Once upon a time in the Land of Yomama there lived the
fat (not phat, but FAT… as in plump, chubby, portly,
corpulent), but fun loving, Emperor Couch Potato with his
Royal Consorts, the beloved and enchanting Swampy Bottoms.
One year at the Great Gathering of the Clans, the Emperor and
the Consorts, along with the entire Gathering, became bored
watching the living chessmen as they slowly moved about the
board, on the order of watching paint dry. After much
thought, the Emperor and the Consorts derived a new game
where the chessmen were all set free to run about the hills,
swamps, bogs and woods. Each chess piece was given a clue to
a hidden treasure. The Clans then divided themselves into two
groups, "North by Northeast" (N) and "Go West, Young Stud, Go
West" (W). The teams would then hunt down the chess pieces
and collect the clues. After solving the puzzle and finding
the prize, a gong would sound and everyone, including the
chessmen, would come together and share pie and stories of
their adventures, knowing that the only true treasure in this
world is friendship.
Now, my friend, you too may take part in
this Game. Twelve chess pieces have been set free (placed in local
caches). Ten contain clues to solve a puzzle needed to find the
coordinates to a cache. As fellow cachers, we know you already
carry the treasure of Friendship with you.
THE RULES: To collect the clues you
MUST move the chess piece from one cache to another in a timely
manner, as others may want to play. So no holding the piece for
weeks on end! When you move a piece you MUST log that you took the
chess piece, on that cache's cache page. Remember the Chess piece
are considered trade items,so if you take one you should leave
something of equal or greater value. You MUST also log when you
leave a chess piece. (Only way there is to track the little
buggers). You MUST keep the pieces between Longitudes 82 45.000
and 80 00.000 and Latitudes 27 30.000 and 25 00.000. You MUST
move at least 10 pieces to be eligible to claim the final cache,
albeit that you may only need four pieces to solve the puzzle.
Each team member that plans on logging the final cache MUST move
10 pieces. The “team” only logs one find. Whereas, if you are
caching with a partner, and each have your own gc.com caching ID,
then each person must move 10 pieces, separately and
independently.
Example: If you are partners with separate gc.com ID’s like,
say, “FozzyBear” and “FaceOff” you must move, for example: the
white knight from cache GCY to cache GCX as “FozzyBear”, and than
again from cache GCX to cache GCZ as “FaceOff”. Where as if you are
“2 Cool 4 School”, you need only move the piece once from cache GCY
to cache GCX.
HOW THE GAME IS PLAYED: From the
clues attached to the chess pieces, you must determine: a) The
color of each Clan’s kilt for the final feast on Saturday night.
(Members of a Clan always dress alike.) b) The number of pies each
Clan ate, and c) Where each Clan sat in relationship to the
Emperor. The Emperor sat at the head of the table while the Swampy
Bottoms sat at the far end. All members of the “N” team sat to the
left of the Emperor and the ”W” team sat to the right. Subtract the
number of pies the Clan ate from the number assigned for the kilt
color below arrange the number per the seating chart and you will
have the coordinates to the cache.
COLOR VALUES:
BLACK = 11
BLACK/WHITE = 8
BLUE = 33
BROWN = 9
GREEN = 12
MAROON = 16
ORANGE = 8
PURPLE = 11
RED = 8
YELLOW = 14
CAST OF CHARACTERS:
The Texas Transplants ~ The Court Botanists
The Handprints ~ The Newlyweds
The 4 'Fraidy Cats ~ I ain't sayin' and they ain't telling
The IconHo's ~ World Travelers, penguin pals and of course, icon
ho's
The Bean Counters ~ The Bengal wild animal trainers and
numeralphiles
The David Blaine Fan Club ~ Court magicians. Can bite a GeoCoin in
half then blow it back together...the Houdini's of yore
The Cat Burgers ~ Consisting of Yowie Zowie, Ms. Puss 'n Boots, the
Grill Meister, B Daddy and the entire staff of CSI
The Emperor Couch Potato ~ The Most Round and Ruler of None
The Swampy Bottoms ~ Animal lovers, tree huggers and Court
Consorts
The Sic's ~ The scummy, decaying stone covers. Undercover rocket
scientists and Court Purveyors of food and foreign
transportation
The Klingon High Council ~ Court Disapprovers
The TBD's ~ Jokers, Smokers and Midnight Tokers
FINAL COORDINATES:
N 25 AB.CDE
W 080 FG.HIJ
SEATING IS AS FOLLOWS:
A_________ B_________ C__________ D__________ E________
(The
Emperor).........................................................................
(The Swampy Bottoms)
F_________ G__________ H__________ I__________ J________
Any Question? TALK TO THE
CONSORT
STARTING POINTS:
The Pieces are starting out in the following caches, but CHECK
THE LOGS!!! The pieces will not remain in these caches! DO NOT go
to any of these caches assuming a piece will be there without
reading the logs first! YOU MUST STATE THE NAME OF THE PIECE when
you log it in and out of caches.
GCHH3D
GCPG4X
GCP94W
GCMT1R
GCJ112
GCNWNN
GCMRQ7
GCM7YN
GCMNOP
GCT6RC
GCNP6F
GCKWRE
GOOD LUCK AND MAY THE GAMES BEGIN!!!!!
PLEASE, NO VIRTUAL BUG DROPS! OTHERS ARE PLAYING AND MAY GO TO
THE CACHE YOU SAY YOU DROPPED A PIECE IN, ONLY TO FIND IT NOT THERE
IF YOU DIDN'T REALLY PLACE IT THERE! YOU MUST ALSO NOTE IN THAT
CACHE'S LOGBOOK THAT YOU DROPPED OR TOOK A GAME PIECE. CACHE
LOGBOOKS MAY BE CHECKED RANDOMLY FOR TRUTHFULLNESS! ANYBODY FOUND
NOT PLAYING FAIRLY MAY BE PENALIZED BY HAVING TO MOVE ALL 12 KNIGHT
PIECES, OR ALL 24 (Thus including duplicates that are out there).
THE FINAL PENALTY IS AT THE SOLE DISCRETION OF THE SOFA KING AND
MAY, IF FOUND HORRENDOUSLY GUILTY OF DECEPTION, INCLUDE EXPULSION
FROM THE GAME. ~ The Swampy Bottoms, 18th day of September in the
Year of Our Lord 2006. All Hail the Sofa King!