Puzzle card symbols
General
Some of the Puzzle Cards have faint playing card symbols, risk soldiers, dice, number strings, and obscure shapes on them.
Playing Cards and Large Letters
Each card with a playing symbol also has part of a letter faintly printed over the card in a slab-serif font, and it's anticipated that arranging all the playing symbol cards in order will eventually depict the whole message. All symbols appear on cards with prime numbers. 54 Prime numbers under 256 are as follows:
2 3 5 7 11 13 17 19 23 29 31 37 41 43 47 53 59 61 67 71 73 79 83 89 97 101 103 107 109 113 127 131 137 139 149 151 157 163 167 173 179 181 191 193 197 199 211 223 227 229 233 239 241 251
Chart of cards with letters
Note the groupings of playing card symbols goes Club-Diamond-Heart-Spade, from Ace to 2 (ace high), forming 13 sets of 3 letters.
| Clubs | Diamonds | Hearts | Spades | ||||
| Ace | 211 | 083 | 151 | 017 | |||
| I | S | T | |||||
| K | 113 | 053 | 173 | 023 | |||
| O | L | E | |||||
| Q | 011 | 137 | 149 | 059 | |||
| T | H | E | |||||
| J | 019 | 107 | 251 | 043 | |||
| C | U | B | |||||
| 10 | 079 | 181 | 179 | 241 | |||
| E | H | E | |||||
| 9 | 047 | 041 | 109 | 139 | |||
| L | P | M | |||||
| 8 | 089 | 013 | 073 | 002 | |||
| E | C | O | |||||
| 7 | 003 | 029 | 005 | 031 | |||
| M | B | E | |||||
| 6 | 007 | 037 | 067 | 071 | |||
| D | T | H | |||||
| 5 | 061 | 097 | 127 | 101 | |||
| U | N | D | |||||
| 4 | 103 | 131 | 163 | 167 | |||
| E | R | C | |||||
| 3 | 193 | 157 | 197 | 191 | |||
| L | A | P | |||||
| 2 | 199 | 227 | 229 | 233 | |||
| - | - | - | |||||
| Jkr | 223 | 239 |
This appears to be correct, tho pieces are missing, and it doesnt make an awful lot of sense at the moment.
- /IST/OLE/THE/CUB/EHE/LPM/ECO/MBE/DTH/UND/ERC/LAP/.../
The apparent message reads:
- I stole the Cube. Help me. Combed Thunderclap.
Cards which are part of this collection
Season 1 Card #002 - Designer Flakes 8 of Spades
Season 1 Card #003 - Earth, Sea, and Moon 7 of Clubs
Season 1 Card #005 - Out on a Limb 7 of Hearts
Season 1 Card #007 - Aromarama 6 of Clubs
Season 1 Card #011 - Revelation Q of Clubs
Season 1 Card #013 - Sphinx 8 of Diamonds
Season 1 Card #017 - Easy as... A of Spades
Season 1 Card #019 - Magic Numbers J of Clubs
Season 1 Card #023 - Pack'0'Stars K of Spades
Season 1 Card #029 - Beware the Puzzle Monsters 7 of Diamonds
Season 1 Card #031 - St. Ives 7 of Spades
Season 1 Card #037 - Muscae Volitantes 6 of Diamonds
Season 1 Card #041 - Whipsmart Wordsearch 9 of Diamonds
Season 1 Card #043 - Bookworm J of Spades
Season 1 Card #047 - Opposites Attract 9 of clubs
Season 1 Card #053 - Etaion Schrlu K of Diamonds
Season 1 Card #059 - Urban Myths Q of Spades
Season 1 Card #061 - Ticket to Ride 5 of Clubs
Season 1 Card #067 - Popcorn 6 of Hearts
Season 1 Card #071 - Discovery 6 of Spades
Season 1 Card #073 - Animal Magic 8 of Hearts
Season 1 Card #079 - Strange loops 10 of Clubs
Season 1 Card #083 - Pawnbroking A of Diamonds
Season 1 Card #089 - Forever Foe 8 of Clubs
Season 1 Card #097 - 419 Scam 5 of Diamonds
Season 1 Card #101 - Petals around the Rose 5 spades
Season 1 Card #103 - Sudoku 4 of Clubs
Season 1 Card #107 - Blockword J of Diamonds
Season 1 Card #109 - Infinite Series 9 of Hearts
Season 1 Card #113 - A Capital Idea K of Clubs
Season 1 Card #127 - Card House 5 of Hearts
Season 1 Card #131 - Detail 4 of Diamonds
Season 1 Card #137 - Sub Rosa Q of Diamonds
Season 1 Card #139 - This Sentence is False 9 of Spades
Season 1 Card #149 - Complex Basic Q of Hearts
Season 1 Card #151 - Crazy Talk A of Hearts
Season 1 Card #157 - International Superhits 3 of Diamonds
Season 1 Card #163 - Domino Dilemma 4 of Hearts
Season 1 Card #167 - Circular 4 spades
Season 1 Card #173 - The 14-15 Puzzle K of Hearts
Season 1 Card #179 - By Another Name 10 of Hearts
Season 1 Card #181 - Down,A,B,Up,Up,Right 10 of Diamonds
Season 1 Card #191 - My Dear Watson 3 of Spades
Season 1 Card #193 - Three Thousand Words 3 of Clubs
Season 1 Card #197 - Linguini Junction 3 of Hearts
Season 1 Card #199 - Three 2 of Clubs
Season 1 Card #211 - Molecular A of Clubs
Season 1 Card #223 - Secret Location Joker
Season 1 Card #227 - NAND 2 of Diamonds
Season 1 Card #229 - Ball Night 2 of Hearts
Season 1 Card #233 - The Earth's Destiny 2 of Spades (by elimination - it's the only card left)
Season 1 Card #239 - Persian Joker
Season 1 Card #241 - T-L-P 10 of Spades
Season 1 Card #251 - The Thirteenth Labour J of Hearts
Wave 4 Meta Information
Note: This list is still in the process of being collated - may not be exhaustive Please see http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=16138 for current discussion
