I’ve coated occasions UC San Diego, however not having attended courses there, the campus generally is usually a little bit of a thriller.
Now, the performing arts program ArtPower is making the La Jolla college much more mysterious with “Clue: A Strolling Thriller,” an interactive journey impressed by the board recreation.
I went on the strolling tour to check my Clue expertise, and you are able to do the identical by way of Sept. 28.
I’m really superb at Clue and have had themed Clue boards over time (typically deploying my very own secret methods for throwing others off the scent after I assume I’ve it discovered).
The sport at UCSD begins on the Epstein Household Amphitheater, the place a gaggle of about 20 was damaged into groups of 4 or 5. From there, every crew was given an inventory of places on campus to symbolize completely different rooms on the Clue board. Every checklist had the rooms in a unique order so the groups might overview the clues out of earshot of the opposite groups.
Regardless of my poor directional expertise, I managed to develop into the assistant navigator to get the crew from location to location. Although my technique on the board recreation would possibly work on my kitchen desk, it didn’t assist in discovering UCSD websites such because the “Silent Tree” sculpture or which window to look in to discover a hidden corridor tree with coats hanging on it.
Familiarity with the campus is a plus for many who take part.
As soon as at every “room,” there have been issues to resolve to supply info, together with cryptograms, logic puzzles and clues to get the code to a secure. For instance, in fixing one of many cryptograms, our crew discovered that H-R-M-X-V interprets to the phrase “since.”
Past the puzzles, every clue supplied info that may not appear important till the top — equivalent to one character being uncomfortable on checkered flooring or an announcement from the gardener.
The tour is described as a 70- to 90-minute tour, nevertheless it took our crew greater than two hours to go to every website, because it did some others. That mentioned, we ended up being the one crew that received the reply proper on the primary strive. I utterly credit score my crew for that. Seems my technique wasn’t as efficient because it has been on my kitchen desk.
If you wish to give it a strive, preview week pricing by way of Saturday, Aug. 30, is $25-$30 per particular person. The worth will improve to $30-$40 from Thursday, Sept. 4, to Sunday, Sept. 28.
“Investigations” happen in 30-minute intervals. For instances and extra info, go to artpower.ucsd.edu/clue. ♦
