MW Codes and Ciphers Series: The Polybius Square in The Beacon Star Armchair Treasure Hunt

The Beacon Star armchair treasure hunt was published in 2017 by Randy Pischel. It remains unsolved (as of this writing), and offers a Treasure valued at over $5,000 dollars to the first person who can solve it. A few of the puzzles inside the book have been solved. However, there …

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 …

The Gold Ticket Armchair Treasure Hunt: In Style of Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory Story

David Klein, founder of Jelly Belly jelly beans, is launching a nationwide treasure hunt, called The Gold Ticket. It is much in style with the loved story (1964) and film (1971) of Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory, where someone will ultimately win one of his Candy Factories. What a …

Found Treasure! Six Questions with Amber K. on Solving the Parish Armchair Treasure Hunt

In early June of 2020, Natalie Nelson released an exciting armchair treasure hunt called Parish. The prize was valued at over $5,000 dollars and consisted of numerous gemstones and other treasures. Many searchers took up the challenge to solve the clues, which were found on the free PDF downloads of …

MW September GiveAway and Six Questions with S.P. ‘Stephen’ Grogan: Author of Vegas Die: A Quest Mystery (and Armchair Treasure Hunt)

Stephen Grogan launches another exciting quest for treasure with the republishing of his mystery thriller, Vegas Die.  A recovered Spanish Coin, from the 1680 shipwreck of ‘El Salvador y San Jose’, is hidden somewhere in the Las Vegas Valley, and while a treasure in itself, if found, can be used …