Grinch Exchange In The Hood #3 - Northland Event Cache

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Hidden : Saturday, December 15, 2012
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: not chosen (not chosen)

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We formally invite all the local cachers (or the ones from afar) to the northland hood, for a friendly holiday game and gathering. Once again the event will be held at the Walnut Creek Club House just outside of Parkville, MO. Event will begin at 5:00PM. The first hour or so will be meet and greet and get reacquainted time as well as eat some munchies and drink your favorite beverages.

Grinch Gift Exchange will begin around 6:30.

Although not required, ideally your gift towards the exchange should be Geocaching related.

How the game is played:
The game is fun, because each person gets to select a wrapped gift, unwrap it and then possibly lose it to someone else and have to select again. Being able to select from unwrapped gifts or “steal” a gift someone is holding is what makes this game so much fun.

Here are the rules:

You may participate in the gift exchange either on your own or with your geocaching partner or family.

I.E. buzzkill2 is a couple, but they are more than welcome to have one gift for each of them so they don't have to share (because they're not good at sharing anyways ). Some of the geocaching user's may be a family of 2 or 3 kids, so mom and dad could go individually or one for themselves and each of the kids. Just as long as there is a gift per person actually participating.

Everyone who wants to play the game must bring a gift. (Suggested price range for gifts is 15 to 20 dollars) All gifts should be wrapped (and may I suggest you make yours look extra special). We will put the gifts all together on the bricks in front of the fireplace. Each person selects a number from a bowl to determine the order in which a person gets to select a gift. DO NOT PUT YOUR NAME ON THE GIFT!

Number 1 goes first and gets to select and unwrap a gift. Everyone oohs and aahs or mentally thinks, “Boy, I’m glad I didn’t select that.”

Number 2 then selects. But she may take Number 1’s gift or she may select a gift from the pile. If she takes Number 1’s gift, Number 1 gets to select again from the pile. After she has finished her turn, Number 3 gets to select.

Once again, she may select any opened or unopened gift. Each time a gift is taken away from someone, that person gets to select again. She may select any gift except the one that was just taken away from her. She may however, have the opportunity to select it again later.

Some gifts are occasionally more popular and may get stolen several times. The fourth person to possess it gets to keep it. No more swiping the gift. The gift is frozen.
At the end of the game, Number 1 gets to select again, and take someone else’s gift if she wants to, but she doesn’t have to. She is actually forcing a trade. The only gifts she can’t take are those that are frozen.

This will be a potluck of finger foods & chili. If you would like to bring food or beverages to share, just let us know in your log. This facility will hold plenty and be equipped with plenty of tables and chairs so you will not need to bring either.

A gift is only required to play the game, not to attend the event. The food and beverage is only required if you want to eat or drink.

NOTE: There is no rules on what beverages may be brought to this event. Just behave that's all we ask! And remember there will likely be many kids as well.

On the twelfth day of CHRISTMAS, my caching buddy gave to me....
Twelve satellite signals,
Eleven ammo boxes,
Ten thorny bushes,
Nine water bottles,
Eight urban nanos,
Seven streams a-crossing,
Six film micros a-sticking,
Five geo-coins!
Four travel bugs,
Three flash lights,
Two CITO bags,
and a 5/5 I still can't find!

Just in case someone isn't using a GPS to get here the address is: 5502 NW Club House Cove, Parkville,MO 64152.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Lbh ernyyl qvqa'g pyvpx ba guvf qvq lbh!

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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