A Puzzling event on Montevallo's Campus

There was a whole lot of head scratching happening on the University of Montevallo campus April 3rd; thankfully it wasn't due to bad shampoo. The cause was an event held by the Games Studies and Design students in the basement of Carmichael Library. Teams turned to compete in solving puzzles. This wasn't just any old Rubik's cube or crossword puzzle, these were dealing with anagrams, cyphers, and geometric puzzles.

Remember there is no spoon.

Competitors would solve one puzzle then get sent somewhere else on campus to continue the process. There was an air of hushed excitement in the library with teams huddled over tables as they tried to mind-bend their way through the challenges.

Once a team had solved enough puzzles, the eventually ended up in Hill House where the final gauntlet of hurdles awaited. The event lasted four hours and for some, it proved to much, as teams gave up and waited to learn who won.

For some reason no one ever wants King House.

 The team known as "Kamen Rider"
 took the prize for the night by conquering every puzzle available at the event. They all walked away with a copy of Vallo Opoly the Monopoly game themed after the university. It was an exiting moment as the team all burst out into celebratory poses and cheers.

For those that did stick around the night was made all the more enjoyable by the sharing of a large cake modeled after the Puzzle Party poster that featured a shark jumping out of a nuclear explosion with a Rubik's cube in it's mouth. It was a deliciously avant garde bonus to top off the night. Next year there may not be a Puzzle Party exactly, but the GSD students will definitely have something in the works for students to participate in.

Baking the shark is much better than jumping it.