MNZERO

MNZERO Puzzle Quest (MN0PQ)

MNØPQ

MNØPQ is an outdoor puzzle-solving race. The solution to each unique puzzle will point to the next puzzle's location. The first team to make it to the end (and take the fewest hints) wins, but everyone will have fun. Teams should have three to four players and may want to bring pencils, paper, clipboards, scissors, flashlights, and BRAINS!

Image: Puzzle #3 from MN0PQ #1.

MNZERO Puzzle Quest (MN0PQ)

MNØPQ

MNØPQ is an outdoor puzzle-solving race. The solution to each unique puzzle will point to the next puzzle's location. The first team to make it to the end (and take the fewest hints) wins, but everyone will have fun. Teams should have three to four players and may want to bring pencils, paper, clipboards, scissors, flashlights, and BRAINS!

TOP: Newspaper Puzzle from MN0PQ #3: Mugs and Molls

BOTTOM: Two team members solve a puzzle at MN0PQ #6 (BOTTOM)

Journey to the End of the Night Minneapolis (I)

Journey to the End of the Night

For one night, drop your relations, your work and leisure activities, and all your usual motives for movement and action, and let yourself be drawn by the attractions of the chase and the encounters you find there. Journey to the End of the Night is a free street game of epic proportion run by volunteer masterminds in cities around the world.

Image: Front and back of player manifest for Journey to the End of the Night Minneapolis (I).

Journey to the End of the Night Minneapolis (II)

Journey to the End of the Night

For one night, drop your relations, your work and leisure activities, and all your usual motives for movement and action, and let yourself be drawn by the attractions of the chase and the encounters you find there. Journey to the End of the Night is a free street game of epic proportion run by volunteer masterminds in cities around the world.

Image: Players rush to complete each checkpoint on the 7-mile Journey as darkness falls and the paranoia begins.

Journey to the End of the Night Minneapolis (II)

Journey to the End of the Night

For one night, drop your relations, your work and leisure activities, and all your usual motives for movement and action, and let yourself be drawn by the attractions of the chase and the encounters you find there. Journey to the End of the Night is a free street game of epic proportion run by volunteer masterminds in cities around the world.

Image: The "Little French Checkpoint" on the Franklin Avenue Bridge during JTTEON II. Players were offered fruit, bread, and cheeses by candlelight and were required to create "bad" art and poetry in a small journal to complete the checkpoint.

Eye of Horus: A Photo Scavenger Hunt of Mythic Proportions

Eye of Horus: A Photo Scavenger Hunt of Mythic Proportions

Eye of Horus is a four-part photo hunt to recover the body of Osirus and thwart the schemes of Set. Teams employ the godlike powers of their camera to find and recapture fragments of the lost body. In each part, the teams strive to outdo each other with feats of capture and exploration of the world...including their own inner world. Culminating in a final judgment that decides who most pleases Isis and gains the favor of the gods!

Image: The Eye of Horus logo beneath a photograph submitted by Team Discovery Channel. They exploited a loophole in the rules and created this multi-shot picture using an in-camera setting. Sneaky!

Tradecraft

Tradecraft

Cold war era spy crap is cool! Dead drops and car tosses, false flags and double agents, cut-outs and provocateurs. Teams of amateur spies compete to pull off the best covert op, right under the opposition's nose.

LEFT: Spymaster's report and photo confirmation from a spy.

RIGHT: Photo confirmation from a spy to spymaster.

Samhain Says

Samhain Says

Samhain sees murders before they happen, and he takes pictures of them. With his mind. A location-based, anytime Halloween game that runs all month long.

Image: An image from Samhain's mind of the dangling legs of a potential victim.

Connie's Space Lounge - CONvergence Sci-Fi and Fantasy Convention

Connie's Space Lounge - CONvergence Sci-Fi and Fantasy Convention

A space-themed lounge with music, games, smoothies, and entertainment. Events and activities include a black light mini-golf course, interactive sound installations, space craft, black light photo booth, vintage video game tournaments, cabaret night, and giant 3-dimensional games.

Image: The geodesic dome bathed in black light during a rare moment of quiet in the space lounge. The dome's interior is furnished with cozy couches and pillows, inviting convention-attendees to relax and enjoy the multi-channel video projections and 6-channel surround-sound installations that play throughout the night.

Tiny Shanty (Art Shanty Projects 2010)

Tiny Shanty (Art Shanty Projects 2010)

A three-story mansion shrunk down to ¼ scale, decorated with tiny furniture and décor. Visitors were invited to enjoy tiny tea-time, tiny poetry readings, tiny films and more. The final weekend of the Shanty Project, tiny shanty hosted a “regional burn” as part of the Balsa Man Arts community. Balsa Man is a tiny version of the Burning Man Festival.

Image: Tiny Shanty on Medicine Lake, shown with full-sized human.

Tiny Shanty (Art Shanty Projects 2010) - Balsa Man Regional Burn

Tiny Shanty (Art Shanty Projects 2010)

A three-story mansion shrunk down to ¼ scale, decorated with tiny furniture and décor. Visitors were invited to enjoy tiny tea-time, tiny poetry readings, tiny films and more. The final weekend of the Shanty Project, tiny shanty hosted a “regional burn” as part of the Balsa Man Arts community. Balsa Man is a tiny version of the Burning Man Festival.

Image: Cali Mastny lights a miniature balsa wood model of Paul Bunyan and his trusty ax as part of the Balsa Man Regional Burn. The crowd cheers it on as it is quickly engulfed by tiny flames. Other activities included tiny poi-spinning, a tiny drum circle, and tiny sparklers.