BAPHL XII: Bodacious Azote-Phlogiston Hibernal Luaus
Belated (Arguably Postponed) Holiday Leftovers

Event Summary

Date

BAPHL XII took place on April 25, 2015 in the Harvard Square area from 11am to 6pm.

A total of 49 teams participated: 37 in the Blizzard (Competitive) division and 12 in the Flurry (Casual) division.

A record-setting total of 28 Blizzard teams and 2 Flurry teams successfully completed BAPHL XII before the 6pm wrapup.

Overview

BAPHL XII was intended to be the first ever winter BAPHL. The theme encompassed three of the main winter holidays: Christmas, Hanukkah, and Festivus. Unfortunately, Phlogizote was woefully unprepared and they missed all three holidays, and then, well, there was some other major puzzle event in January. And then there was sooooooooooooooo much snow. Anyway, by the time Phlogizote got it together, it was well into Spring (the day after Arbor Day, no less), but they figured that trying to write a hunt that incorporated Easter, Passover, and Mother’s Day would take them well into Autumn, so they decided to go with what they had written.

The hunt started with a grab bag: each team got a present that determined where they went first (Christmas party, Hanukkah candle lighting, or Festivus dinner). Each holiday comprised a set of puzzles and a meta puzzle that explained why BAPHL XII had been delayed. After completing all three holidays, teams completed a New Year’s puzzle, and then an Arbor Day puzzle, to fully understand why BAPHL XII was happening when it happened.

Final Results

Blizzard Teams		Finish time (pm)
plugh		2:17
Mystik Spiral		2:19
More Mystik, More Spiral		2:26
111 Mice		3:03
✈✈✈ Galactic Trendsetters ✈✈✈		3:29
Large Scantron Collider		3:31
Castle Scrivener		3:32
Scalene Zoa		3:39
The Natural 20s		3:42
A Song of Death & Fire		3:50
Jeff Shen??		3:53
Win, Lose, or Banana!		3:54
General Hooker Entrance		4:24
Engima Machine		4:47
1cool3me		4:52
Super Cow Powers		4:56
[citation needed]		4:57
Are You Down With Milk??		5:14
Abecedarians		5:16
Do Not Write Below This Line		5:24
Bonfire		5:36
A Song of Ice and Death		5:38
Cetacean Needed		5:39
Aem..T........		5:42
Unseen Travelers		5:45
Baby Velociraptor Raises An Objection		5:46
ET Phone In Answer		5:52
This Space Intentionally Left Blank		5:59
Flurry Teams		Finish time (pm)
Updog		4:45
Control Group		5:38

Photos

See some of the Coinuka entries and event photos here!

Puzzles and SolutionsTop

CreditsTop

Puzzle construction, event design, and organization

Team Phlogizote: Eli Barrieau, Joe Cabrera, Brie Frame, Aaron Fuegi, Susan Glass, Jenny Gutbezahl, Katie Hamill, Rex Miller, Joon Pahk, Ben Smith, Phil Steindel, and Kevin Wald

Cat Herder-in-Chief

Ben Smith

Cat Herder Pro Tem

Jenny Gutbezahl

Graphics and visual design

Joe Cabrera

FAQTop

The pre-event page with all the details leading up to BAPHL XII is archived here.

ThanksTop

Test solvers

Eric Berlin, Alex Boisvert, Michelle Bonchuk, Mike Booth, Rich Bragg, Katherine Bryant, Rich Buckman, Emily Dietrich, Annwn Dupuis, Rob Elkind, TK Focht, Neville Fogarty, Dwight Freund, Andrew Greene, Tyler Hinman, Brent Holman, Dean Howard, Evan Jacover, Seth Kleinerman, Sarah Leadbeater, Bruce Leban, Roy Leban, Andrew Lebrun, Parker Lewis, Philip Loh, Arsene Lupin III, Jeffrey Marman, Ashley Maudlin, Jonathan McCue, Kelly Moutsos, Dan Nichols, Tanis O’Connor, Matt Peairs, Eric Prestemon, Scott Purdy, Wil Sambole, Adam Smiles, Thomas Snyder, Jason Sproul, Marc Sweetgall, Juleah Tabak, Matt Tabak, Julia Tenney, Lee Walsh, Josh Ward, Justin Weinbaum, Scott Weiss, Sandor Weisz, Sarah Weisz, James Williams, Roger Wolff, Lynn Woolcott, Dana Young, and Kenny Young

Special thanks to

Hubert Hwang, The Big Quiz Thing, and Gnomon Copy

ContactTop

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