Sherlock - A game of Werewolf!

Abigail WW

Derry WW wrote: »

The answer hasn't been posted, directly.

These are a handy little test tbh. See which villagers are working towards a very clear, benefical Day 0 reward.

Perhaps I am being Obtuse

never got to post it last game
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But would baddies not try to appear like they are working towards it? Also why not post the answer directly, is that not how we get our reward?


If someone has worked out the answer but not posted it I would find that more suspicious but I'm fairly certain ive missed something hence me being obtuse

Abigail WW

Liam WW

Hey folks. Liam checking in.
Been thinking on the Belshazzar clue. I don't think it's a Caesar cipher as I've tried that out and it's just giving me gobbildigook. Looking into Belshazzar's Feast there's a few options on Google.
Belshazzar's Feast are a 2 man band from England. Both of their first names is Paul.
It's also a cantata by William Walton.
Rembrant has a painting of the feast.

None of these give anything useable though when using the method suggested by someone above:
Using PAUL as the key we get MYSJYBMS
Using WALTON as the key we get JYRHYOJR
Using REMBANDT as the key we get KYSIYAKS
(assuming that I'm doing it right of course).

I also tried BELSHAZR too and it also gave me nonsense so that seems to be a dead end. Anyone else any good at ciphers?

Orla WW

GIF FAIL!! Back of the class Abi!

Nigel WW

Conor WW wrote: »

Jim Moriarty – Every fairy tale needs a good old-fashioned villain.

Clue: MORSCCXLV

Ok...so MORS means Death in Latin and CCXLV is 245

Death 245? Mean anything to anyone. Is this connected to a particular fairy tale?

Death for whoever has post 245? Immunity from death for post 245??

Wonder do the wolves know the answers to their abilities or do they need to decipher the clues (here, or in backroom??) in order to know how to use their powers?

Derry WW

Right, in a bid to focus the village on the other two....

Eurus Holmes – There's an east wind coming…

Clue: The key is Belshazzar's feast...

OYTMYEOT

Right.

Belshazzar's Feast, according to Wiki, is the story of "The writing on the wall".

As per our crime scene....

John and Mary are left to help D.I Lestrade and Scotland Yard as unexplained murders start to appear across London, Each murder scene has yellow graffiti sprayed on the walls with all of them showing the same thing sprayed “αδειάζω”. Molly Hooper is on overtime where she has found a letter burned into each corpse’s left eyelid that spells “Did you Miss Me?” except for the 3rd corpse which had had both eyelids burned into and a black phone with red lipstick marks on the screen password locked was found in their possession. The phone had a small folded paper message under the leather cover which read “13-1-18-11-19-1-18-5-23-15-18-4-19”

There's literally writing on the wall.

"αδειάζω"

Google Tran.....I mean, my keen understanding of the Greek Language....translates that as the word "Empty".

Using Clodagh's idea of a Keyword cipher, that leaves us with....

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
E M P T Y A B C D F G H I J K L N O Q R S U V W X Z

Which means that...


OYTMYEOT


decrypts to.....



REDBEARD

Katie WW

and thormund has a red beard

Tegan WW

Abigail WW wrote: »

No.


I just highlighted that he might be bragging on thread later. I did not brag about anything.


Bit early on day 0 to cast aspersions Tegan, what do you make of the OP / the clues?

Im thinking more clues are to come. I cant decrypt whats in th4 OP yet but I have a feeling we havent been given the full case information just yet

Desmond WW

Liam WW wrote: »

Hey folks. Liam checking in.
Been thinking on the Belshazzar clue. I don't think it's a Caesar cipher as I've tried that out and it's just giving me gobbildigook. Looking into Belshazzar's Feast there's a few options on Google.
Belshazzar's Feast are a 2 man band from England. Both of their first names is Paul.
It's also a cantata by William Walton.
Rembrant has a painting of the feast.

None of these give anything useable though when using the method suggested by someone above:
Using PAUL as the key we get MYSJYBMS
Using WALTON as the key we get JYRHYOJR
Using REMBANDT as the key we get KYSIYAKS
(assuming that I'm doing it right of course).

I also tried BELSHAZR too and it also gave me nonsense so that seems to be a dead end. Anyone else any good at ciphers?

Liam,
Belshazzar's feast, or the story of the writing on the wall tells how Belshazzar holds a great feast and drinks from the vessels that had been looted in the destruction of the First Temple. A hand appears and writes on the wall. The terrified Belshazzar calls for his wise men, but they are unable to read the writing. Wikipedia

In the OP, something is wrote on the walls in grafiti.
Somebody else figured out what that means.

Try that word instead.

Abigail WW

I know the show even if I don't know how to decipher snit and RedBeard def works as an answer

Liam WW

OK Derry is the cleverclogs of the village. Well done man.

Now what the **** does redbeard mean besides being a pirate?

Orla WW

Derry WW wrote: »

Right, in a bid to focus the village on the other two....



