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Puzzled Pint

Puzzled Pint is a monthly, casual, social puzzle solving event. It is held every second Tuesday in 35+ cities around the world, 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.

Contents

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, 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.
  • 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: "Dungeons And Dragons"
  • 2017
  • January: The musical "Hamilton"
  • References

    Puzzled Pint Wikipedia