The Hatter’s Hat Armchair Treasure Hunt: Six Questions with the Creator David Jacobsen

Get ready for more adventures!  On November 27, The Hatter’s Hat armchair treasure hunt by David Jacobsen is set to be released.  Within a book, available on Amazon and the hunt’s website, are clues leading to a treasure hidden somewhere in the USA. The treasure is valued at over $10,000, …

The Mysterious Word, Maranatha, in the Bible, the Book of Nicolas Flamel, and the Maranatha Armchair Treasure Hunt

In 2005, an armchair treasure hunt was released by the title of Maranatha, Et in Arcadia Ego, by Duncan Burden.  Although this hunt has now ended, the mysteries it encompassed, continues to be explored.  One of which is the word Maranatha and the ancient secret in the legendary tome of …

MW’s Codes and Ciphers Series: The Null Cipher in the Fandango Armchair Treasure Hunt and The Whistle Pig Hunt

One of the clues discovered in the Fandango Armchair Treasure Hunt involved the use of a Null Cipher.  The Null Cipher is a form of Steganography. It hides a message within plain text. And while there are multiple ways the system can be used to ‘hide a message’, it’s often …

MW’s Codes and Ciphers Series: The Keyword Polybius Square in The Ultimate Quest Armchair Treasure Hunt

The Ultimate Quest, published in 2001, was an armchair treasure hunt book. It has since been discontinued and remains an unsolved treasure hunt of today. The Prize was to be ‘a priceless replica of the Grail cup’. In order to have claimed the ‘Grail’, searchers needed to discover the contact …