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Perplex City Alternate Reality Game Solved

Posted by Zonk on from the they-found-the-box dept.

Gamasutra reports that after almost two years of searching, the players of the Perplex City alternate reality game have found the cube. Discovered by Mr. Darley, of Middlesex England, it was turned over to the runners of the Perplex City game today in return for a check worth $200,000. A celebration is planned for the winner and other players on February 24th, somewhere in London. The discovery of the cube ends a long hunt for players of the game, who have been looking for the relic since the game launched in 2005. A second season is already planned, with cards due to be in stores on the 1st of March.

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  1. Re:throw us a bone. by makomk · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Don't tell me they're going to make the players work to find out that location too.

    From the official site:

    The specific location will be confirmed nearer the date. Honestly, it will. We're not going to make you hunt for it or anything. We jsut haven't finalised the party plan yet

    I think the organisers knew someone was going to make that joke...
  2. MTG for nerds? by Aladrin · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Im probably going to get modded flamebait for this, but oh well...

    Ive always seen Perplex City as being MTG for nerds instead of gamers. You spend a ton of money on cards and spend a ton of time making a ton of plans. The next year, they release the new sets and all the time and money youve put in is nearly useless.

    Id like to know how much money the winner had put into this game. $50? $500? $5000? How about all the other players that didnt win? Sure, they had some fun playing it, but the massive amounts of money they put into it...

    I just dont have enough money to play games like this. I love brain teasers, and the game really really interested me... But theres no way I could afford it.

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    "If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; But if you really make them think, they'll hate you." - DM
  3. Details? Here's some, I want more. by mbourgon · · Score: 3, Interesting

    "Reportedly, the Receda Cube itself was buried in Wakerley Great Wood, near Stamford, Northamptonshire."

    That being said: how'd he determine it was there? What clues? I'd love to know, since I'm still going through my first pack (some of those are damnably difficult), and I know some guys wrote a book just so they could get into a author-only database with a clue.

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    "Sometimes a woman is a kind of religion, she can save your soul & set you free from all your sins" - Bad Examples