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Team puzzle event: 2nd Tuesday of every month

Team puzzle event: 2nd Tuesday of every month

OVERVIEW:

I’ve always been interested in the prospect of trying out some new puzzle formats, and it would appear that now is my chance.

Once per month, I will be holding a 45-minute team puzzle-solving contest. It will be held during the second Tuesday of each month at 7pm Pacific / 10pm Eastern (usual Tanga time, but subject to change if Tanga / Thought Lobster is ever resurrected).

It will be aimed at “regulars” who enjoy OWW-style puzzles (as opposed to a light Cryptopix puzzle).

HOW PLAYING WOULD WORK:

Participants will be divided into small teams (probably with a maximum of 5 people), who each get assigned a private chatroom. At puzzle time, exactly three OWW-esque puzzles will be posted on a regular website. The puzzles will be on the challenging side and/or will have multiple distinct steps needed to obtain the final answer — this will encourage cooperation among your team.

For each of the three puzzles, teams earn more/less points based on which team finished first, second, third, etc. Puzzles not answered within 45 minutes earn zero points.

Some of the finer details depend on the number of interested participants, but my initial thought was to have the opportunity to possibly rearrange teams every 3 months. After each monthly event, I would post points statistics, and after each 3-month “season” the overall winning team would be announced.

HOW YOU SIGN UP:

Send your email to me via Tangagram, or send an email directly to: missingtanga@gmail.com

It would be difficult to orchestrate this without the use of email. I know some people are squeamish about giving out their email address, so let me say this:

- I would only use your email address for purposes of organizing / participating in the monthly puzzle event.
- I would never post your email on the puzzle website or any other website.
- FYI: If you wanted to, it would be easy to setup a free email account (e.g. via Gmail) just for puzzling purposes that you could either (1) use outright, or (2) use as a safety buffer that forwards all incoming emails to your other [primary] email account.

OTHER INFORMATION:

The website that will host the monthly puzzles will be: missingtanga.blogspot.com

I will communicate with teams prior to puzzle-day via email. This include a link that will be sent to all team members leading to a free private chatroom (just for their team, hosted by chatzy.com).

I am primarily looking for people who would be interested in playing. However, if you would instead be interested in helping (e.g., designing and/or play-testing puzzles), I would welcome that too.

I’d be happy to answer any questions below. The first event would be Tuesday, Oct. 8 (…assuming there is enough interest for at least a few teams).

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