DUCK SOUP Mystery Cache
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.,.,.,.,I got the idea of this puzzle while trying to figure out "battleship" {GC2MPY8},.,.,.,.,,
.,,.,.,It is a cacher vs computer type game and the computer kept winning.,.I got a little frustrated playing this for awhile, so I created this one which will leave you with the power of winning over the computer, not vice versa.,.,,., it's pretty straight forward.,.,,.,
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..,,.,You will need access to the geocaching.com map.,.,.,1st find "Geo Trail #87" {GC32B26} and figure out where it is on the little map & then find it on the main map,..,.
You will see that you're in the middle of the "GEOCACHING" geoart in South Dakota which has 188 geocaches in it.,,.,this is your playing field.,.,,I have put pictures in the galleries of 22 of these.,.,,,There are plenty of traditional caches as well as multi, mystery, where i go, and letterboxes..,,There are 3 pictures in each cache.,,.1} a can of duck soup {that's just there to let you know you have a "hit" 2},there will be a train, road sign, or a billiard pool ball with a number on it & 3} a letter of the alphabet,,..,.They are your clues for the next stage.,.,.,.,8 clues are in traditional caches and 14 are in the rest, so that cuts down the odds since there are not so many of those.,.,.,please check out the "battleship" cache to get a better idea of where i'm going.,,.,It'll help if you've never played battleship or just need to brush up on the game.,.,,,.,,
PUZZLE:::
"_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _" " _ _ 4 _ _ _ _" " _ _ _ _ _ _ _"
.,.,.,the 1st word will contain letters that follow a numbered billiard pool ball, the 2nd word will contain letters following a numbered train, and the 3rd word will contain letters following a numbered road sign.,,,.,there are 8 letters in the first word & 7 in the second and third.,.,.,.,
There are 21 letters to fill in the blanks to spell out your next stage.,.,.The 4 is there because it is the only number in the puzzle, so i made it a gimmie.,.,.
Your task is to pick the 22 geocaches that have my pictures on them in the least amount of tries to solve the puzzle.,.,,I know it is not exactly like the game, but it's as close as I can get it.,,.,, plus there's no losers!!!
FOR EXAMPLE::: you choose geotrail #139 and the gallery has 3 pictures.,,.,1} it has a can of duck soup {that's just there just to let you know you've got a "hit"} , 2} a HWY 6 sign and finally 3} a picture of the the letter W.,,.,your puzzle should then look like this::
"_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ " " _ _ 4 _ _ _ _ " "_ _ _ _ _ W _"
The road sign shows you that the letter "W" belongs in the 3rd word and since it's HWY 6, the "W" must be on the 6th blank .,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,
after you solve this puzzle it will direct you to a "conception".,,.,
Thank you AussieCacher, Clubmud!, and j.hubbard for letting me use your galleries to make this happen!!!
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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