January 2022 Reward - A Sudoku Hunt This Is
Added 2022-01-01 16:01:02 +0000 UTCHappy New Year Patreons!
What better way to kick off the New Year than with a brilliant Sudoku Hunt by Peter C Hayward. As trailed in our book, CTC's Greatest Hits, and on the channel, Peter has created a remarkable journey through time and space that you will LOVE working your way through.
Once you have reached the end and "decided on the name for the next trilogy", email us at crackingthecryptic@gmail.com - we will be reading out some of the first successful solutions, and one person who emails us the correct solution by 4pm on 20th January will win a prize!
The document attached is all you need to solve the sudoku hunt, but if you would like CTC app URLs, they are below (without coffee stains, or 'rules'):
p1: https://app.crackingthecryptic.com/sudoku/n247g6DRRQ
p2: https://app.crackingthecryptic.com/sudoku/NjMP392dmM
p3: https://app.crackingthecryptic.com/sudoku/htBqH8m4tt
p4 large: https://app.crackingthecryptic.com/sudoku/nf9RRf277n
p4 small: https://app.crackingthecryptic.com/sudoku/R6j8fLbJPB
p5 upper: https://app.crackingthecryptic.com/sudoku/nHjFJPgbFP
p5 lower: https://app.crackingthecryptic.com/sudoku/bnF9f73hfM
p6: https://app.crackingthecryptic.com/sudoku/jhQ367PJtN
p7: https://app.crackingthecryptic.com/sudoku/Q4GJJt8JbQ
p8: https://app.crackingthecryptic.com/sudoku/Rg8bNMj3Qq
p9 Dagger: https://cracking-the-cryptic.web.app/sudoku/TpbrnLJD7R
p9 Anti-Jedi: https://app.crackingthecryptic.com/sudoku/bGmh93NBrM
p10 Wayfinder: https://cracking-the-cryptic.web.app/sudoku/MD7qq2Pfhj
p10 Miracle: https://app.crackingthecryptic.com/sudoku/HHJr3dBNtT
For anyone wondering how to get started or transition between puzzles, there is some very useful chat on the patreon-chat channel of the Discord server (https://discord.gg/BbN89j5). Best of luck - and have a fabulous New Year!
Simon & Mark
Comments
When are the solution vids being released?
2022-02-01 17:29:10 +0000 UTCWill there be solution videos for these? I certainly hope so!
2022-01-26 23:33:24 +0000 UTCToo difficult for me. I hope the next one is a step down in difficulty to make it more accessible.
Josh
2022-01-23 17:37:30 +0000 UTCMe too. I spent a few hours trying and couldn't get anywhere. Hopefully there will be a step down in difficulty soon.
Josh
2022-01-23 17:36:46 +0000 UTCI did fine with the pyramid hunt except for the very end. This one I couldn't touch at all. That kind of wordplay "cryptic crossword" type content is not for me. I don't mind going to the discord for help either, but when the correct answer turns out to be something like "yeah x usually means y, but when the moon is in scorpio it might mean z, and so the shape of a z is like a 2 so the number here would be 2 except that 2 can also stand for the letter B so it's a B", I'm just out. That does not make me happy to try to solve. At all. All the more power to those who enjoy it.
2022-01-18 21:38:00 +0000 UTCFinished it! First time I've done one of these within the time. Only got through it with extensive help from the Discord community tho ... thanks guys :)
BertieCat
2022-01-18 13:08:12 +0000 UTCSimilar sentiments here. I managed to get through Clover's Sense of Place hunt, finding Everest fun and easy, but the Pyramid hunt and the Star Wars reward were frustrating. Happy to find loads of content on the discord server, though.
2022-01-16 16:59:27 +0000 UTCMy sentiments too. I am no solving slouch - maths brain, top 1% of population when measured. Puzzle 1 was reasonable but I spent far too long becasue the Super 8 clue was quite ambiguous (it being an 8 x 8 grid). Puzzle 2 had quite a narrow solution path and a novel interpretation of the sandwich mechanic (yes, it's inferable from the rules but after 2 hours battling along the wrong path you do lose the will to go on). Puzzle 3 I found impenetrable. 11 or 12 puzzles in a month (even if you took 1 hour per puzzle) is one hell of a commitment. I have another life involving family and earning income - that's where i will be concentrating my energies from hereon.
2022-01-11 02:50:38 +0000 UTCI spent a week solving the first puzzle. I would have spent as long on the second puzzle, except I broke down and went to Discord for help. The third and fourth puzzles I only solved because of extensive hints that were given to others on Discord. I am stopping there. It's just not fun. I had a similarly frustrating experience with the Christmas Puzzle Pyramid--some of them were okay, but far too many were just beyond me (especially the pencil puzzles). I know that lots of people enjoy these extremely difficult hunts, but I do hope that occasionally you'll back down the difficulty level a bit. I don't mind at all struggling a bit when there's a payoff--the discovery of the logic and a solution to the puzzle. However, it's disheartening when it takes days on end. Thank you. :-)
2022-01-10 13:29:28 +0000 UTCwatching the episode IV cantina scene helps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IK_iw5Yps2M&t=267s
2022-01-10 11:01:44 +0000 UTCIt's a scene from a movie, I know the scene but had to look up the script to ensure I had the correct numbers.
2022-01-05 01:24:28 +0000 UTCThank you! Found "it" now:)
2022-01-04 09:17:42 +0000 UTCGreat.... I can't figure out the clues for puzzle 1 :/
Anne Loftager
2022-01-03 18:52:57 +0000 UTCWell its definitely not 16 or 18
Scott Ramsdale
2022-01-03 17:02:47 +0000 UTCAny hints on the green phrase on puzzle 1? I think i understand the other two...(maybe).
2022-01-03 09:11:03 +0000 UTCHave spent far too long not solving the first puzzle. I got a fair way in (found the first 2 tricks) but the path to the solution must be quite narrow or intricate. Quite dissatsifying.
2022-01-03 06:10:23 +0000 UTC@Bootenks thanks, I'll give it a try! I had noticed the theme. I'll look harder. Pretty cool in a sudoku!
2022-01-02 00:48:00 +0000 UTC@Renee check the phrases from the top they refer sentences from a movie. (Simon mentioned the theme in the today's video) Then take a look on the shape of the stains and maybe you see the light in the dark.
2022-01-02 00:43:04 +0000 UTCNo clue either for me! I tried using the coffee stains on the first one with a bunch of colours. No such luck. Perhaps some non-themed instructions would help and puzzle type? There's no instructions on the CTC puzzle links either. Good luck everyone!
2022-01-02 00:24:56 +0000 UTCNo clue how the movement of both actors in puzzle 2 should work :D
N+T Sudoku Solving Ltd.
2022-01-01 21:55:36 +0000 UTCwell consider me out the running. 2 hours down a bification chain on puzzle 2 and still no clue.
Stuartdouglas19 .
2022-01-01 21:38:57 +0000 UTC
