EPP 10: The Abecedary was a puzzlehunt organized by Eric Harshbarger on March 26-27, 2011. It lasted 26 hours and consisted of 26 main puzzles, each based on a letter of the alphabet. Green Team, captained by Tracy Cobbs, won the competition.
Gameplay[]
EPP10 included 29 puzzles, including an opening run-around puzzle, 26 regular puzzles, a metapuzzle, and a hidden puzzle.
Team formation allowed for any number of players, provided the sum of their point worths didn't exceed 52 points. Each player was worth 6 + (1 if you have attended a puzzle party before) + (# of trophies won at a puzzle party).
Each puzzle was generally worth around 1000 points, and the team with the most points at the end of the game emerged the victor.
Puzzles[]
- Run-around Puzzle
- EPP10: Starting Puzzle
- Normal Puzzles
- EPP10: A is for ALPHABET CUBES
- EPP10: B is for BORDERLINE CRAZY
- EPP10: C is for CHECKMATE!
- EPP10: D is for (unknown)
- EPP10: E is for (unknown)
- EPP10: F is for FOOTBALL FANS!
- EPP10: G is for GROUP THEORY
- EPP10: H is for HIGH TIMES
- EPP10: I is for I'VE BEEN EVERYWHERE
- EPP10: J is for JELLY BELLY
- EPP10: K is for KETCHUP
- EPP10: L is for LIFE
- EPP10: M is for MIDNIGHT POKER
- EPP10: N is for NEVER ENDING STAIRS
- EPP10: O is for OFF BY ONE
- EPP10: P is for (unknown)
- EPP10: Q is for QR CODE
- EPP10: R is for (unknown)
- EPP10: S is for SCENE OF THE CRIME
- EPP10: T is for TWELVE WORDS
- EPP10: U is for UNITED STATES OF ALGEBRA
- EPP10: V is for VERY LAST MINUTE
- EPP10: W is for (unknown)
- EPP10: X is for _XAMPLE TEX_
- EPP10: Y is for (unknown)
- EPP10: Z is for Z-O'CLOCK
- Metapuzzle
- Metapuzzle (EPP10)
- Hidden puzzle
- Hidden Puzzle (EPP10)