Puzzles

We split the 60 family members into 7 teams, trying to balance generations and skills. Nobody knew what teams they were on until the game began.

The hunt began by assembling all teams in place and distributing to each a satchel:

Inside each satchel were the following items:

After laying out some rules for the game (no cheating, no interfering with other teams or their clues, everything you need is in the bag, you only have 3 hours before you’ll miss lunch, etc.) we read the letter aloud and the game was underway.

The entire game consisted of 6 challenges: