The Contributors of The First Annual Masquerade Tribute: Forgotten History Hunts

Over the next few weeks, I’ll be sharing a bit of information about those creating the Treasure Hunts for The First Annual Masquerade Tribute!  As you may be aware the Masquerade Tribute will consist of NINE different treasure hunts, with NINE different treasures to claim, made by NINE different treasure …

The Book Without a Name, Untitled, The Bee Book, or The Bee on the Comb by Kit Williams

A book which didn’t have a title when published, certainly ended up being referred to by many titles over the years. Kit Williams, who published the first armchair treasure hunt, Masquerade, in 1979, released another puzzle book, in May of 1984. But instead of discovering the location of a buried …

40 Years of Armchair Treasure Hunts and How the First One, Masquerade, Was Solved

The illustrated story book entitled, Masquerade, by Kit Williams, was first published in 1979 and is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. The book introduced the world to a type of puzzle that leads readers to buried treasure. It was the beginning of a whole new genre of books tagged …