Wanna play a game?
The Alberta Battlecache is a game of "battleship" that is played with geocaches. This competition will be held over the summer months between June 1st and August 31. At the end of that period we will host an event to announce winners of the game and just have a good time together.
Join the fun!
To participate in the Alberta Battlecache, just sign up through the www.albertabattlecache.ca website. Registration is free and easy and once you're registered you can read all about the game rules and other fun stuff but most importantly, take a shot at the Game Board. We even made it easy to participate by providing tools that help you to get the caches you need!
Game rules
Just like the original board game Battleship the objective of the game is to sink as many ships of your opponent as you can. To take a shot, you have to find a geocache.
To determine the grid coordinate of a "shot" on the Game Board, use the GC code of the found cache (e.g., GC25EWD). Disregard the leading 'GC' characters and use the remaining characters to form a valid grid coordinate. In the example, valid points could be E2, E5, W2, W5, D2 and D5, depending on the game board.
Any physical or event cache counts towards this competition, caches do not have to be found in Calgary or even Alberta. So it can be perfectly combined with the caches you find during your summer holiday.
Just because the game is underway, doesn't mean you can't step in now.
All caches you found or hidden since June 1st still count for the game!
Wrap up event
On Saturday September 16, 2022 we will host a wrap up event where the winners of the prizes are announced. The event will run from 11am to about 1pm.
Winners for 2023
| Category | Cacher |
|---|
| First place | geosarahandrew |
| Second place | green ducks |
| Third place | NurseB33 |
| Flag officers | One Bad Ant |
| Senior officers | TeamDJM |
| Junior officers | Bubba da darter |
| Acting Sub-Lieutenants | Gunwelder |
| Most efficient | TheTowerOfSong |
| All players | super_lorrie |
If you were not present at the wrap-up event, I'll contact you for your prize.
Besides these winners, most attendees of the wrap-up event went home with a doorprize. Thanks all for attending the event!
The MOST efficient board this year was again by NurseB33. She cleared the board in 31 shots:
Sponsors
By buying shots for the board, you're sponsoring the game. Most of the proceeds go to buying the prizes that can be won, some go to the event and some to maintain the server on which the game runs. Your support is much appreciated!
Ordered by their GC handle, the following players have sponsored the game by buying one or more shots:
- addoco
- BioSector
- Bundles of Energy
- choice1
- DJRXXS
- Galloping Gourmet
- green ducks
- j2d2
- Ka'anapali Spirit
- LadyTheDogAndUs
- Ledi166
- MouseNCat
- NurseB33
- One Bad Ant
- PuraVidaYYC
- The Fearsome Four
- trefoil/voyager
- ZeiraZeira
A thank you to J2D2 for donating two coins to the list of door prizes for the event!
A big thank you to Three Stars! Not only did they sponsor the event with 10 of their FANtastic Logwerk cache containers and logbooks but they also put a cache out close to the event.
Personal banner
Spread the word on the game and show others that you're participating by placing a banner on your profile. The instructions for that are displayed on the www.albertabattlecache.ca website once you have registered.
Notes
- Please register for this event by logging your Will Attend with the number of people in your group.