Puzzled Pint
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| Status | Active |
| Genre | Puzzle solving |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Country | International |
| Inaugurated | July 13, 2010 |
| Attendance | over 3,000 |
| Website | puzzledpint |
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Puzzled Pint is a monthly, casual, social puzzle-solving event held on the second Tuesday of each month in 50+ cities around the world,[1] with every location using the same puzzles. Global monthly attendance exceeds 3000. It follows the pattern of a conference-room style puzzle hunt, with teams receiving packets of 4-5 puzzles, usually with the answers feeding into a final metapuzzle. There is no prize.[2]
Most cities rotate the location to a new bar every month. The Friday before each event, a location puzzle is posted to the website. Solving this puzzle will lead players to that month's “secret” location.
Puzzled Pint is a not-for-profit, volunteer-run event,[3] with a goal of introducing new players to the world of puzzlehunts. The emphasis is on the casual nature of the evening. The puzzles are not as advanced or numerous as day-long or weekend puzzle events, and hints are always free. An archive of all previous puzzles is on the website and available under a flexible Creative Commons license so that they may be repurposed for other events and activities.
Puzzled Pint was started in July 2010 in Portland, Oregon; that city now sees a regular attendance of at least 100 players.[4]
It expanded to include Seattle in October 2012, and additional cities have been added over the years, to 60 locations and 3113 players in August 2018.[5]
From April 2020 the puzzles began to be posted online on event dates, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This continued until the end of 2022, when puzzles were posted online the day after each event.