This year, as part of this Backerkit campaign, we launched a new puzzle site called Chums. It's now up and running, with four months of puzzle content up and more coming very soon. If you backed this campaign, there's a decent chance you have a Chums account. But not everyone has logged into the site and gotten their puzzles. If that's you, we encourage you to log in now!
If you backed The Hunting of the Shark and haven’t activated your subscription yet, your account is ready and waiting. Just follow the steps outlined in the introduction email you received earlier. If you can’t find that message anymore, contact us here and we’ll get you sorted.
If you’re brand‑new to Chums, here’s a look at everything available so far.
January: The Monster Hunt
One of our favorite Gen Con Puzzle Hunts returns with a vengeance! Originally run in 2004, the Monster Hunt is a series of matchmaker puzzles with some fiendish twists.
February: Flatland
101 verse puzzles. Yes. 101. One hundred and one flats from our time in the National Puzzlers’ League. These verse puzzles employ every imaginable sort of wordplay.
March: Fandom Access Memories
Crosswords for the nerd in you. Sci-fi and fantasy crosswords inspired by puzzles in Amazing Stories, Dragon Magazine, and Star Wars Insider.
April: Assemblers… Avenge!
Your favorite superhero team the Assemblers battles one of the most dastardly villains of all time, Thenose! Plus, a bonus section of pop culture pictorial palindromes.
There’s lots more to come for all our Chums. So, if you signed up for one, claim your Shark of the Year subscription to access all our puzzly fun! If not, why not get one today?
A new campaign from our friends at the Wind Trilogy
If you were one of the many people who joined us at New York Comic Con last year, you saw our riddle game for the Wind Trilogy, a new fantasy series from filmmaker Barry Alexander Brown. You might have noticed that we used the Tor’oc code in our Million Dollar Puzzle game too. Now, the Wind Trilogy has launched on Kickstarter. It’s an excellent fantasy adventure series which we think fans of our fantasy games might like. The story involves the warrior Aeon the Leaf venturing into a world he does not understand, either to save it or bring it to ruin. If that sounds like your kind of thing, we encourage you to head to the Kickstarter now.
But especially: if you like riddles, then this campaign is for you. They have just launched the Riddle of the Windreaders, a 30-day riddle challenge. If you'd like to try your hand at some fantastical riddling, head to the Kickstarter now!
That’s all from Shark HQ this month. Enjoy your Chums puzzles and we’ll talk to you soon!
