The weekly newsletter for Fed2 by ibgames

EARTHDATE: July 29, 2007

Event Reports - page 1


CRYPTOGRAMS

Saturday July 21
by Catspaws

After two weeks of seeing Fancy lose, I was really pitching this week's game, eagerly anticipating another loss by the champion of Fed games. Oddly, after two weeks of having a good turnout, we had to beat the bushes for players, but we finally got up a game.

We spend so much time on the new planets, we sometimes forget there is so much to see in good old Sol. So in today's puzzles, we will re-visit a few old haunts. We call all the space bodies in Sol 'planets', but actually many are NOT planets. So, in the interest of being an educational as well as a fun game, we explored non-planet planets in Sol.

Fancy got a running start on this puzzle, with Revone and Trilleth solving it as well, and Nkir figuring out one of the non-planets.

Planets in Sol That Are Not Actual Planets:
XJETUUJI
NJOJSWGT
NTJOU
KOJGG
XJEOJZFTJ
EOJHTLJOS

Continuing our tour of Sol, here is our second puzzle, which covers the moons in Sol. Revone proved he planned to give Fancy a run for the money by solving this puzzle first, with Nkir and Trilleth solving it as well.

Moons in Sol:
VHVBW
SNOB
GOEOWB
TNQZQG
GXPBVSB
YBGVHEEQ

For the next puzzle we moved to Magellan. Sol has a lot of eateries, and many of them are on the satellite of Magellan. Some of the best food and drink in the gallery can be found there. Fancy solved this puzzle first, followed by Revone.

Food and Drink Establishments on Magellan:
GQKTTKTO YXHHN JDI
MDBH JNDTM
JIDGGHIKH MDWKNH GDKTC GDHTG
NH MNSJ MXDSF
XUCHN BIDTMUKG NUSTOH
UJGHIZDCKUT JDI

We've covered the bars on Magellan, but there are other fun bars in Sol as well. Many of these are suspicious in nature, so you might want to keep your eye on them. Revone leapt ahead of Fancy this time, bringing the game to a tie going into the final puzzle, and we lost Nkir. Thanks for playing, Nkir, and we hope to see you next week.

Food and Drink Establishments in Sol:
PSC RBXXYBHQ KWV
WYI CNTPS PNATWWD
ACNTY PCNSWGRC
UCITGJVCTR
OTCNVUNRP BH UGT
PSC GTONH RANJCDNH ONT

Sol isn't all work and drinking. There are other fun places you can visit in Sol. Check out these...

Fun Places in Sol:
UID UHWNSU WB CDCRB
YDHASPBSUU WB SRPCV
ZGBESS TGFN WB SRPCV
UNWPCUCSP WB FRPU
WHA SRPCV CRNPWWF WB FSPOGPK
CPSS OHDFZDBE WB FRPU

When the scores were tallied, Fancy beat out Revone by a single point and 2 seconds, with Trilleth making a terrific first-time showing in her third place standing. Join me each Saturday for Cryptograms, as we check back to see if Fancy can keep his crown this time.


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