"Bomb" Threat - 1/31/14

Today's puzzle from France includes a game similar to the one featured a few Fridays ago, in that it works best with a group of people playing together, and each person has a limit of what they can contribute each day.  It's even more complicated, however, in that not only does the game reset each day at midnight (in Paris), the target you are seeking relocates each day.  There is no English translation on the cache page, but the CO has given me the green light to summarize the game set-up for you here.

It seems that some unknown cacher became disgruntled after a series of DNF's and has decided to wipe out as many Parisian caches as possible with a bomb.  We have 24 hours to locate the bomb, and our only tool is a "radar" map of Paris.  Each cacher may place one circle on the map, and the "bomb radar" tells whether the bomb is within the circle (it turns green) or not (it turns red).  Everyone can see all of the circles that have been placed that day.  To find the bomb, zoom in as far as possible on the map in an area that is within a green circle, and then right-click.  The coordinates of the position will be tested and you will be informed whether or not you have located the bomb. 

Google translate gives reasonably good instructions about how to place and move your circle.  Good luck with:

Mystery Game #2 : Alerte à la bombe

Tomorrow we'll be in Pennsylvania.

No, He's Still Not. - 1/30/14

Today's featured puzzle is from Arizona.  Can you believe this is the third one I've come across with the theme that:

Paul's Dead?

Tomorrow we'll be back in France.

SNR - 1/29/14

Today's Ohio puzzle will have you investigating the:

SNR

Tomorrow we'll be in Arizona.

Operation - 1/28/14

Today's puzzle from the United Kingdom brought to mind another childhood game, although this one I wasn't particularly good at:

Operation

Tomorrow we'll be in Ohio.

Boggle Logic - 1/27/14

As a kid growing up I loved playing "Boggle" because it was a game I could manage to be competitive at when playing with my parents and our neighbors.  I had never seen this particular twist on the game until discovering today's Oregon puzzle:

Games on our Shelf: Boggle

Tomorrow we'll head to the United Kingdom.

Pad Thai - 1/26/14

Today's puzzle is from Canada's province of Manitoba.  I had never eaten Thai food until I was in graduate school, but we now order it pretty regularly and my favorite is the noodle dish Pad Thai.  I've had it with chicken, shrimp, and tofu, but I've never had:

One Time Pad Thai

Tomorrow we'll be in Oregon.

Pac-Man - 1/25/14

Today we travel to Pennsylvania for a little game of:

Pac-Man

Tomorrow we'll head to Canada's Manitoba province.

Not (Negative) - 1/24/14

Since I know a few of my readers have been working on it, I figured I'd feature today's New York puzzle which I previewed for the CO.  As I wrote in my note on the cache page, I loved the AHA moment for:

NPC2 #6 NOT (or negative)

Tomorrow we'll be in Pennsylvania.

Gold Rush - 1/23/14

Today's Oregon puzzle could have provoked quite a rush by proclaming that there's:

Gold In Them Thar Hills

Tomorrow we'll be in upstate New York.

Who? - 1/22/14

Today's Illinois puzzle features the story of:

Nam T. "Nega" Terces

Tomorrow we'll be in Oregon.

More Hungarian Logic - 1/21/14

Today's Hungarian puzzle provides an interesting twist to a puzzle we've all done before.  Have some fun with:

Logic Puzzle IV.

Tomorrow we'll be in Illinois.

Echolocation - 1/20/14

There are some puzzles that I know I will never get to claim smileys on their caches because they are in places I'm never likely to visit.  The cache for today's puzzle is another I will probably never get to, but it is because the terrain is so tough.  I am pleased to feature it, however, because my hometown of Bristol, Tennessee, plays a starring role in:

Echolocation

Tomorrow we'll pay another virtual visit to Hungary.

A Film Can under a Lamp Post Skirt - 1/19/14

Today's Tennessee puzzle is probably the only time I can recall ever actually looking forward to the possibility of finding a:

Film Can under a Lamp Post Skirt

Tomorrow we'll visit another Tennessee puzzle.

Too bad - 1/18/14

Today's Tennessee puzzle had me wondering what in the world someone could have written in their "found it" log to provoke a CO to reply:

Too Bad I Hid a Boot

Tomorrow we'll have another Tennessee puzzle.

