NIT2000 Game
Saturday
The first half of this year's game took us back and forth across
Manhattan more times than we can count.
Roger shows some hustle retrieving a clue from Central Park
Jeff checks a clue solution, while Jan tries to find the location
indicated by the clue on an electronic map
Jan scales a wall at a climbing gym to retrieve a clue from the top
Typical moment en route to a clue location: Jan calls someone for
information on a cellphone and confers with Roger, while Bruce tries
to get something working on his PC. The red stripes on various
surfaces are duct tape, Team Purple's default solution to all
equipment problems.
The coolest clue in this year's Game: a puzzle embedded in a
painting that Game Control managed to get exhibited at Pop
International, a SoHo art gallery
This is hard to read, but it's a brass plaque Game Control affixed
to a "monument" (actually some sort of sewer entrance).
The encoded text at the bottom of the plaque contains directions to
the next clue. At this location, we lost one of our radios, which
the Silver Team came along and found. They returned the radio to us
at the end of the game. We still suspect some eavesdropping on their
part.
Into the long night: Bruce negotiates with Game Control for a hint
on a James Bond movie clue
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