Puzzle Cache

[+bashstreetkids]

Hi - id like views from the forum please:

 

Im working on a puzzle/encryption cache and was thinking along the lines of a couple of puzzles to solve, which leads to a camouflages micro, which contains a 'codeword' - the finder then needs to return to the cache page on the internet (mobile or otherwise) and use the codeword to crack an encyption puzzle which will then reveal the final cache co-ordinates

 

Is this idea acceptable? - it may appeal to local cachers but may deter those who travel further?

 

Thanks in advance

[+Alboy]

As long as it's clear on the cache page that you'll need to return to the internet post micro I can't see the problem?

 

Could you make it that they can solve the puzzle in the field armed with a printout and the codeword?

[+Marbig's Woodenheads]

Something similar to one of our caches.... GCV6BH

[+Cow Spots]

Hi - id like views from the forum please:

 

Im working on a puzzle/encryption cache and was thinking along the lines of a couple of puzzles to solve, which leads to a camouflages micro, which contains a 'codeword' - the finder then needs to return to the cache page on the internet (mobile or otherwise) and use the codeword to crack an encyption puzzle which will then reveal the final cache co-ordinates

 

Is this idea acceptable? - it may appeal to local cachers but may deter those who travel further?

 

Thanks in advance

 

I think it's totally acceptable. Codeword only caches (those without a logbook at all) aren't approvable anymore, but as it stands that looks OK. Whether or not you make it clear on the cache page that they'll need to come back is a matter of personal taste.

 

Of course, depending upon the encryption you use, it may very well be crackable without doing the fieldwork. Some puzzle cache solvers can be pretty crafty