The Prize Box is simple. I put forward riddles, given in the form of clues that become progressively more obvious. The first person who successfully answers each riddle gets to choose a square form the prize box, pictured below:
Squares may contain any of the following:
Letters - Combine letters for prizes! The following prizes are available:
1) A DROD mug for collecting the letters
MUG
2) A Map of The Eighth for collecting the letters
MAP
3) A DROD hat for collecting the letters
CAP
4) A CD copy of JtRH, including Caravelnet subscription, for collecting the letters
CD
+5 Mods - Five free mod points. Lucky you!
Pick 2 - Choose two other squares.
Steal - Take a letter from someone else. Got the M and G but someone else is holding on to the U? Take it from them! This may only be used immediately after it's found, you can't hold on to it until happens to find what you're looking for.
X - Nothing. For the record, these take up less than half the box.
The rules
1) Three guesses per person per day. Each time a new riddle starts this counter is reset to 0. For the sake of consistency, days will be based on GMT.
2) All guesses MUST have OG#n: before them, where n is which of your daily guesses it is. If this doesn't appear before your guess, it will not be counted. This rule will be strictly adhered to.
3) Edited posts may not be used as official entries. It would be bad if one of the puzzles lasted seven pages, then some devious individual edited their guess on the first page of the puzzle to the correct answer. I don't think anyone on this forum would actually do that, but I need to cover my bases.
4) Repeat guesses may not be taken back. If you guess something that's already been guessed and incorrect, it still counts as a guess you've used up. It's your responsibility to pay attention to what's been guessed.
5) Letters are non-transferrable. You can't trade letters with someone, you need to go with what you have.
6) If you have the right letters to make up a prize, you may turn them in at any time and claim it, but you're not forced to. If you have CAP but you really want to hold out for that D, it's perfectly alright to wait, but be warned that while you hold the letters, they can be stolen from you.
Please keep unrelated conversation out of this thread as much as possible. It would be bad if the game became obfuscated by too many people posting about too many topics.
A list of who has which letters will be stored in this post, and the prize box will always be kept up to date with its current state, so you'll know from looking at this post which squares are still available, and who has what letters. Erik has a full copy of the box, to ensure that no cheating takes place on my part.
Best of luck to everyone!
Current Letters
Maurog - A A P U
RoboBob3000 - G
Schik - D G
silver - A U
Doom - P P
zex20913 - M
Mouse - M
Alneyan - C
Rabscuttle - U
Tuttle - M
Niccus - M
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[Last edited by DiMono at 08-08-2006 08:01 AM]
