The Second Annual Masquerade Tribute wrapped up successfully with over $4,000 dollars raised for charity. It was an event packed full of fun! There were multiple winners of the treasure hunts and in the pre-hunt puzzles, games, and drawings. A total of 41 different winners! (if I counted them all correctly!)
I know it was said last year, but must be said again:
THANK YOU ALL! – to the searchers, to the contributors of the special treasure caches, to the creators of the hunts, and to all who supported and cheered searchers on the sidelines. YOU should all be proud for making such an impact. Your donations surely made a difference!
Below is a quick summary of all that happened in the 2022 Second Annual Masquerade Tribute.
The Tribute fun started early with lots of prehunt contests and games! In December 2021 a Scrabblegram contest was created by David Cohen. The winner of that challenge (found here) was TC Treasure. The runner ups were Pugdaisy920 and Thedawailey. They all won free packs of Scrabblegrams (More about Scrabblegrams on Davesscrabblegrams)
Then closer to the time of release to the Tribute, there were different puzzles and games posted by MW and FHH. Prizes ranged from charms, t-shirts, books, gemstones, and other fun items.
Winners of those puzzles and prizes (found here) were:
Flash911, Whispa, susb8383, digduffer, jigsaw, namtabeht, akay, mike6888, stercox, beniam, mikec, chanty092, mismuffet, mofinn, thepuzzler, pugdaisy920, pop, wiscwanderer, nobody, forestblight, koskie, Thanar, choice, sam200501, sspuzzler, and martin riddler smith.
26 different winners! They were awesome and fun to hold!
Then came the Treasure Hunt themselves. There were Six different Treasure Hunts. (These hunts are posted on the MW forum for all to see/enjoy)
Forgotten History Hunt’s Rex’s Adventure:
Winners were: Mike6888, Brian P. and Susb8383. FHH continued the hunt and held a drawing from which Team Rage9498, Ringer, and Olddragon won.
Treasure: A chest filled with jewels, gems, and coins valued at approx. $300
The Art of Hidden Messages’ Squid Game
Winners were: SusieD, Mike6888, and Pop
Treasure: The winner received a hand-made kraken amethyst brooch. The amethysts came from Africa. The eyes are a blue cubic zirconium. The setting is sterling silver (stamped 925 on the back) with black rhodium and rose gold plating. The gems and setting total weight is 8.7 g. Also the pages with the pen and ink drawings and the illuminated letters (watercolor) that were used to create this hunt. The value is approximately $75
David Cohen’s What Hides the Prize?
Winners were: Mike6888 and team
Treasure: Deep purple amethyst geode egg on a brass rabbit stand, “Impossible / Levitating” Tensegrity table, Rare amethyst rainbow crystal geode egg, Deck of Scrabblegram cards (for each member of a winning team, max 5). Approx. value $250
@DominoAdventure’s The Harebrained Plan
Winners were: stercox, forestblight, jigsaw, and DOOMer77
Treasure: American Coin Treasures Lucky Rabbit/Irish Hare Eire Coin Pendant on Silvertone Chain | Pewter Rabbit Holding Magnifying Glass (the Proxy) | $50 Penzeys Spices Choose Love Gift Card | $50 REI – Explore Gift Card | $100 Congrats Amazon Gift Card *OR $100 donation to charity in winner’s name |(2) X-Plore Wilderness Survival-Kit Paracord Bracelets | Special prize Book (Not Masquerade) | WISE WINNER bracelet by Things Uncommon originovel llc surprise gift
TC Treasures’ Over the Moon
Winners were: Matt Littlefield & Ed Brodie, and teammates Matthew Koskie, Steven Sanftner, and Mike Nowak!
Treasure: Mystery loot box valued at approx. $400!
Mysterious Writings’ The Quest
Winners were: Samanatha Dammer
Treasure: 1)MW Crystal Diamond #11 2)Signed Quest book by Jenny Kile 3)Canvas Print from illustration in The Quest 4)Cryptex with Pearl (opens to QUEST) 5)Treasure Chest filled with – gemstones, meteorite fragment, gaming piece from San Lazaro Pueblo (from Forrest Fenn), 1921 dollar grail coin, and other small items. 6)The Quest: In Search of the Dragontooth by Michael Green within the original case – containing the rare Unicorn Periadam, hung as an amulet in a copper clasp. (remains unsolved)
The Bonus Treasures:
THREE Kit Williams books and Aquamarine gemstone, Over the Moon poster from TC TREASURE, Escape Room Puzzle book, and Cain’s Jawbone book
Lastly but not least were the Treasure Cache drawings. The prizes for these were donated by active members of the community. Those providing prizes were:
- George Ward representing The Secret
- Natalie Nelson representing Echo the Owl
- David Jacobsen representing The Hatter’s Hat
- CopperDan representing The Troll’s Cache
- 3D Bronze representing DB Cooper Was Here
- Sean and Hilary representing Xavier MarX and the Missing Masterpieces
- Adrian K and Lisa F representing Rhapsody in Grey treasure hunt
- Kit Palencar representing The Hunt for the 13th Casque (Secret Tribute)
- Candy and Mindy representing Houses Asunder
- Michel Becker representing The Golden Treasure of the Entente Cordiale
- Professor F representing CRACKED
- MysteriousWritings representing The Diamond Scrolls
- Miscellaneous items from anonymous donors
Winners of the 3 treasure caches and bonus treasure cache were: CaKrunch, Knjb416, Forestblight and MikeC.
The third annual Masquerade Tribute is set to release on 3/20/23. Join the adventures. Further information for this event coming soon!