Come Out & Play 2014 – ScrabbleCache

In this geocaching variation of the game you can spell words by finding or placing a series of geocaches. The new rules are listed below. This contest being brand new, I anticipate that some may have questions, so feel free to post them in the comments feed below. I will do my best to answer all of them before the official start date of December 1st. There will also be a series of launch events in various parts of the province where you can get additional information. I will post the GC codes as soon as they all become available. The list of eligible words, as well as the web platform, will be available shortly. Zor will be providing additional details on the web platform functionality once it is released.

There will be an official geocoin for this contest, available in limited quantities. The cost for the coin is $15. I am taking pre-paid orders until it becomes available, at which time you will be able to procure it through me and at various events in the province. Pre-orders for the coin will be accepted at the Fredericton, Moncton and Saint John launch events. The design of the coin will be released within the next few days.

I hope that everyone will enjoy this new contest. Get out there and have fun!

The Rules

1. The game starts at 12:00:01am on December 1st, 2014 and ends at 11:59:59pm on March 31, 2015.
2. The game is open to residents of New Brunswick. Cachers from our neighboring border cities/towns in Maine and Quebec who are part of our geocaching communities will also be accepted.
3. Players may only use caches found or hidden on www.geocaching.com between the start and end dates of the game. For caches hidden by the player, the publication date will be used to determine if it qualifies. For event caches, the actual date of the event will be used for both host and attendees.
4. To play the game, a series of words is provided which players must attempt to spell by finding multiple geocaches.
5. To spell the desired word, use the GC codes of the found or hidden caches (e.g., GC25EWD) and use the characters to form a portion of the word. In this example, valid letters would be G, C, E, W, D. If a player wanted to spell the word GEOCACHE, this code could be used for the letter G, C or E. The player would then need to find 7 more caches with the correct codes to complete the word.
6. You may only use one character per cache found or hidden, this means that to correctly spell a word, the players must find as many caches as there are letters in the word. Incomplete words will not count. The same GC code may not be used for more than one word.
7. The caches required to spell one word can be found throughout the contest period; however, a higher number of points will be awarded to those who are able to find them all on the same day.
8. Caches may be found or hidden anywhere in the world.
9. There is no requirement to spell every word on the list. However, the more words a player has spelled, the better the chance of winning.
10. At the Bye Bye Winter Bash, a number of “winning words” will be chosen, and players who have correctly spelled these words will receive a chance at a prize. Prizes will also be awarded for the most words spelled and the highest number of points scored.
11. Some letters of the alphabet do not exist in GC codes. These letters are I, L, O, S and U. In the list of words provided, these letters have been replaced with a number (0 and 1 for the letters O and I) or by the symbol “#” (for the letters L, S and U). This symbol can be used as a wild card. This means that any letter or number from a GC code can be used to fill that spot. For example, when trying to solve the word “#WAG”, a player could spell it as 7WAG, or KWAG.

1. GE0CACHE
2. MY#TERY
3. P#ZZ#E
4. M##T1
5. AMM0 CAN
6. #0CK AND #0CK
7. M1CR0
8. TFTC
9. CACHE 1N TRA#H 0#T
10. F0#ND 1T
11. WHER1G0
12. ARCH1VED
13. C0ME 0#T AND P#AY
14. W1NTER FR1END#Y
15. CACHE#PNB
16. TRAVE# B#G
17. ADD1T10NA# #0GG1NG REQ#1REMENT
18. B00KMARK
19. FTF
20. M#GG#E
21. GR0#ND ZER0
22. T#PPERWARE
23. #WAG
24. P0CKET Q#ERY
25. P0WER TRA1#
26. D1D N0T F1ND
27. REV1EWER
28. #1GNA#
29. WATCH#1#T
30. W1## ATTEND
31. #ETTERB0X
32. WEBCAM
33. G#AK
34. C0AP
35. CHA##ENGE
36. 00GA B00GA
37. F1#M CAN
38. NEED# MA1NTENANCE
39. D1#AB#ED
40. #0G B00K

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If you have any questions or issues with the contest, please contact the contest administrator at coapnb@gmail.com.

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