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May 12, 2017 Off With Her Head Puzzler Take the first name of a famous woman. Remove the first letter to get a noun, phonetically. This woman is arguably both the most famous person with 2 min read Apr 26, 2017 Mysterysmith goes to Washington 2 min read Apr 22, 2017 Have you seen Terra Green? Attention Washington, D.C. friends! I’d like to bring Creatures on the Loose to your town on the evening of May 4th. But I don’t know 2 min read Mar 14, 2017 I'd Deny Inland Orca Memorial Puzzler What 20th century figure’s last name is made up of three consecutive U.S. state abbreviations? DASH 9 tickets are for sale. DASH 9 - Department of 2 min read Mar 1, 2017 I Abhor Billowy Chintz Puzzler The TV show LOST has all its letters in alphabetical order. Name two Oscar-winning movies — both five letters long — that also have this property. The Universe 2 min read Feb 14, 2017 A Mountain, But Not a River We continue to add more Chicago dates for our popular escape-room-in-a-box, Creatures on the Loose!. Currently there are three events in March you can 2 min read Jan 20, 2017 Creatures game in Chicago Puzzler Name a food in 7 letters. Change one letter, anagram it, and you’ll have an activity that this food will allow you to do more of, 2 min read Jan 9, 2017 🗝 Puzzle in a building 🏢 Escape with Zelda Happy 2017, the first prime year since 2011, and the last until 2027. MIT Mystery Hunt is just a few days away, and for the first time in 2 min read Dec 19, 2016 🗝 Dec 28 puzzle event 🦄 Speaking about Holiday Bullshit Chicagoans! We’d love to see you at our first public puzzle event, Creatures on the Loose!, next week on the 28th, at the Revolution Tap Room. Follow 2 min read Nov 24, 2016 🗝 Brainteasers // ARG update // Other games 🦃 Hello, again. Happy Thanksgiving, for those of you celebrating. If you’re looking for dinner table topics beyond the US election, I hope these links, and the puzzle 3 min read Oct 20, 2016 🗝 Brain busters from Bletchley 🤔 (A poem ( in ) a Venn) Thanks for sending all the great ideas about where I should hold hunts. Still going through them and getting back to people. Please keep sending on ideas! Puzzler 2 min read Oct 12, 2016 🗝 Curse of Peg Leg Sullivan 👻 Decemberists board game Question for you: Where should I host my next puzzle hunt? Could be a museum, a park, neighborhood, gathering space, restaurant, underground bunker, hotel lobby, anything. Hit reply 2 min read Sep 30, 2016 🗝 Hunt a killer in the Maryland woods 👻 The nutso Voynich Manuscript Thank you for taking the time to read these. If you find something online that you think I’d like, please hit “reply” and send it. I’d 2 min read Sep 22, 2016 George R. R. Martin's New Mexico multiverse 🔎 Agatha Christie, in stamp form Happy fall. Here is some stuff I enjoyed this week. Puzzler Name two actors who played father and son in a recent movie. One actor shares his last 3 min read Sep 14, 2016 Ada Lovelace, puzzlemaker 👏🏼 Online and real puzzle hunts 👏🏼 Snarky C418 I just got back from the XOXO Festival in Portland, which is always a whirlwind of inspiration and friendship. Got to do one puzzle room while there, Spark 2 min read Sep 6, 2016 Looking for playtesters // Indie crosswords on the rise // Escape Room Top 10 Fall is here. Apparently that means it’s team-building season. To that end, I need your help — I’m building a few puzzle games for clients and 3 min read Aug 29, 2016 Master Theorem returns // Ron Swanson, jigsawer // Escape from the Playa This Saturday sees the launch of Mark Halpin’s annual Labor Day Puzzle Extravaganza. I was introduced to Halpin’s work two years ago, when I helped some 4 min read Aug 22, 2016 Mystery League in Crain's // Strange video game symbols // Potatoes in space 3 min read Jan 21, 2015 And dozens more newsletters… …can be found over at dispatch.mysteryleague.com [http://dispatch.mysteryleague.com/]. We're moving them over here, one by one. 1 min read