By special request, here is the information on the next 24 hour hunt. I suppose for now this is as good of a thread to post it as any.
First off we have confirmed the date and it will actually be Saturday, September 13th. We decided to bump it back to September so as to try and engage more college students in the game. That way we're also not competing with the Olympics, the State Fair, or the summer heat.
At this point I am 90% sure we're going to have a kickoff breakfast at 10am and start the actual hunt at 11am. Breakfast will be included in the admission price for 5 team members. You will then have 24 hours to finish the race.
This time around there will be more of a story element involved and it will almost be like a murder mystery. The leader of the Mason Lodge has been killed and with his death the passcode to the Lodge's secrets has been lost. The police have captured the killer and his accomplices, but they lack evidence and will have to release them in 24 hours. They may have gotten the passcode before killing the Master and so the passcode must be found before the killers are released. The Masons believe the Master knew he was in danger and before he was killed, he left clues behind. The Masons have assembled all these clues, but have not been able to make progress quickly enough in figuring them out. In desperation the Lodge has put up a $500 reward for anyone who can help them rediscover the passcode and retrieve their secret documents.
This time around there will be only 8 puzzles, but they will be tricky. Solving each puzzle will lead you to a location where a piece of the final puzzle lies. Once those pieces are all assembled, it will give you the passcode which you must then take back to the Mason Lodge before 11am Sunday to unlock the vault. But even then, there may be one more test awaiting you.
A $300 prize will go to the team that is the first one to actually retrieve the documents. Additionally, at each of the 8 locations there will be an item that may be retrieved by the first team to get there and teams will get a $25 prize for each of those items they have.
Again the price will be $100 per team. Each team can have up to 5 official members. You can have additional members if you really want, but only 5 people can come to the breakfast and the more people you have on your team, the more you may have to split the prize money. But otherwise there's no rule against seeking outside help if you can find it.