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... DASH! DASH! DASH! ...
May. 29th, 2013 01:49 amAfter a spectacular weekend, there's more than a little come-down to come back to a dull week in which the most pressing engagement is to look after your beloved who has sadly been hit by a nasty infection. After a convoluted and exhausting process trying to get out-of-hours care on a Bank Holiday weekend, Meg has the right medication, but even that's really taking it out of her. Accordingly, I'm going to try to cheer myself up by reminding myself just how good the weekend was.
The main event of the weekend was the fifth edition of DASH, a federated puzzle hunt where (practically) identical puzzles are offered in cities around the world. The first installment was held in eight US cities; the fifth one, this year, was held in 14 US cities and also in London, marking the first time that the hunt had been run internationally. I sounded the alarms as soon as I had heard about the London event and then again in more detail when there were more specifics, so don't say I didn't warn you about it. You can expect me to mention the event again perhaps twenty or thirty more times over the next year, in the context that a few specific gaming/puzzling parents really might find it worth their while to start saving a day's worth of space in their calendars and booking baby-sitters...
The US events had been held the previous week, with participants asked not to spoil the puzzles between then and now, mostly for the benefit of us UK solvers. As far as I can tell, the embargo was completely impeccably observed, and I thank everyone who played a part in keeping it. The puzzles and answers are expected to be posted on the DASH 5 web site soon, but I think it's OK to start discussing things in detail now.
( My report of my DASH 5 experience, full of spoilers for the puzzles. )
The main event of the weekend was the fifth edition of DASH, a federated puzzle hunt where (practically) identical puzzles are offered in cities around the world. The first installment was held in eight US cities; the fifth one, this year, was held in 14 US cities and also in London, marking the first time that the hunt had been run internationally. I sounded the alarms as soon as I had heard about the London event and then again in more detail when there were more specifics, so don't say I didn't warn you about it. You can expect me to mention the event again perhaps twenty or thirty more times over the next year, in the context that a few specific gaming/puzzling parents really might find it worth their while to start saving a day's worth of space in their calendars and booking baby-sitters...
The US events had been held the previous week, with participants asked not to spoil the puzzles between then and now, mostly for the benefit of us UK solvers. As far as I can tell, the embargo was completely impeccably observed, and I thank everyone who played a part in keeping it. The puzzles and answers are expected to be posted on the DASH 5 web site soon, but I think it's OK to start discussing things in detail now.
( My report of my DASH 5 experience, full of spoilers for the puzzles. )
