Test Your Mental Might With The Escapist's First-Ever Puzzle Adventure!

[Booke55555]

You see, that's what I'm stuck on with.

Spoiler

All I have so far is a jumble of red, green, and 2 blue letters. And it isn't an anagram, so I'm stumped so far

 

[Ne1butme]

On # 1 Terran is a reference to game. And the line "we shall suffer no wounds" may be a reference to which codes we should use since Thoughts?

But i tried all 3 in order, nothing. Not convinced on the terran clue.

Mod Note - Answers, there were. Now, there not.

 

[idiot445]

Wait, how do you have color letters?

 

[Ne1butme]

Wait, how do you have color letters?

just about to ask the same thing. i got no colour or images in today's puzzles.

 

[The_Evermind]

While on the page try typing in the codes themselves.

 

[Landslide]

UPDATE:

The last section of the world locations should NOT be:

1. Kiev, Ukraine
2. Vitebsk, Belarus
3. Kharkov, Ukraine
4. Kaluga, Russia

Instead, it should be:

1. Kaluga, Russia
2. Vitebsk, Belarus
3. Gomel, Belarus
4. Orel, Russia
5. Gomel, Belarus
6. Kiev, Ukraine
7. Kharkov, Ukraine

This will be updated on the main page ASAP.

 

[Trivun]

Okay... for 4-1:

 

[Booke55555]

I can agree with the above spoiler

 

[Daedalus1942]

Near as I can tell the first coordinates all lined up together form either an "O" or a backwards "G".
I'm probably on the wrong track though, and someone's already craked it, yeah?
-Tabs<3-

 

[cobra_ky]

UPDATE:

The last section of the world locations should NOT be:

1. Kiev, Ukraine
2. Vitebsk, Belarus
3. Kharkov, Ukraine
4. Kaluga, Russia

Instead, it should be:

1. Kaluga, Russia
2. Vitebsk, Belarus
3. Gomel, Belarus
4. Orel, Russia
5. Gomel, Belarus
6. Kiev, Ukraine
7. Kharkov, Ukraine

This will be updated on the main page ASAP.

yeah that's what i thought. i was still able to figure out what you were going for, just took a little more searching.

now if only i could figure out what game the clues were referring to. i tried all the obvious Xamples.

 

[Invariel]

You're on the right track, but need to plot more effectively, Daedalus.

Landslide, should Tehran, Mashhad, Zahedan, Asaluyeh loop back to Tehran?

 

[civatrix]

Near as I can tell the first coordinates all lined up together form either an "O" or a backwards "G".
I'm probably on the wrong track though, and someone's already craked it, yeah?
-Tabs<3-

Thanks to the wonderful patch by landslide I got with minimal additional work

 

[magicman4443]

UPDATE:

The last section of the world locations should NOT be:

1. Kiev, Ukraine
2. Vitebsk, Belarus
3. Kharkov, Ukraine
4. Kaluga, Russia

Instead, it should be:

1. Kaluga, Russia
2. Vitebsk, Belarus
3. Gomel, Belarus
4. Orel, Russia
5. Gomel, Belarus
6. Kiev, Ukraine
7. Kharkov, Ukraine

This will be updated on the main page ASAP.

Grrr I knew something was up. I was getting the same thing at the end of each phrase, and tha made absolutely no sense. >=(

 

[Trivun]

Haha, I managed to get 4-1! I think I'll leave 4-2 for tomorrow now, it's almost 6am after all . I need to get some sleep, Christmas shopping now...

For those who are completely stuck...

Spoiler

A cipher is the key, but in multiple layers. Try looking at the earliest uses of ciphers to find the one you need. Military strategy will help you find the right cipher...

To the people at The Escapist, kudos for trying, but next time try something more difficult, then maybe your layers of codes won't get cracked so easily .

 

[runnernda]

OK - Since I know literally nothing about celebrities of any sort, I'm not sure yet if it'll help me or not yet, but who is the person in 3-1? Whether it's relevant or not, I just need to know before I can even try to solve this.

It's Tara Reid.

And WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT DAY 4?

 

[cobra_ky]

Okay... for 4-1:

Mod Note - Thanks! Fixed!

 

[Josdeb]

Woot! I got 4-2!

 

[idiot445]

Haha, I managed to get 4-1! I think I'll leave 4-2 for tomorrow now, it's almost 6am after all . I need to get some sleep, Christmas shopping now...

For those who are completely stuck...

Spoiler

A cipher is the key, but in multiple layers. Try looking at the earliest uses of ciphers to find the one you need. Military strategy will help you find the right cipher...

To the people at The Escapist, kudos for trying, but next time try something more difficult, then maybe your layers of codes won't get cracked so easily .

Spoiler

You make it sound like a Caesar's Square cipher may be necessary?

 

[Daedalus1942]

Woot! I got 4-2!

What am I doing wrong? I'm plotting the coordinates, but I got a weird backwards G, and something that sort of resembles an S (but not really) as the 2nd letter...
-Tabs>.<-