WPC 2023/Round 21

Duration: 75 minutes. Total point value: 2500 points. Round winner: USA-A (Walker Anderson, Jeffrey Bardon, Thomas Luo, Anderson Wang), 3020 points.

Puzzles

1. The Bat Cave (Cave) by Thomas Snyder
2. The Cat's Tangle of Yarn (Country Road) by Thomas Snyder
3. The Devil's Soul Search (Variety Word Search) by Mike Selinker
4. Frankenstein's Monster's Body (Non-Consecutive Fillomino) by Thomas Snyder
5. The Ghost's Spoooooky Party (Scrabble) by Mike Selinker
6. The Mummy's Wrappings (Observation Puzzle) by Mike Selinker
7. The Owl Goes Hoo Hoo (TomTom) by Thomas Snyder
8. The Pirate's Treasure (Statue Park) by Thomas Snyder
9. The Witch's Brew (Paint by Numbers) by Thomas Snyder

From the IB:

"Teams will be given a set of 9 wearable face masks, a set of 6 pencils with different codes printed on them, 2 Halloween trick or treat bags, and 9 puzzles to solve. Around the room will be nine “houses” (i.e., tables with a costumed judge) to go trick-or-treating at. When teams present a finished puzzle at the house, they may get (1) a trick along with a “try again” grid, (2) a treat of some form, or (3) nothing. The result depends on the puzzle solution and wearing the right (matching) mask as the housekeeper. Earning either tricks or treats is worth points, but to earn complete marks the team must get 9 treats, one from every house. These treats are edible candies and the team may eat the candies but should keep the wrappers."

Scoring

Tricks and treats are both worth a progressive value of points as shown below:

Count	Tricks	Treats
1	50	60
2	115	145
3	195	255
4	290	390
5	400	550
6	525	735
7	665	945
8	820	1200
9	1000	1500