Right.

Belshazzar's Feast, according to Wiki, is the story of "The writing on the wall".

As per our crime scene....



There's literally writing on the wall.

"αδειάζω"

Google Tran.....I mean, my keen understanding of the Greek Language....translates that as the word "Empty".

Using Clodagh's idea of a Keyword cipher, that leaves us with....

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
E M P T Y A B C D F G H I J K L N O Q R S U V W X Z

Which means that...


OYTMYEOT


decrypts to.....



REDBEARD

I am literally too dense for this game

WerewolfGM

Derry WW wrote: »

Right, in a bid to focus the village on the other two....



Right.

Belshazzar's Feast, according to Wiki, is the story of "The writing on the wall".

As per our crime scene....



There's literally writing on the wall.

"αδειάζω"

Google Tran.....I mean, my keen understanding of the Greek Language....translates that as the word "Empty".

Using Clodagh's idea of a Keyword cipher, that leaves us with....

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
E M P T Y A B C D F G H I J K L N O Q R S U V W X Z

Which means that...


OYTMYEOT


decrypts to.....



REDBEARD

Correct

Op Updated

Doris WW

Im seriously enjoying the puzzles though. Nice new dimension to the game

Frank WW

So Derry you get any information for us?

Doris WW

Liam WW wrote: »

OK Derry is the cleverclogs of the village. Well done man.

Now what the **** does redbeard mean besides being a pirate?

All bow before Derry!

Abigail WW

Liam WW wrote: »

OK Derry is the cleverclogs of the village. Well done man.

Now what the **** does redbeard mean besides being a pirate?

google is your friend there. Google "Shelock Redbeard" and your first response will probably have the title:


Sherlock’s Redbeard mystery finally explained in The Final Problem

Desmond WW

Frank WW wrote: »

So Derry you get any information for us?

have you checked the updated OP?

Frank WW

Frank WW wrote: »

So Derry you get any information for us?

Ah it's in the OP. Good man Frank Fair play Derry

Conor WW

Double parity means she effectively counts as two wolves right?

Doris WW

I dont like the name Doris. Sounds like a German handmaiden.

Desmond WW

Lets try this.

Clue: Unlock her phone to learn her secret.

Red Lipstick

Doris WW

Desmond WW wrote: »

Lets try this.

Clue: Unlock her phone to learn her secret.

Red Lipstick

No harm in trying.

Orla WW

Conor WW wrote: »

Double parity means she effectively counts as two wolves right?

Would seem so. What's the reprogramming thing? Mind control? Sounds like mind control.

And the blackmailing thing. That's... hmmm... that's new.

Abigail WW

Well done Derry? Were you only waiting to post that to see who tried to complete it? if so sorry for my being obtuse and you having to explain it to me on thread but tbh I don't think we would have gotten the extra info otherwise.

So her power is to make us think there are more wolves than there are?

Nigel WW

Well done Derry. I'm confused as fcuk. Thought: REDBEARD doesn't tell us anything about the wolves though? Now understanding it's just something to unlock the clue.

Our first confirmed villager? Or a very ballsy wolf? Barring further evidence, I'm happy to put him in the former.

Katie WW

Orla WW wrote: »

Would seem so. What's the reprogramming thing? Mind control? Sounds like mind control.

And the blackmailing thing. That's... hmmm... that's new.

blackmail...you make someone do something or you reveal something about them is usually how it works (not that i'm an expert or anything ).

so the person has to do something (post something for eg) or their role will be revealed possibly

Abigail WW

Nigel WW wrote: »

Well done Derry. I'm confused as fcuk. Thought: REDBEARD doesn't tell us anything about the wolves though? Now understanding it's just something to unlock the clue.

Our first confirmed villager? Or a very ballsy wolf? Barring further evidence, I'm happy to put him in the former.

I think he did well to get us extra info to work off but no way am I clearing anyone as being confirmed on day 0.

Orla WW

Katie WW wrote: »

blackmail...you make someone do something or you reveal something about them is usually how it works (not that i'm an expert or anything ).

so the person has to do something (post something for eg) or their role will be revealed possibly

Sounds like it fits, I'm gonna keep my options open around that though.

Abigail WW

Doris WW wrote: »

Im seriously enjoying the puzzles though. Nice new dimension to the game

Makes day 0 have more purpose. A day to try to work out the OP... and post gifs :P

think that was the last gif from the previous game I had open that I hadn't gotten to post

Winifred WW

Derry WW wrote: »

Posting for later.

Legend!!

Winifred WW

Derry WW wrote: »

Right, in a bid to focus the village on the other two....



Right.

Belshazzar's Feast, according to Wiki, is the story of "The writing on the wall".

As per our crime scene....



There's literally writing on the wall.

"αδειάζω"

Google Tran.....I mean, my keen understanding of the Greek Language....translates that as the word "Empty".

