Puzzle Hunt Calendar
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Jan 9-Apr 10
Clue Hunt 4
https://cluehunting.com/ Clue Hunt is a puzzle hunt with clues released 1 per week over 13 weeks. Puzzles include (among others) a wide variety of word games, LSAT-style logic puzzles, word searches without wordlists, cryptograms, cryptic crosswords, and a number of clues that were modeled after regular features in GAMES Magazine. The competition ends with a ‘meta-clue’ where you need to figure out the theme and use the answers to all of the previous puzzles in order to solve the final one.
Teams are scored by cumulative solve time across all 13 puzzles. The team that completes all of the clues in the least amount of time will win a prize! See the site for details.
Mar 7-9
The 2025 Cryptex Hunt
https://cryptexhunt.com/2025/ The Cryptex Hunt is an annual (usually) online game where players find and solve hidden puzzles. This year's theme is "Puzzles Hidden in a Play"
Mar 8
2024 Mystery Hunt Epilogue Round
[website coming soon]
How is Pluto doing a year after his ordeal? Find out in this short, 1 round(*) epilogue to our 2024 (yes, 2024) MIT Mystery Hunt! There is no limit to team size, but due to the smaller number of puzzles, we recommend keeping the team size manageable for more experienced groups. These are Mystery Hunt style puzzles that range in difficulty from "Hera" to "Underworld" to "Overworld", with the majority being "Overworld" in difficulty.
This is a fully remote hunt, and is open to anyone. Participation in the 2024 Mystery Hunt is not required. This epilogue will not use any answers or puzzle content from the 2024 hunt, but the story will be a continuation of our 2024 Mystery Hunt.
(*) In addition to the one round of puzzles, we will be releasing an extremely long puzzle originally written and fully test-solved for the original hunt that was cut due to length concerns. We will also be releasing two puzzles that did not pass test-solving, but have fun creative artifacts that you may enjoy viewing or listening to.Their authors may choose to hint you through the "unfair" steps that caused them to fail test-solving upon request.
Mar 11 (recurring)
Puzzled Pint
a city near you?
puzzledpint.com
Puzzled Pint is a FREE event for puzzle lovers occurring in pubs throughout the globe on the second Tuesday of each month. If you like escape rooms, crosswords, or sudoku, you'll love Puzzled Pint! Bring a team of 2 to 5 people or come and make new friends.
Many locations are back in-person, with Game Control volunteers bringing puzzles to the people over pints. For the current list of cities, visit our web site above. Solve the location puzzle posted the first Friday of each month to unlock the month's venues.
Mar 15
C'ville Puzzle Hunt
Charlottesville, VA
https://cvillepuzzlehunt.com/
The 4th annual WTJU Cville Puzzle Hunt is a citywide cerebral puzzle for you and your friends to solve. Assemble a team of friends for this FREE event.
Mar 28-Apr 6
Teammate Hunt 2025: Matt & Emma's Deep-space Disaster
https://2025.teammatehunt.com/Teammate Hunt has returned! Join Matt and Emma as they navigate a Deep-space Disaster, facing many puzzling challenges along the way. Registration and more details coming mid-February.
Apr 12-13
CMU Spring 2025 Puzzlehunt
https://puzzlehunt.club.cc.cmu.edu/prepuzzle/14/ (this link is currently a placeholder)
CMU Puzzle Hunt returns for another on-campus puzzle hunt! While we're holding in-person ceremonies, the hunt is open to all participants and can be completed remotely! Kickoff begins at 1:00 PM EDT on Saturday, and puzzles will be released at 1:20 PM EDT and run until 1:20 PM EDT on Sunday to accommodate teams worldwide, but we anticipate that the hunt should take a full team of 6 intermediate solvers no more than 8 hours. Teams can be composed of no more than 6 people and prizes will be given out to top teams; however, only current CMU students will be eligible for prizes. Check out the link closer to the hunt date for a pre-puzzle and signup information!
Apr 12-13
Brown Puzzlehunt (in-person)
Providence, RI
https://www.brownpuzzlehunt.com/Attention! Brown Puzzle Cinemas is in dire need of help in the form of unpaid labor to brush up their latest films. If you can get these movies in shape, you could earn the highly sought-after Bloscar award!
We recommend teams of ~6-8 interns, but will allow up to 10. Kickoff will be at 12:00 PM on Saturday. See the link for more details and registration.
Apr 19-25
Brown Puzzlehunt (remote)
https://www.brownpuzzlehunt.com/Attention! Brown Puzzle Cinemas is in dire need of help in the form of unpaid labor to brush up their latest films. If you can get these movies in shape, you could earn the highly sought-after Bloscar award!
We recommend teams of ~6-8 interns, but will allow up to 10. Puzzles will drop at 12:00 PM on Saturday. Teams can choose to buy a “puzzle box” to engage with during the hunt. See the link for more details and registration.
Apr 25-May 2
Huntingale
https://huntingale.nightmeow.site/
A brand-new indie puzzle hunt! This is the first half of the full story, where we're diving into (the first half of) a day in the life of a small-town girl. Gather clues that would lead to the bigger mystery to be revealed in the second half of the story!
The difficulty is fairly lighthearted and beginner-friendly, so we recommend teams of 3-5 members. See the website for more detail!
Apr 26
WWU Great Puzzle Hunt
Bellingham, WA and online
https://www.greatpuzzlehunt.com/ The Great Puzzle Hunt is a hybrid puzzle-solving adventure. Teams of up to 6 people work virtually from anywhere in the world or in-person, traveling on foot to various locations on WWU campus, solving a total of four hour-long puzzles gathering clues along the way to solve one final meta puzzle.
These are no ordinary puzzles though! It will take a diverse set of skills and talents to solve them! Our mission is to celebrate everyone's talents and demonstrate knowledge comes in many forms. Everything is timed using your phone, QR codes, and this online system! So yes, you can win :)
May 31-Jun 2
(save the date) unannounced puzzle hunt
A puzzle hunt is tentatively scheduled for this date.
Jul 12-16
The 2025 Truzzle Hunt
Sep
DASH 12
A city near you?
Jan 16-18, 2026
(save the date) Mystery Hunt expected
Cambridge, MA and online
https://puzzles.mit.edu/ The MIT Mystery Hunt is EXPECTED to take place on January 16-18, 2026. No formal announcement has been made.
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Puzzle Hunt Calendar is made by Dan Egnor. The Planning Cabal folks are Brent Holman, Jeff Wallace, and Curtis Chen.