Welcome to Perplex City - a completely new type of puzzle that's starting to cause more than a stir around the world.
It's The Matrix meets Alice in Wonderland meets The Da Vinci Code in one of the most unusual concepts we've ever seen. Is it a game? Is it a story? Is it a series of interlinked puzzles spanning mysterious websites, cryptic phone calls, stray emails, hidden messages and live events in random cities around the world? We're not entirely sure but we're looking forward to finding out.
What is known is this - a valuable object, the Receda Cube, has been stolen from a place called Perplex City and hidden somewhere on Earth. The people of Perplex City desperately need it back and have offered a reward of $200,000 to the first person that cracks the mystery and finds it.
This is where the puzzles come in. Created by a range of leading designers and illustrators, the Perplex City puzzle cards range in difficulty from the fun and easy to the captivatingly complex. There are beautifully crafted riddles, origami challenges, pop culture trivia, logical mindbenders, 3D mazes, Egyptian hieroglyphs and much, much more. These cards give you a window into the world of Perplex City and contain information and clues essential to unraveling the mystery and finding the missing Cube.
Here's How To Play:
- Buy Perplex City Card packs (6 cards per pack).
- The puzzle cards feature optical illusions, riddles, mazes, origami, anagrams, codes, pop culture trivia, and even the odd Sudoku.
- Go to the Perplex City website and enter the puzzle solutions and any codes discovered.
- You'll earn points for all correct solutions and codes, and get closer and closer to winning the $200,000.
- Outside of the cards, you will be submerged into a world that will use ALL of your wits, real-life and Internet savvy, exploration and research skills, and more. This is not just a card game, this is a real-life adventure. You will presented with real-life scenarios that will need to be solved - but only if you dare.
The cards give you a window into the world of Perplex City and contain clues that are essential to unraveling the mystery and finding the missing treasure. Some of the cards even have Perplex City map fragments on the back to assist you. Wave 3 (of 4) has just been released, but don't worry. Wave 3 has an assortment of cards from Waves 1-2 as well, so you'll be able to quickly and easily jump into the game with over 14,000 other players worldwide.
Do you have what it takes to solve the mystery and be the ultimate global treasure hunter? - This is Perplex City.
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