Rules

Have fun. If you're not having fun, let us know. If your team is running out of steam, let us know.
If you believe you have found the location of a metapuzzle, call us before going there so that we know what you're up to.
The more prepared you are for Puzzle Hunt weekend, the better time you'll have participating in it. Here's a list of supplies that you may find helpful:
- An X-acto knife
- Office supplies: Pens, pencils, colored pencils, graph paper, scissors, clear tape, ruler/straight edge, protractor, highlighters, glue stick
- Compass
- As many Internet-connected computers as possible (preinstalled with Silverlight, which will be used often in the hunt)
- Access to a color printer
- Games: Scrabble, Monopoly, chess, deck of cards, or other classics
- 20 sided die, Rubik's cube
- A laptop capable of playing audio CD's, with headphones
- Flashlights and/or headlamps
- Cell phones
- Digital camera
- Graphing Calculator/Software
- Food
Competitive teams can have a maximum of 12 players, and a minimum of 8 players. Recreational teams must have a minimum of 8 players, with no upper limit.
Hacking puzzles is not in the spirit of the hunt and is strictly prohibited. This includes: hacking into any computer system to find the answer; modifying something needed by other teams to solve the puzzle (e.g., moving an object referenced in a puzzle); giving false information to another team; trying to purloin answers from another team;. Colluding with other teams is also prohibited. Writing a computer program to solve a puzzle is allowed, but if we've done our job right won't be too helpful.
Each team must be reachable by telephone and email during the hunt. New puzzles and corrections to puzzles will be sent out via email and posted on our web site.