Puzzle Hunt Calendar
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Mar 11-Aug 29
The Cole Stroll
San Francisco, CA
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-cole-stroll-puzzle-hunt-tickets-257579606537
The Cole Stroll is a self-guided puzzle hunt through the Cole Valley and Upper Haight neighborhoods of San Francisco.
Teams of players acquire points by solving clues correctly as they progress through a series of public and private spaces with surprise and delight.
The Cole Stroll features riddles, games, snacks, stickers, puzzles, trivia and poetry. This site-specific hunt moves through ten of Cole Valley’s best kept independent businesses. It covers approximately two miles, over two hours, on foot...
May 3-Jun 16
The Puzzler Hunt (significant cash prize)
https://contest.thepuzzlerbook.com
THE PUZZLER HUNT
Dates: May 3 at 12:01 pm ET to mid-June (or whenever the first person solves it)
FREE and open to all
To enter, you need to find the passphrase hidden in the introduction to “The Puzzler: One Man’s Quest to Solve the Most Baffling Puzzles Ever, from Crosswords to Jigsaws to the Meaning of Life.” The introduction is available for free, no purchase necessary, at
https://contest.thepuzzlerbook.com
Once you find the passcode, you can register. The first puzzle will drop on May 3, with one puzzle released per day for the next 22 weekdays. If you solve all of these puzzles, you will get to a final round. The first to solve the final round receives $10,000. Again, no purchase necessary, US residents only, full rules at
https://contest.thepuzzlerbook.com
May 7-30
Palo Alto Puzzle Hunt
Palo Alto, CA
https://www.solvingfun.com/paloalto
The Solving Fun Puzzle Pals have been creating puzzles for the Palo Alto Puzzle Hunt! They’re excited for our community to explore many of the wonderful sites this city has to offer.
The Puzzle Hunt consists of 4 weeks of fun: Saturday May 7th through Monday May 30th. It’s free and filled with puzzles for you and your family and friends to solve together. Solve one week’s worth or do them all. Enter drawings each week for a chance to win prizes. There will be one final drawing if you’ve completed them all for a grand prize filled with Palo Alto goodies!
May 28 (recurring)
P&A Issue 95
Jun 14 (recurring)
Puzzled Pint
a city near you?
http://www.puzzledpint.com/
Puzzled Pint is NORMALLY a social puzzle solving event which happens on the second Tuesday of every month in locations around the world! For the current list of PP cities, visit our web site (link above).
In response to the COVID-19 global pandemic, Puzzled Pint will not be endorsing any physical Puzzled Pint events. However, we have given our local Game Control volunteers the option of hosting virtual events. We will make each month's puzzles available on the second Tuesday. As Puzzled Pint is a world-wide event, we will post the puzzles on the Puzzled Pint website at the following time. Hints and solutions to the puzzles will be posted 24 hours later.
New Zealand - 6pm Tue
Great Britain - 7am Tue
Eastern US/Can - 2am Tue
Pacific US/Can - 11pm Mon
For questions, comments, or hints during the event, please contact your local GC, or email gamecontrol@puzzledpint.com if they are not available.
Solve the location puzzle posted the Friday before the event for more information!
Twitter:
http://twitter.com/@puzzledpint
Facebook:
http://fb.com/puzzledpint
Jun 18-26
Huntinality 2.0
https://www.huntinality.com/
Huntinality is an online puzzle hunt consisting of rounds of puzzles and metapuzzles written by Cardinality. It is designed for teams of up to 6 people and is open to people of any and all puzzling experience.
Jul 2
Edric's 2022 TRUZZLE Hunt
Jul 11-17
Edric's 2023 (?) PUZZLE Hunt
Aug 26-Sep 6
Galactic Puzzle Hunt: The Exam
https://2022.galacticpuzzlehunt.com/
The Galactic Aptitude Test, or GAP test, is a //one-hour// standardized exam featuring around //ten// challenges on a variety of subjects. Study hard, do well, and change your life!*
*Studying hard not a guarantee of doing well. #2 pencil required.
Sep 17-18
Pu22lehunt Parallax (Microsoft)
Oct 22
Puzzle Boat 9
https://www.pandamagazine.com/island9/
Our ninth iteration of Puzzle Boat 9 begins with you trapped in arcade with nothing but rolls of quarters and a pencil for solving puzzles. Early registration is available until May 28th.
Puzzle Boat 9 will contain close to 200 puzzles. Gather your friends or solve on your own; take your time or race to be first.
Nov 5
ER Champ qualifiers
https://erchamp.com/en/current_championship
ER Champ is an international escape room competition in which teams from around the world compete for the best result in solving puzzle rooms. Every year, there are thousands of participants in these competitions, and this number is growing cyclically. So far, the 4th edition of the championship has been held. The partners of events in previous years were such brands as X-Men: Dark Phoenix, City of Wrocław and Traficar.
As always, the 3rd online competition will be held in November. The qualifiers will take place on November 5, and the grand finale, for which the top 100 teams will qualify, will take place 3 weeks later - November 26.
Nov 26
ER Champ finals
https://erchamp.com/en/current_championship
ER Champ is an international escape room competition in which teams from around the world compete for the best result in solving puzzle rooms. Every year, there are thousands of participants in these competitions, and this number is growing cyclically. So far, the 4th edition of the championship has been held. The partners of events in previous years were such brands as X-Men: Dark Phoenix, City of Wrocław and Traficar.
As always, the 3rd online competition will be held in November. The qualifiers will take place on November 5, and the grand finale, for which the top 100 teams will qualify, will take place 3 weeks later - November 26.
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Resources of note
Social:
Puzzle Hunters (fb),
The Game (fb),
DASH (fb),
inteGIRLS,
Puzzle World (discord)
Traditions:
Arizona Treasure Hunt,
The Game,
MITMH,
The Rallye Club,
BANG,
EPP,
DASH,
BAPHL,
Puzzled Pint,
Mission Street
Puzzle Hunt Calendar is made by Dan Egnor. The Planning Cabal folks are Brent Holman, Jeff Wallace, and Curtis Chen.