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| == The Cards ==
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| === Purchasing Cards ===
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| '''I have to purchase cards? That sucks. I should be able to play for free!'''
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| No, no you do not have to purchase cards. It has been said in several places
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| (including [http://www.unfiction.com/compendium/2005/05/adrian-hon-perplex-city/ this article]
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| and [http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=177516#177516 this presentation])
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| that the cards are optional. You can participate with or without the cards,
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| it just may require a little more work without them. If you do purchase cards,
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| you help finance the game. Unlike ilovebees or The Beast, both of which had Microsoft,
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| and Art of the Heist, which had Audi, Perplex City is not backed by big company
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| marketing dollars.
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| That being said, the cards are quite fun and entertaining. They give you good
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| insight into the Perplex City universe. You can amaze your friends by knowing the
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| answers. And the more you buy, the more fun stuff the people running the ARG can
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| do!
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| === The [[Playing card symbols]] ===
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| '''Some of my cards have what looks like playing card symbols hidden on them. Whats that all about?'''
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| These symbols only appear on prime-numbered cards. Given cards numbered from 1-256, that gives us 54 cards on which the playing card symbols appear. This would cover the 52 cards in a normal deck plus two jokers.
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| They are certainly for one thing, and probably for another as well. [http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=11964 MarcB on Unfiction] noted that if you put the cards in order, the corner "quarter-letters" form a message.
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| Secondly, it is unconfirmed, but assumed, that the order of the playing card symbols may be important to [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=243 Card 243: Shuffled] because it makes use of a [http://www.schneier.com/solitaire.html Solitaire cipher].
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| Because these symbols only appear on prime numbered cards, there may also be some unknown connection with [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=238 Card 238: Riemann], since it has no obvious answer. At this time, there is nothing conclusive and this is just pure speculation and hope.
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| See the article [[Playing card symbols]] for a running list of the numbered cards.
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| === The Quarter-Letters ===
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| '''Some of my cards have these watermark-type things in the corners that look like they might be letters. What do they say?'''
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| See above: [[Playing card symbols]]. There is a connection.
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| === Card 215: Harmony ===
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| '''I can't quite seem to get the right answer for [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?source=bookmarklet&item=215 card 215]!'''
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| According to [http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=179274#179274 some reports], there may be a printing error on this card and the arrows are incorrect.
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