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EARTHDATE: February 24, 2008

Event Reports page 3


CRYPTOGRAMS

Monday February 18
by Catspaws

Due to the shortage of players, Cryptograms is moving to Monday afternoons for the next few weeks. If this is not a good time for my Cryptograms players, please contact me and we'll move the game again.

Fancy, Angelfowl and Hobob joined me this week for this special game that was dedicated to the newest rank in the game, Technocrat. The first puzzle, naturally, involved the names of these newly promoted players. Fancy, of course, solved the puzzle first, followed by Angelfowl and then Hobob.

Names of Technocrats:
VKNDAKVTN
JSONSB
LDDKO
SBJEVJ
LDTBLDK
KOJBDNO

The second puzzle, which Angelfowl solved before Fancy, (?!) involved the systems owned by these new technocrats. Hobob had to leave, which left us with only two players. But we continued the game.

Systems of Technocrats:
YPKZZE
KYIKZESNE
JFGGKALEGG
YKUZKM
UDPUEOF
HZFSMPKZ

Fancy solved the "Technological Commodities" puzzle before Angelfowl, who had a harder time thinking of commodities than she did of finding system names.

Technological Commodities:
HRHZSREYNXV
XZHIYZFFPYV
KZMPYKRXUV
IBLRYUV
QYZNQV
FRVPYV

I admit to being a little miffed about the Techie builds. That "Weathermen's Cult" needs to be stopped. They're brutal!

Technological Builds:
ATFTICZOT
JPHFJOTN
BTJACTH
DKNPZO
PONKHJOLT
NKHUTPFFJOLT

The final puzzle, which Fancy solved in a jiffy before heading off for lunch, fell into the "Think Like the Kitty" category and involved more ideas for birthday presents for the kitty. Angelfowl seemed to have a lot of fun solving this puzzle.

Birthday Presents for Catspaws:
GQEEZHF LB MCWTHZV ACWZ
FUKZZTJ LP Q HZQFY
WQXPCM XLJF
NQWKKA-MQWTZV XKPQ
WEJFXQH BZZVCPO VCFYZF
BHKBBJ MCHHLRF

When the scores were tallied, Fancy beat my Angelfowl by only 4 points. I predict it won't be long before this young Angel child takes the Cryptograms crown from Fancy.

Join me each Monday at 4.00pm eastern for Cryptograms, the brainiest game in Fed.


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