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Puzzled Pint is a monthly, casual, social puzzle solving event. It is held every second Tuesday in 35+ cities around the world,[1] with every location using the same puzzles. The global monthly attendance exceeds 1500. It follows the pattern of a conference-room style puzzle hunt, with teams receiving packets of 4-5 puzzles, usually with the answers feeding into a final Metapuzzle.
Most cities rotate the location to a new bar every month. The Friday before each event, a location puzzle is posted to the website. Solving this puzzle will lead players to that month's “secret” location.
Puzzled Pint is a not-for-profit, volunteer-run event,[2] with a goal of introducing new players to the world of puzzlehunts. The emphasis is on the casual nature of the evening. The puzzles are not as advanced or numerous as day-long or weekend puzzle events, and hints are always free. An archive of all previous puzzles is on the website and available under a flexible Creative Commons license so that they may be repurposed for other events and activities.
History
- Puzzled Pint was originally 5 people in July 2010 in Portland, Oregon; that city now sees a regular attendance of at least 100 players.[3]
- It expanded to include Seattle in October 2012.
- Additional cities have been added over the years, to the current count of 37 locations in July 2016.
Themes
Puzzled Pint has had a theme every month since September 2010. The first two months had puzzles with no common theme.
- 2010
- September: Pirates
- October: Brewing beer
- November: Fantasy video games
- December: Lesser-known holidays
- 2011
- January: Sports
- February: A blind date
- March: William Shakespeare
- April: Condiments
- May: Games
- June: Flags
- July: A pub crawl to celebrate the first anniversary
- August: Round things
- September: Space
- October: An exam
- November: Political campaigning
- December: A Christmas party
- 2012
- January: Calendars
- February: Wedding planning
- Note: This was a sequel to the February 2011 Puzzled Pint.
- March: The wedding itself
- Note: This was the first Puzzled Pint to continue on from the previous month.
- April: Time travel
- May: Water safety
- June: Bicycles
- July: A birthday party
- August: The WarTron Game
- Note: No puzzles are available online.
- September: The number 8
- October: Dogs
- November: Webcomics
- Note: The first Puzzled Pint to include a Bonus Puzzle that could optionally be solved.
- December: Disney's Star Wars
- 2013
- January: The apocalypse
- February: The board game Clue
- March: The game show "Jeopardy!"
- April: Marijuana
- May: The show "Arrested Development"
- June: The show "Twin Peaks"
- July: Spies
- August: Magazines
- September: Pub Games
- October: Sherlock Holmes
- November: The five senses
- December: "The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy"
- 2014
- January: Transportation
- February: The movie "This Is Spinal Tap"
- March: Casino games
- April: A mixtape
- May: The movie "The Princess Bride"
- June: The Doubleclicks
- July: The movie "Monty Python And The Holy Grail"
- August: Moving day
- September: Words that kind of sound like "sex"
- October: The movie "Back To The Future"
- November: Ancient Egypt
- December: Holiday traditions
- 2015
- January: The X-Men
- February: Phobias
- March: Mythology
- April: The A-Team
- May: Robotics
- Note: Based on puzzles from JoCo Crazy Cruise 5.
- June: TV Shows
- July: The city of Portland, Oregon
- August: Semaphore
- September: Doctor Who
- October: None, just a mystery theme.
- November: The movie "The Big Lebowski"
- December: The TV show "Mad Men"
- 2016
- January: A crime scene
- February: The poems of Shel Silverstein
- March: A comic book mystery
- April: Queens
- May: The TV show "Parks And Recreation"
- June: A brewery tour
- July: Secret societies
- August: The "Star Trek" series
- September: Rats
- October: Elections
- November: Voting results
- Note: Was held a week later due to the U.S. elections.
- December: TBA
References
- ↑ "Puzzled Pint, Cities". Retrieved 2016-07-31.
- ↑ "Puzzled Pint Charter". Retrieved 2016-07-31.
- ↑ "A Little Puzzling With Your Guzzling". Retrieved 2016-07-31.