| Card | Upright Number | Reversed Number | Shape | Risk Char | Red Dice | Blue Dice | Notes |
| Season 1 Card #29 - Beware the Puzzle Monsters | 1-14443432.5-3 | 3-232.52.51.5-1 | 
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Card also contains playing card symbol. | |||
| Season 1 Card #40 - Baby On Board | 2-11444414412-3 | 1-1144144414432.5-4 | 
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2 Infantry | Red: 5, 4, 3 | Blue: 4, 3 | Attacker wins. Shape is contained within the side of the elephant. |
| Season 1 Card #58 - Breaking And Entering | 2-21122214-4 | 4-23232.534334-1 | None | 1 Cavalry | Red: 6, 3, 1 | Blue: 6, 4 | This card and card 60 overlay each other to create one set of red/blue dice and 1 cavalry figure. Defender wins. |
| Season 1 Card #60 - Celebration | 1-414141414144144441-1 | 4-44444444111111111114-3 | None | 1 Cavalry | Red: 6, 3, 1 | Blue: 6, 4 | This card and card 58 overlay each other to create one set of red/blue dice and 1 cavalry figure. Defender wins. |
| Season 1 Card #63 - The Next Generation | 3-34-1 | 2-414441141-1 | 
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| Season 1 Card #90 - Also Known As | 4-4444444443.5-1 | 3-433333334-2 | None | 3 Infantry | Red: 4, 4, 3 | Blue: 6, 3 | Attacker and defender lose an army each. |
| Season 1 Card #94 - Prime Rhyme Crime | 2-4111111441-2 | 1-1114112321-1 | 
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Numbers are vertical. | |||
| Season 1 Card #96 - Castle in The Sky | 1-222233332-4 | 3-44411414441444112.5-4 | 
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| Season 1 Card #136 - Bling Bunny | 3-2333234-1 | 4-143334-3 | 
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Numbers are vertical. | |||
| Season 1 Card #156 - Going Dotty | 2-111221111112-4 | 2-2232-4 | None | Numbers are vertical. This card has writing revealed under a black light. | |||
| Season 1 Card #188 - Hybridization | 4-11122221412234-2 | 2-21121111221-4 | 
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| Season 1 Card #191 - My Dear Watson | 2-11444444444411111111444-2 | 1-344411444443-1 | 
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| Season 1 Card #192 - Pronunciation | 3-3333322333332-4 | 1-444444114411112-1 | 
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| Season 1 Card #203 - Ecliptic | 4-33223333234-4 | 3-11144144144443-3 | None | Numbers are vertical. | |||
| Season 1 Card #218 - The World | 2-4444433333323-2 | 1-44334-3 | 
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| Season 1 Card #222 - Instigator | 4-1414411122-2 | 3-34433333432-4 | 
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Numbers are vertcal. | |||
| Season 1 Card #235 - Circuitous | 1-4444444434444444444443-4 | 4-222233332222.5-1 | 
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| Season 1 Card #236 - Swarms | 4-4333223323-3 | 3-2112223-2 | None | ||||
| Season 1 Card #237 - Roaming Identity | 3-3333334433334-1 | 2-1222323-2 | 
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Numbers are vertical. | |||
| Season 1 Card #250 - Manoeuvers | 4-3322333333333332-1 | 1-343-2 | 
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| Season 1 Card #253 - Sightseeing | 1-1111211112-4 | 2-111114441114114-1 | 
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Season 1 Card #084 - Insights Unrelated to the others, it says "27.55.25.34.4.43.500.15.18.55.13.1.10.30.56.55.39.21.7.16.27.55.25.69.29.35.62.55"
Season 1 Card #223 - Secret Location Unrelated to the others, in a hard-to-see yellow text it says "100, 139, 6, 148, 62, 127, 118, 119, 131, 151, 146, 88, 135, 107, 112, 152, 124, 150, 130, 100, 147, 93, 121, 149, 134, 144, 126, 98, 133, 103, 143, 116, 63, 111, 91, 101, 70, 61, 106, 62, 76, 117, 123, 84, 102, 89, 115, 96, 137, 92, 85, 122, 87, 53, 104, 90, 145".
Observations
- Numbers range from 1-4, including 1.5, 2.5, and 3.5.
- There are a total of 42 numbers.
- There are 42 territories in Risk.
- There are 11 numbers that start with "1-" and "2-" each, and 10 numbers that start with "3-" and "4-".
- In a 4-player game of Risk, two players start with 11 territories and two start with 10 territories.
Speculations
- The Start Numbers, or those before the first dash character, identify a player.
- The Middle Numbers, or those between the dashes, could represent a path, where 1=South, 2=West, 3=North, 4=East.
- The Middle Numbers could represent conquests on a Risk map.
- The End Numbers, or those after the second dash, could identify a player who ends up in control of a territory in Risk.
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Please see Brian Enigma's impressive Card Catalog for a sorted, comprehensive listing of cards. |
