CRYPTOGRAMS
by Catspaws
Saturday October 2
The past week saw the loss of one of my favorite Cryptogram player as Gwaptiva joined the event team to host games for our afternoon players. Congratulations, Gwapiva, but we'll miss you in Cryptograms.
We met this week in the Workingmen's Club on Sumatra for a special game, in which all the entries in all the puzzles started with the letter "S". Joining us for the first time this week was Xxviolatorxx, who proved to be quite adept at the game.
The first puzzle dealt with star systems. XXviolatorxx and Zand finished this puzzle.
THE TOPIC: STAR SYSTEMS STARTING WITH "S" (DI SYSTEMS):
IKMKEHKJW
IQFFPWMK
IWKMMQ
IWHZQ
IKXMKJ
ITQMYSXVI
The second puzzle involved Planets starting with "S", and Zand leapfrogged Xxviolatorxx to solve this puzzle first.
THE TOPIC: PLANETS STARTING WITH "S" (DI SYSTEMS):
CQRQYN
CSBWEN
CNJWQMYQ
CFERQ
CDNWWQMQH
CWBMFP
Zand finished ahead of Xxviolatorxx for the third puzzle, which involved player names starting with "S".
THE TOPIC: PLAYER NAMES STARTING WITH "S" (QW or DI SYSTEMS):
CNRZNHBM
CNYWNYN
CBJWDUYWQ
CSMNWSD
CWJZQMNWC
CFEWWP
For the fourth puzzle we looked at the commands list, and Xxviolatorxx beat out Zand for this one.
THE TOPIC: COMMANDS STARTING WITH "S" (http://www.ibgames.net/fed2/commands/index.html):
HGC
HPBYD
HRGRNH
HSBV
HRGXX
HIBSHBY XDT
Going into the final puzzle, Xxviolatorxx and Zand were tied. After a hint, Zand solved this puzzle before Xxviolatorxx, thus ensuring the win by a single point.
THE TOPIC: WAYS TO SPEND THE LAST WEEKEND OF SUMMER:
YOUB
YQTGWFIK
YUC XNUTEY
YFWS UTXZZNY WTX CDWS MKX
YIZC
YCKTX BZTKS
Join me each Saturday at 4.00pm eastern for Cryptograms, hosted by the most exciting game hostess in Fed.
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