How is this Done?
Each of my contests will operate in a significantly different fashion.
That's why each contest will have its own page.
Once you decide that you want to do battle with me, you will want to check out all the contests, and decide which one (s) of them best suits you.
In all cases, now and forever, all my puzzles will eventually be solved, and all prizes will be awarded.
In all cases, now and forever, all my puzzles and contests will provide some sort of a prize. For example, current contests offer prizes ranging from a $1,000 prize for the Treasure Hunt, to $100 for the major puzzle, and various other prizes for the other contests. These other prizes are often personalized Purplehunt mugs and caps.
In all cases, it now and forever, it will not be necessary to solve every clue to be successful.
I design all of my contests in such a way so that it is possible to solve the ultimate puzzle simply by fully solving a single clue. Most often, each clue encapsulates a major part of, if not the entire, puzzle.
In all cases new clues will be published at least weekly. Sometimes the new clues will be introduced on this site. At other times this site will direct you to the new clues.
The best way to get started is to investigate the current contests. Here's how you do that:
- Treasure Hunt
- Current Big Puzzle
- The"Oops" Contest
- The HTML Challenge
- The Impossible Puzzle
- The Ancient Text Contest
Mini-Contests (This page will serve as the permanent source page for the listing of current and future mini-contests.)
