I hosted this party four years ago and figured I should document the clues and game play before I forget something.
Supplies:
My Passport Sticker Books (12)
3 Digit Custom Combination Lock (1)
Four Digit Custom Combination Lock (3)
Safari WorldLandmarks TOOB
Large Suitcase with Outer Pocket (Generic)
Ping Pong Eyeball or another "eye" object like an Egyptian Eye of Horus charm etc.
Object or picture depicting "Full" I crafted a fuel gauge with a 2 oz metal tin and a red tooth pick
Tow Truck Toy/Picture
Hershey Chocolate Bar (in half) only showing the letters HER
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Passport books:
This was the message inside the front cover. Why does ermine frosting matter? It doesn’t, it's only my personal favorite. |
I removed the sticker insert from the middle of the book and
glued in a second message:
Tip #1: The passport book scripts say: WEST TO EAST, but this wasn't obvious how I originally printed them with just the capital letters in bold, so if I did it again, I would use the larger capital font version below:
· Walked through the largest museum in the world
· Explored the world’s deepest blue hole
· St. Paul's cathedral
· Took a trip up the Yangtze river and visited the Terracotta Warriors
· There’s a caribou on the quarter and beaver on the nickel
· Over half of the world’s cork is produced here
· Europe’s most populated city is Moscow
· Ancient Theater of Epidaurus
· Saw the Neuschwanstein Castle and Bradenburg Gate
· Three vertical stripes and a picture of an eagle eating a snake on their flag
The landmark figurine Buddha of Lantau/The Big Buddha was placed in the outer pocket of the suitcase. The suitcase was locked with the smaller three digit combination lock. The figurine is goldish so it was a little confusing because some of the guests were mistaking it for the Golden Buddha in Bangkok. They eventually figured out the mix up.
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Sometimes
when you’re puzzled it’s best to retrace your steps from the beginning.
(This was a hint for them to go back through their passports and to decipher the message WEST TO EAST.)
World Boxes
Landmarks have color-coded numbers. |
Each box had a map that fit in the bottom of the box identifying the famous landmark. (I did not use all of the landmarks, only the ones listed below.) On the back of each map, I wrote the latitude and longitude of the landmark for faster reference.
Originally, I had the boxes numbered on the bottom, but these were easy to mix up once the maps were removed. If I did it again, I would number the landmarks (as pictured) instead of the bottom of the box.
Sample numeric code from West to East: 201703182021
0 Mount Rushmore: 43.8791 N, 103.4591 W
1 Temple of the Inscriptions: 17.4836 N, 92.0470 W
7 Statue of Liberty: 40.6892 N, 74.0445 W
0 Stonehenge:
51.1789 N, 1.8262 W
3 Big Ben:
51.5007 N, 0.1246 W
1 Arc de
Triomphe: 48.8738 N, 2.2950 E
8 Leaning
Tower of Pisa: 43.7230, 10.3966 E
2 Colosseum:
41.8902 N, 12.4922 E
0 Parthenon:
37.9715 N, 23.7267 E
2 Great
Sphinx of Giza: 29.9753 N, 31.1376 E
1 Great Wall
of China: 40.4319 N, 116.5704 E
As an alternate, one of my guests guessed THIEF (Tow-Hershey-I/Eye- Empty/Full) following a pattern where each object represented one letter.
The word PARIS opens the Cryptex and reveals the message:
ask for the “czech”
Let’s
be honest, who has room for cake after a pizza buffet—especially Brick Oven’s
super delicious dessert pizza? Good job, detectives, until next time
Carmen
Sandiego