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Shesh Besh in Ramat Gan 🎲 Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 4/16/2017
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Shesh Besh, or backgammon in the west, is a board game with ancient middle eastern roots, dating back 5000 years ago!


 

Widely considered as a game of chance, and while it is so, it also involves strategy, tactics, statistics and intuition, which makes the combination a lot of fun, with the twists of fate during the game.

Ramat Gan was once known as a shesh besh center in Israel, as many jews who came from Iraq and other middle eastern countries and settled in Ramat-Gan played the game, guess today this is not the case anymore, as the new generation has other gaming interests. But it is still possible to see people playing the game in the street, if you know where to look, in certain cafes.

Posted coordinates are not of final location.

In order to find the cache, you'll have to figure out these clues:

AB = shesh besh. Origin of the name is from turkish and persian, what is the meaning? what do the dice show with shesh besh?

CDE = pip count of a player at the beginning of the game

 pip count is the units of distance or spaces on the board that you need, to get all your checkers home and off the board, or the distance from a win.

או בעברית מדוברת זוהי ספירה של המרחק הכולל של החיילים שלך מהוצאתם החוצה כלומר המרחק הכולל מהנצחון

FGH = sum of numbers on sides of a doubling cube

a doubling cube is used in western backgammon

Cache location is at N 32 B-C.(H-G)(D/G)2 , E 34 49.(F+G)E5

Cache is within a garden and arriving at GZ you will know it is the right place. Area is very busy in afternoons and saturdays 2

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

cynl

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)