The Mystery League We are a company of creative puzzlemakers in Chicago. This is our weekly dispatch of puzzle news. To learn about puzzle events in Chicago, subscribe to Puzzling in Chicago: http://mysteryleague.com/pic. 2275 subscribers 18 issues Subscribe to my list This thingy has to be empti pwieshh
#18 May 12, 2017 Off With Her Head – Puzzle of the Week. Take the first name of a famous woman. Remove the first letter to get a noun, pho
#17 April 26, 2017 Mysterysmith goes to Washington – The Mystery League is coming to Washington, D.C.! We'll be hosting our Creatures on the Loose game at
#16 April 22, 2017 Have you seen Terra Green? – Attention Washington, D.C. friends! I'd like to bring Creatures on the Loose to your town on the even
#15 March 14, 2017 I'd Deny Inland Orca Memorial – Puzzle of the Week. What 20th century figure’s last name is made up of three consecutive U.S. state a
#14 March 1, 2017 I Abhor Billowy Chintz – Puzzle of the Week. The TV show LOST has all its letters in alphabetical order. Name two Oscar-winnin
#13 February 14, 2017 A Mountain, But Not a River – We continue to add more Chicago dates for our popular escape-room-in-a-box, Creatures on the Loose!.
#12 January 20, 2017 Dispatch #12 🦄 Creatures game in Chicago – Puzzle of the week: Name a food in 7 letters. Change one letter, anagram it, and you’ll have an activ
#11 January 9, 2017 Dispatch #11 🗝 Puzzle in a building 🏢 Escape with Zelda – Happy 2017, the first prime year since 2011, and the last until 2027. MIT Mystery Hunt is just a few
#10 December 19, 2016 Dispatch #10 🗝 Dec 28 puzzle event 🦄 Speaking about Holiday Bullshit – Chicagoans! We'd love to see you at our first public puzzle event, Creatures on the Loose!, next week
#9 November 24, 2016 Dispatch #9 🗝 Brainteasers // ARG update // Other games 🦃 – Hello, again. Happy Thanksgiving, for those of you celebrating. If you're looking for dinner table to
#8 October 20, 2016 Dispatch #8 🗝 Brain busters from Bletchley 🤔 (A poem ( in ) a Venn) – Thanks for sending all the great ideas about where I should hold hunts. Still going through them and
#7 October 12, 2016 Dispatch #7 🗝 Curse of Peg Leg Sullivan 👻 Decemberists board game – Question for you: Where should I host my next puzzle hunt? Could be a museum, a park, neighborhood, g
#6 September 30, 2016 Dispatch #6 🗝 Hunt a killer in the Maryland woods 👻 The nutso Voynich Manuscript – Thank you for taking the time to read these. If you find something online that you think I'd like, pl
#5 September 22, 2016 George R. R. Martin's New Mexico multiverse 🔎 Agatha Christie, in stamp form – Happy fall. Here is some stuff I enjoyed this week.
#4 September 14, 2016 Ada Lovelace, puzzlemaker 👏🏼 Online and real puzzle hunts 👏🏼 Snarky C418 – I just got back from the XOXO Festival in Portland, which is always a whirlwind of inspiration and fr
#3 September 6, 2016 Looking for playtesters // Indie crosswords on the rise // Escape Room Top 10 – Fall is here. Apparently that means it’s team-building season. To that end, I need your help — I’m bu
#2 August 29, 2016 Master Theorem returns // Ron Swanson, jigsawer // Escape from the Playa – This Saturday sees the launch of Mark Halpin’s annual Labor Day Puzzle Extravaganza. I was introduced
#1 August 22, 2016 Mystery League in Crain's // Strange video game symbols // Potatoes in space – This is our weekly dispatch of what's happening in the world of puzzles. If you have something to inc
