Zöe Bro Coup | de Coeur Mystery Cache
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CACHE IS NOT AT THE ABOVE COORDINATES N44°15.AB0
W88°25.DEF
Solve the Sudoku to determine the final coordinates. Once
solved, the final location and the solve itself will be necessary
to determine the final solution to the 10th, and final, Zöe Bro
Coup | Piece de Resistance. You will need to solve at least 4 of
the 9 Coup puzzles to solve the 10th, but it is not necessary to
solve each of the 9 "de" puzzles to find their finals if you have
your wits about you.
Once upon a time in a land not too far away there lived a king who
fancied himself a decent and wise ruler and he was, generally
speaking, revered and well-liked by his subjects. He ruled a tiny
little kingdom called Selzzup, which is about the modern equivalent
of 9 square city blocks.
He came to the throne rather unexpectedly but took his mantle and
his subjects seriously. Well, after his first year, the king
decided to take a short vacation - just a few weeks to regain his
senses before embarking on his second year on the throne.
One morning, near the end of his holiday, he was awoken suddenly
by a knock on the door. It was his Chancellor, Evad, who brought
news of a potential uprising, headed by a young usurper who'd
recently come to the kingdom and was challenging the King's
subjects to numerical duals of his own making.
Sensing that this young challenger possessed some skill, the King
decided to issue a series of challenges in return. And so he called
his court together that very morning and asked each of them to
develop a puzzle for the young lad to solve. Coincidentally, the 9
members of his court each lived in one of the 9 tiny regions of the
kingdom and therefore the King knew he would be well represented.
"Bring them to me by sunset so I may issue the proclamation
henceforth and with haste!". So the 9 members of the court left to
ponder and postulate...
Almost immediately, the Imperial Wizard, Ziggy
(Zig for short), appeared again before the king and said, "I have
no time to deliberate over this your Majesty, here is my puzzle."
and poof, there it was. "The lad must use the general rules of this
game, but also know that when there is a white dot, the difference
between the 2 cells is one, and when there is a black dot, the
difference between the 2 cells is half of the other."
The king was pleased with this and sent the Wizard in his way.
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