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CLUE? Mystery Cache

Hidden : 1/31/2023
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


CACHE IS NOT AT LISTED COORDINATES


One of my favorite board games growing up was “Clue”

In this Mystery Cache you will use clues from the game to figure out the true coordinates.

 

The object of the game is to  move around the game board, collect clues to find who murdered Mr. Boddy, with which weapon and in what room.

Equipment
The game consists of a board which shows the rooms, hallways and secret passages of a mansion. The game also includes several playing pieces which represent characters, small murder weapon props, two six-sided dice, three sets of cards, each set describing the rooms, characters and weapons, an envelope to contain one card from each set of cards, and a note pad on which are  a list of rooms, weapons and characters, on which players can keep notes during the game.

Suspects
Miss Scarlett
Colonel Mustard
Mrs. White
Mr. Green
Mrs. Peacock
Professor Plum

 

Weapons
Candlestick
Knife
Lead Pipe
Revolver
Rope
Wrench

 

Rooms
There are nine rooms in the mansion where the murder can take place.  

The object of the game is to figure out the murderer; the weapon used, and the room were the murder occured. There are six different characters, six possible murder weapons and nine different rooms, leaving the players with 324  possibilities.

The cache is located at:
N 34 3{number of weapons-1}.{172+number of characters}
W 088 3{number of rooms – 2}.{number of distinct possibilities +250}

 

CONGRATULATIONS B2Pi ON THE FTF

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

TE

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)