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Paintball Park #3 Friend or Foe Mystery Cache

Difficulty:
4.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is not at the posted coordinates! You must solve the puzzle to find the actual location of the cache.

This is another cache in the Paintball Park series, and with each one we have upped the difficulty a little. This is based on a scenario game we would play out here called "Friend or Foe".

Long before the game, perhaps months, I would make up sets of passwords, stuff them in individual envelopes, and bundle them up. Someone would select a random bundle and everyone would take one envelope from the bundle. Once every player had an envelope with their passwords, everyone would scatter to a hiding spot. After a few minutes a horn would sound indicating that the game had begun. At this time you would tear open your envelope and reveal your teams "call word" and "answer word". The object of the game was to eliminate the opposing team. The only way to find out who was on your team was to come into contact with a player and yell out your "call word", and, if that player was on your team, he would yell back with the correct "answer word". This could get a little dicey, because you never knew if you would call out a word and get a hail storm of paint in return. Once you began to find your team mates it was easier to work at eliminating the other team.

One very special twist that we threw into the game was that one envelope contained BOTH sets of passwords. The person with that envelope became the "Rogue" and had a decision to make. He could win under two scenarios: Help defeat one team by joining with the other and not be exposed, or he could go Full Rogue and eliminate all players. Being the Rogue was both a blessing and a curse.

The following is a set of "Call words" and "Answer words". See if you have what it takes to go Full Rogue and solve this puzzle to reveal the cache location.

N 38° AB.CDE
W 121° FG.HIJ


A: Joust | Square
B: Bangkock | Mitt
C: Forest | Tower
D: Choke | Guage
E: Break | Crack
F: Pipe | Bolt
G: Paint | Golfball
H: Boss | Watch
I: Green | Broke
J: Appollo | Hunter

There is parking at Coords:
N38 42.309
W121 37.060

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Congratulations to ecrane on the FTF

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Chmmyr: Lbh fubhyq qrqhpr jub lbhe sevraqf naq sbrf ner. Pnpur: Fgrc hc, purfg yriry.

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)