Pirate Hunt (August 2007)

First of all, a huge thank you to everyone who came out and joined us. We had guests from Toronto, Montreal, Kingston, Pennsylvania, New York, and even Singapore (!!!).

The Standings

• Winner: Team Yaaaaarrrrrris
   
• Runner-up (and winner for Best Costume/Swag): Team Everyone Arrived Late
  Decoded the final clue and learned the treasure had already been found.
   
• Third Place: DJ SHY and the Scallywags
  Reached the final clue but didn't have time to examine it before the treasure was found.

The Clues

While waiting for everyone to arrive, the players looked at a golden coin decorated with a skull-and-crossbones and the word "R. U. M.". To win, a team had to find the identical coin hidden in Centrepointe Park and return it to me. To do so, they followed a set of clues.

At the start, each team was given a pirate grab bag containing a copy of the rules, a pirate balloon (fun!), a long ribbon of paper with pairs of letters written all down it, and a mysterious CD with no label.

Arrrr! Here there be pictures!

Team DJ SHY and the Scallywags	Team Yarrris	The treasure	Team Tyler
Team Cap'n Crunch downtown	Decoding the Morse code clue	Bus pirates	The opening spiel
Pirates hard at work	Pirates in the hardware store	Team Cap'n Crunch	Clues taste good
A lone pirate	Searching for the treasure	Team Scurvy Mangoes	Pirates outside the Chateau Laurier