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Re: [Conlangs-Conf] Idea: Conlang/Conscript Treasure Hunt

From:Sally Caves <scaves@...>
Date:Monday, May 1, 2006, 3:40
I think it sounds great.  A kind of physical enactment of a conlang Relay
Game.  Prize: a singing Conlang bird. :)

(How did I not meet you, Arthaey?  Richard told me--at the dinner
afterwards--that he sat next to you.  I was really wanting to meet and talk
to you.)

Sally


----- Original Message -----
From: "Arthaey Angosii" <arthaey@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2006 5:51 PM
Subject: [Conlangs-Conf] Idea: Conlang/Conscript Treasure Hunt


> This is a request for comments. > > I suggested to Sai that the next conference have a "treasure hunt" of > some sort, based on how much fun I had deciphering Richard Brodie's > Chromophonoglyhpics. > > I'm envisioning clues, written in conlangs/conscripts, that will > direct you from one location to the next. At the next location, you > find another clue. I don't know what an appropriate end prize would > be, or how you would schedule this around the conference itself. > > If we had enough different clues (and we might be able to, since there > are so many conlangs/conscript to choose from!), we could make enough > distinct paths to the final goal that attendees wouldn't be tripping > over each other. > > Presumably the conference program would include enough information to > decipher all the clues. > > Thoughts? Suggestions? Criticism? > > > -- > AA > http://conlang.arthaey.com >