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Post by brandalonian on Jan 2, 2016 0:17:33 GMT -5
I want to put this here so I don't have to rewrite in the chat room over and over for newcomers. I've found a link between the horse names: Samson's Folly, Rage of Polyphemus, Shiny Kebriones, Oedipus and Vinegar.
Samson - his eyes were put out because he followed them too often
Kebriones - when killed, his eyes came out
Polyphemus - was a cyclops and Odysseus put a stake through his eye
Oedipus - gouged out his own eyes after his wife/mother killed herself
I'm not sure how this relates (or at all) to the letter jumble above the ad BUT I think it's too coincidental to be accidental. |
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Post by Todd on Jan 2, 2016 6:41:11 GMT -5
This is also true of The Earl of Gloucester in Shakespeare's King Lear. And Horus. It might be worthwhile to note the pun horse / Horus / Horace |
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Post by jasonkristopher on Jan 5, 2016 0:53:04 GMT -5
I'm curious as to whether anyone else has noted that there is only one letter 'I' in the coded text. There's a definite focus for this issue on that, but as I have not yet finished reading it, I cannot say whether it makes a difference. |
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Post by Todd on Jan 5, 2016 6:17:50 GMT -5
That fact has frustrated several attempts on my part to decode the block of letters, because due to its proximity to the nonogram I had been trying ciphers that arrange letters into grids. However due to the fact that there are 26 letters in the alphabet and only 25 squares in a 5 x 5 grid most of these types of ciphers remove the letter I and replace it with J. |
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Post by jasonkristopher on Jan 5, 2016 13:02:39 GMT -5
Yea, I tried the cipher you mentioned and it didn't work for me. Maybe I'm using the wrong alphabet.
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Post by mrgallerani on Jan 10, 2016 10:26:58 GMT -5
I'm re-typing the actual Horse letter string here for others to easily cut/paste/manipulate:
thewpfbmsdoppsqkksdtsigeofkfsfvp
owbahewpqwficcuffakjgqtqffvgpk
I have noticed a few things that I feel are worth pointing out:
1) There are 62 letters in the string.
2) The two lines have different numbers of letters, which is unnecessary since there is a even number of letters total.
3) The first three letters actually make up a word (the).
4) The Horse ad directly below it does seem to be much more manufactured than the other ads in the issue, and in issues past.
5) The names of the Horses relate to each other in several ways (Missing eyes, mythological characters)
6) The date "February, 1884" seems to be printed differently than the rest of the ad.
None of this is really new information, but I figured I would try and gather all the information that I am currently looking at to try and crack it.
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Post by centaurofattn on Feb 15, 2016 15:09:20 GMT -5
Perhaps the code needs to be worked in the same way as the horses? Which is to say take out the "eyes" Unless this has been solved in the last month, which is likely  |
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Post by Todd on Feb 18, 2016 16:03:15 GMT -5
The race horse ad has a block of letters above it. To solve this puzzle, First Clue: Find something in common amongst the names of the horses. Second Clue: Find another item that shares this theme. Third Clue: A Christmas Story. This should lead you to references to two Volume 1 puzzles which should help you solve the block of letters |
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Post by k80 on Mar 3, 2016 23:26:56 GMT -5
I know about the ballroom/claw numbers but I could use a nudge in how to apply them. So far I've tried caesar shifts (2 and 24 first, then all of them), playfair, and taking every second letter starting from both the first and second letters. What am I doing wrong? |
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Post by Todd on Mar 4, 2016 6:41:30 GMT -5
First, review the Bridge Letter. It refers to two different code words, each referring to a different type of cipher. Which one is significant? Then, look for the second clue in the decoded ad. It refers to a second Volume 1 puzzle. This should lead you straight to the information you need. |
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Post by Geodus on Dec 10, 2016 7:54:03 GMT -5
I'm stuck on this as well. With regard to the Bridge Letter, I don't understand what ciphers one, two, or three are supposed to represent. Also, I'm not sure what the second clue is that is contained in the ad. |
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Horse Ad
Dec 10, 2016 8:04:13 GMT -5
via mobile
Post by Todd on Dec 10, 2016 8:04:13 GMT -5
I'm stuck on this as well. With regard to the Bridge Letter, I don't understand what ciphers one, two, or three are supposed to represent. Also, I'm not sure what the second clue is that is contained in the ad. Refer to the curios for Volume 1 Issue 4 for the first part of the location puzzle. |
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Post by jtobcat on Jan 2, 2017 4:25:43 GMT -5
So I know what the text above the horses decodes to, but even knowing what the final phrase is I still don't see how I was supposed to get there properly. I get that all the horses are names of people/creatures that lost their eye(s) but I don't get what I was supposed to do with that. Should I have been looking at the curios (I joined late so don't have them and find it hard to inspect them from the pictures) with that information? |
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Horse Ad
Jan 2, 2017 6:22:43 GMT -5
via mobile
Post by Todd on Jan 2, 2017 6:22:43 GMT -5
Should I have been looking at the curios Yes. Look for similar themes. |
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Post by Yasoda Dei Conti on Jan 11, 2017 5:37:00 GMT -5
Thank you!! I didn't think to go back to the first Volume for help |
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