehunts run by Brown Puzzlehunt?
- ...teams partaking in CMU Hunt Fall 2023 get one more hour to solve puzzles than in CMU Hunt Spring 2024?
- ...that Arroword crosswords are also referred to as Swedish-styled crosswords?
- ...that the title of Puzzle Rojak partially came because the authors liked rojak, a salad dish from Indonesia?
- ...that user CoreyPlover created the initial List of Puzzle Hunts in February 2022?
Upcoming Events
| Month | List of hunts |
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| May 2024 | 14 (Puzzled Pint May-24) · 18 (Rubik's Cube 50th Anniversary Hunt) · 25 (Puzzle Rojak 2) |
| June 2024 | 11 (Puzzled Pint June-24) |
| July 2024 | 9 (Puzzled Pint July-24) · 16 (Edric's 2024 Ptruzzle Hunt) |
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Popular Pages
- Puzzle Elements - Taxonomy and description of elements that comprise puzzle hunt-style puzzles
- List of Puzzle Hunts / List of Puzzle Hunts by Date - All known puzzle hunts, sorted by franchise/date.
- List of Teams - Prominent puzzle hunt teams. Please feel free to add your team and create a page for it on the wiki!
- Community Resources - External resources for connecting with the puzzle hunt community or learning more about puzzle hunts
- Puzzle Media - External publications - blogs, podcasts, streams, etc - from/about the puzzle community
- Puzzle Solving Resources / Puzzle Writing Resources - External resources that are helpful when solving/writing puzzle hunt puzzles
