Crazy Eights Mystery Cache
Hidden : 5/29/2012
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: other (other)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is not at the posted coordinates, however, you will find a pretty cool historical park there.
Solve the puzzle to find the cache.

When I was a child, one of my favorite card games was Crazy Eights. Video games didn't exist yet, so we would while away the summer afternoons playing cards at the picnic table in the back yard.

Rules for Crazy Eights
In a two-player game, each player is dealt seven cards. The remaining cards are placed face down in the center of the table, forming a draw pile. The top card of the draw pile is turned face up to start the discard pile. On their turn, each player adds to the discard pile by playing one card that matches the top card on the discard pile either by suit or by rank. A player who cannot match the top card on the discard pile by suit or rank must draw cards until he can play one. It is allowed to pull cards from the draw pile even if you already have a legal play. When the draw pile is empty, a player who cannot add to the discard pile passes his turn. All eights are wild and can be played on any card during a player's turn. When a player discards an eight, he chooses which suit is now in play. The next player must play either a card of that suit or another eight. The first player to discard all of his cards wins.

The first game is dealt and the two hands are shown below:
For training purposes, the hands are laid out.

You can check your answers for this puzzle on Geochecker.com.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

N xvq'f pneq tnzr? ...lbh'yy arrq gb nffhzr gur qrpvzny cbvag.

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)


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