Using Clodagh's idea of a Keyword cipher, that leaves us with....

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
E M P T Y A B C D F G H I J K L N O Q R S U V W X Z

Which means that...


OYTMYEOT


decrypts to.....



REDBEARD

LOL - love it Derry. So much for my Morse Code thing with the other clue though...

Derry WW

Winny, I'd imagine the other two puzzles are utterly different types of puzzles.

Abigail WW wrote: »

Well done Derry? Were you only waiting to post that to see who tried to complete it? if so sorry for my being obtuse and you having to explain it to me on thread but tbh I don't think we would have gotten the extra info otherwise.

For the record, I had that post typed up for a while. Was curious to see who would keep working, etc.

Still two left though, and I've no clue where to start with the Moriarty one.

The Adler one seems to be a word play puzzle though (which fits with how she is portrayed in the show). I think Desmond was probably along the right tracks with his lipstick guess.

Nigel WW

Abigail WW wrote: »

I think he did well to get us extra info to work off but no way am I clearing anyone as being confirmed on day 0.

Well, not cleared, but a strong village lean right? Unless my original theory that the wolves are out to solve the clues themselves to know what their powers are hold still?

Winifred WW

Derry WW wrote: »

Winny, I'd imagine the other two puzzles are utterly different types of puzzles.



For the record, I had that post typed up for a while. Was curious to see who would keep working, etc.

Still two left though, and I've no clue where to start with the Moriarty one.

The Adler one seems to be a word play puzzle though (which fits with how she is portrayed in the show). I think Desmond was probably along the right tracks with his lipstick guess.

Yeah but surely they're linked to 'Empty'? Given the mention of it in the OP...

Winifred WW

Well not 'Empty', but the Greek symbol

Abigail WW

I'm guessing we would have already found out by now if Lipstick was it. From the show I'm guessing that Adler may be some sort of blindspot for Sherlock

Conor WW

Ok...been trying to figure out the Adler one.

WerewolfGM wrote: »

Molly Hooper is on overtime where she has found a letter burned into each corpse’s left eyelid that spells “Did you Miss Me?” except for the 3rd corpse which had had both eyelids burned into and a black phone with red lipstick marks on the screen password locked was found in their possession. The phone had a small folded paper message under the leather cover which read “13-1-18-11-19-1-18-5-23-15-18-4-19”

If we take it that the numbers translate into MARKS ARE WORDS then the lipstick marks are the equivalent of words. I Googled Irene Adlers lipstick and discovered it has a name so I figured I'd try that, so...

WerewolfGM wrote: »

Irene Adler – "This is how I want you to remember me. The woman who beat you."

Clue: Unlock her phone to learn her secret.

Illamasqua's Encounter

Orla WW

Nigel WW wrote: »

Well, not cleared, but a strong village lean right? Unless my original theory that the wolves are out to solve the clues themselves to know what their powers are hold still?

Well I'd agree in having a village lean on Derry but the possibility it's a ballsy wolf shouldn't be discounted.

Nigel WW

Orla WW wrote: »

Well I'd agree in having a village lean on Derry but the possibility it's a ballsy wolf shouldn't be discounted.

That's what I meant. Nobody is beyond scrutiny, especially this early in the game.

Frank WW

Conor WW wrote: »

Ok...been trying to figure out the Adler one.



If we take it that the numbers translate into MARKS ARE WORDS then the lipstick marks are the equivalent of words. I Googled Irene Adlers lipstick and discovered it has a name so I figured I'd try that, so...



Illamasqua's Encounter

I did the same, a class brick red apparently

Conor WW

Irene Adler – "This is how I want you to remember me. The woman who beat you."

Clue: Unlock her phone to learn her secret.

KISS

Conor WW

Maybe I was over complicating it

Orla WW

Nigel WW wrote: »

That's what I meant. Nobody is beyond scrutiny, especially this early in the game.

But in saying that, at some point we are going to have to attempt to build some sort of core.

The lean thing is something I'd like to trial out this game actually.

Desmond WW

Orla WW wrote: »

But in saying that, at some point we are going to have to attempt to build some sort of core.

The lean thing is something I'd like to trial out this game actually.

Conor WW

I'm clearly not smart enough for this game.

Orla WW

Desmond WW wrote: »

Winifred WW

Orla WW wrote: »

But in saying that, at some point we are going to have to attempt to build some sort of core.

The lean thing is something I'd like to trial out this game actually.

Who died and made you queen of the roost Madam GIFs-alot?

Abigail WW

Conor WW wrote: »

I'm clearly not smart enough for this game.

Guess thats why there is only 1 Sherlock. Was sure this would be the answer when it was posted but now I really don't know

Orla WW

Winifred WW wrote: »

Who died and made you queen of the roost Madam GIFs-alot?

No one, it was only a suggestion...

Christ you're jumpy Wini, it's not even day 1 yet.

But seeing as you asked so nicely :P