[Acmsmajors] UW Puzzle Society - puzzle hunts starting Jan. 27 5-7pm!

[Math & ACMS Student Services Office via Acmsmajors]

Join the UW Puzzle Society on team-based puzzle hunts!

In a puzzle hunt, teams work together to solve a series of puzzles, which involve lateral, logical and creative thinking! For our soft launch, UW Puzzle Society will begin by gathering as one big team to solve our way through some puzzle hunts over the quarter.

All are welcome to join, especially those new to puzzle hunts! In addition to team-based puzzling, we will have walkthroughs on how to solve hunt-style puzzles, and one can see below for a more detailed introduction to puzzle hunts.

We will meet every Monday, 5-7pm in SAV 168, starting this coming Monday, Jan 27 (except university holidays). A phone, laptop, pen or paper may be helpful but nothing is required to participate!

You can also join our Discord here: <https://discord.gg/uRd6QJXHnG<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://discord.gg/uRd6QJXHnG__;!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!g2tTUifny5uyPHIGzCbWMrP0pT-dmp2q_VdWZpVPKNrNfHqVo8ldLzngCmj9iIkFxv5EIGOITJgM2uylm9p25J4O$>>.

What is a puzzle hunt?

If you’ve never heard of puzzlehunts before, here’s a very brief summary: in a typical puzzle, you receive some information and have to extract an answer out of it, which is almost always an English word or phrase. Puzzles can come in many different forms; the only real commonality is that you usually receive no direct instructions, so it’s up to you to figure out how to make sense of the information you’re given.
You may have heard of other puzzlehunts, like <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://galacticpuzzlehunt.com/__;!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!g2tTUifny5uyPHIGzCbWMrP0pT-dmp2q_VdWZpVPKNrNfHqVo8ldLzngCmj9iIkFxv5EIGOITJgM2uylmwWNBBiJ$> the MIT Mystery Hunt, Galactic Puzzle Hunt, Puzzled Pint, or Microsoft Puzzlehunt.



Best regards,

Math & ACMS Advising
Department of Mathematics
Padelford Hall C-36

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