2024 - Gold Bug DC32: Parlor Puzzle Pursuit

For our theme this year, we take a step back into to the Victorian era and invite you to join us for an evening of parlour games!

Though presented with the veneer of utmost innocence and charm, each diversion and pastime conceals within it a mystery awaiting you to unravel. Though the clues may beckon towards a course, explicit directives are not bestowed. Thus, your initial endeavor, my esteemed puzzler, lies in discerning the requisite course of action!

Upon disentanglement, each puzzle shall present thee with a sequence of words or a phrase, the submission of which shall grant thee points on the scoreboard. The final game shall necessitate thy reflection upon the events of the entire evening, in order to plumb its profound depths and unlock its mysteries.
1. Etiquette
2. Chess
3. Cirque Mystique
4. Charades
5. Pass the Slipper
6. Masquerade
7. The Mysterious Marquis (Jr Crypto Puzzle)
8. Shopping for Granny
9. Portraite Fantastique
10. Labyrinth
11. Gossip Periodical
12. Music Box
13. House of the Undead
Meta. One Final Game

Submit answers in the CPV BBS.




Archives

2023 - Gold Bug DC31: In the Glow of the Vending Machine

Gold Bug 2023 Zine (Several Puzzles)
Bug hunt
Gold Bug Trail
Welcome to the Arcade
Mother's Maiden Name
The Enigmatic Playlist

2022 - Gold Bug DC30: Back to School

First Period - Algebra
Second Period - Art
Third Period - Chemistry
Fourth Period - Geometry
Fifth Period - Music
Sixth Period - Typing
Seventh Period - Underwater Basket Weaving
Eigth Period - Writing
Hall Pass
Nurse's Office
Comprehensive Final

2021 - Gold Bug DC29: Can't Stop The Signal

1. Hoofman's Headache
2. Pool of Tears
3. Wonder Watch
4. Lobster Quadrille
5. Knave of Hearts
6. Caucus-race
7. Down the Rabbithole
8. Pig and Pepper
9. Inconvenient Habit of Kittens
10. Split Meanings
Mom's Monsters (Meta)


2020 - Gold Bug DC28: SAFE MODE


Quarantine Confusion
Computer Lab
Prime Time
Germs Can't Catch Me
The Secret Life
Infected (Meta)

Junior Crypto Puzzles


2019 - Gold Bug DC27


Quaver
Repeater
Snapper
Transfer
Dancer
Tier
Seeker
Plunder
Hoarder (Meta)