You're getting warmer! - 1/17/14

Today's puzzle from France is a high-tech spin on a game you probably played as a child.  As with most children's games, it's more fun if you have some friends to team up with and you all play together.  That's because each person has a limited number of tries per day.   There is no English translation provided, but "google translate" gives the gist of the game pretty well.  (Note: If you can't see the circle you placed at first, try zooming in ... they're small!)  Have some fun with: 

Mystery Game #1 : Ça chauffe !

Tomorrow we'll be in Tennessee.

Adhesive Terminations - 1/16/14

Today's puzzle from the United Kingdom caught my eye with its intriguing name:

Adhesive Terminations

Tomorrow we'll pay another visit to France.

She Loves Me ... - 1/15/14

Today's classic California puzzle is one I found to be a little tricky, but the "aha" moment is priceless :

She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not

Tomorrow we'll pay a visit to the United Kingdom.

(Sorry this one came up late!)

Planetary Caching - 1/14/14

Today's Ohio puzzle is the first in a series involving what the CO calls "PlanetaryCaching" (kind of reminds me of intercaching on a global scale).  Have some fun with:

Zyx the Alien - Part 1, Earth Extremes

Tomorrow we'll be in California.

Hungarian Logic - 1/13/14

Today we pay our first virtual visit to Hungary, and a puzzle called:

Logic Puzzle III.

Tomorrow we'll be in Ohio.

Lazy Sunday - 1/12/14

Today's California puzzle encourages you to just sit and take a moment:

To Breathe Lazily

Tomorrow we'll pay a virtual visit to a new country for the blog:  Hungary.

I Spy - 1/11/14

Today's Tennessee puzzle features a nice little game of:

I Spy With My Little Eye

Tomorrow we'll be in California.

Double Cross - 1/10/14

Today's California puzzle is one I wish I could go and hunt for, as it sounds like the find is as much a part of the experience as the puzzle, which I really liked.  In solving it, I hope you won't think that you have been the victim of a:

Double Cross

Tomorrow we'll visit a puzzle in Tennessee.

Get Crafty - 1/9/14

Over the holidays I started a project using a technique I hadn't done in quite a while.  It got me thinking about puzzle possibilities and when I looked, sure enough I found today's California puzzle:

Joani's Crafty Cache - Crochet

Tomorrow we'll have another puzzle in California.

Word Association II - 1/8/14

Today's California puzzle is a recently published follow-up to one I featured back in May.  See how you do with:

Word Association II

Tomorrow we'll be in California for another day.

Don't Sweat It - 1/7/14

I debated long and hard about starting the year off with weekly Tuesday rerun puzzles, but ultimately decided to take the advice of today's California puzzle:

Fret It - Don't Sweat It

Tomorrow we'll be in California another day.

May the Fours Be With You - 1/6/13

Last month I had the pleasure of meeting captainmath when he was in town with a group of students for a Scholastic Bowl Tournament, and during our conversation he happened to mention today's puzzle from New York's Long Island.   This one taught me something about the number four that was:

Particularly Elementary

Tomorrow we'll be in California.

WTF? - 1/5/14

I came across today's California puzzle right after seeing an ad for a t-shirt that read : After Tuesday, even the calendar says "W.T.F.":

WTF? (KPC2010)

Tomorrow we'll be in New York's Long Island.

Anyone for Twister? - 1/4/14

Today's Australian puzzle tells a funny bit of history about a game I am not very good at:

Anyone for Twister?

Tomorrow we'll be in California.

Sifferkryss - 1/3/14

Today's puzzle from Sweden is a little exercise in math and logic I thought you might enjoy.  Apparently the title means "number check" but in Swedish they say:

Sifferkryss

Tomorrow we'll head to Australia.

Twisted Logic - 1/2/14

Today's Arizona puzzle incorporates some rather:

Twisted Logic

Tomorrow we'll be in Sweden.

New Year's Nonsense - 1/1/14

Let's kick off 2014 in Nebraska with a little:

New Year's Nonsense

Tomorrow we'll be in Arizona.