Mystery Hunt '95
Credits
MIT IAP Mystery Hunt '95 was developed primarily by Mark Gottlieb, with help
from Pat Rowe, Ming Tsai, Robert Bosch, Dave Bacher, Hareendra Yalamanchili,
Brian Young, Brian Schuler, and Maxine Gottlieb. The hunt was based around the
game Clue.
Description
As introduced at the beginning of the hunt, Mr. Boddy had come into
possession of the priceless Unlucky Coin of Eye Aitch Tee-Ef Pea.
Unfortunately, he also discovered that one of his friends was going to
kill him for the coin. In order to avoid living in fear, Mr. Boddy invited all
of his friends to stay with him in his mansion. Around his mansion, he hid
many clues to the whereabouts of the hidden coin. Upon his death (which he was
unable to stop), his friends were invited to explore the mansion and solve the
puzzles... guaranteeing that the next owner of the coin will have had to earn
it!
You, one of his ungrateful and greedy heirs, must prove yourself worthy of
inheriting the coin by solving Boddy's fiendish posthumous puzzles.
Statistics
The hunt was approximately 40 puzzles long, and involved quite a variety of
puzzles... There were on-line puzzles, video-taped puzzles, a Clue tournament,
crosswords, cryptograms, geometrical puzzles, geography puzzles, trivia
puzzles, and combinations of the above (and probably quite a few which don't
fit into any of those categories either!) The hunt lasted until approximately
4AM on Monday morning, securing its place as the longest hunt on record
(over 60 hours total) to date.
Contact: MIT IAP Mystery Hunt -- puzzle@mit.edu