Firebox 100 Letters
General
On August 2, Sente Kiteway sent out an email saying that the first 100 people to order Perplex City cards after the email was sent out would receive "a little something extra" with their order. This turned out to be a copy of card #089, signed by Sente and the Mind Candy team, with a number or letter below the card points number and (#)/100 in the lower right corner of the card.
This string of mostly numbers and some letters has turned out to be a Sudoku grid, hence we are able to fill in many of the missing gaps in the numbers by solving the grid. It is not known whether the completed grid still contains a deeper message of some sort.
References
02-AUG-05 Email from Sente
| Hello,
It has been some time since I last contacted you. I’d like to thank you for your patience - as you can imagine, there has been a great deal going on in Perplex City over the past months. The most important news to report is that the puzzle cards I have talked of for so long have now been created. The work has been produced by a team of seven highly talented puzzle scribes from the Perplex City Academy. These cards reveal a great deal about our city and people, through them I hope you’ll be able to piece together the mystery of who stole the missing Receda Cube and where on Earth it has been hidden. I look forward to the day when I can present the £100,000 / $200,000 reward to whomever solves the mystery. There are only nine stores in nine different cities on Earth where you can buy these puzzle cards. I appreciate that travel to these locations may not be easy so I have made sure that the cards are also available online: http://www.firebox.com/perplexcityexclusive I plan to include a note of thanks to all who buy cards but I also have a little something extra for the first 100 people who place their order from now. Your help in cracking the most enigmatic mystery that has ever befallen our city is greatly appreciated. We will not forget your efforts. Sente Master of the Perplex City Academy -- The ability to unsubscribe from the Perplex City Academy mailing list will be introduced in the next email. |
Letters in Message
chriscoyier: 1=2 Lazarus: 2=4 number9dream: 5=8 Geist: 6=6 diddymac: 7=9 Naomi T: 12=8 ryknow: 14=4 Shockt: 16=7 sherpa: 19=7 buzman: 21=5 juno8888: 23=2 SheRa: 25=4 ManiacFive: 28=5 Ken Brett: 33=8 ?? From firebox video SpaceBass: 36=9 Trayci: 37=3 MacAnguish: 40=4 uptownishnyc: 42=2 Peapod: 45=5 Dorkmaster: 46=4 Geofortean: 49=3 Archimedea: 50=7 Xanatos: 61=2 hylas: 62=1 Bahamoth: 68=3 (from PXCforums) Flicks09: 73=1 giffer2: 76=2 Riiick: 78=7 Mattlock: 80=8 Puzzled Pineapple: 82=S [could this be a "5"?][nope, it's an S] Helix: 83=U Gemini: 84=D European Chris: 85=0 [Are you sure this isn't an "O" EC?] The First Speaker: 91=E Mima: 92=P braincoffee.com: 94=T Kender: 95=R Vary: 97=C questionboy: 98=K crobin: 100=Z
24..869....8.4.7..7.5...4..5....8..93..4.2..54..37..........21.....3....1..2.7.8.SUD0.....EP.TR.CK.Z
Possible Solutions
We are now left with only five possible solutions for the Sudoku grid:
243918765786543129951726438572386491618492375349175862857624139964831257213597684
243918765786543921951726438527386491618492375349175862674852139859134267213697584
243918765786543129951762438572386491618492375349175826857624139964831257213597684
243918765786543921951762438527386491618492375349175826674852139859134267213697584
243968715786541923951732468527386491618492375349175826674852139859134267213697584
Graphical Solution Board
