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The Microsoft Puzzle Safari is a one-day team letterboxing event held annually on the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Washington.

There are a maximum of four participants per team. The event takes place over the course of two rounds. Each round, the teams receive a batch of puzzles and a logbook, each of which may be solved to a location on the Microsoft campus. By taking the logbook to that location, the team can find a unique rubber stamp with which they may stamp their logbook. The logbook is turned in and scored at the end of each round.

Puzzles may be anything from traditional puzzles like crosswords, word searches, cryptograms, jigsaw puzzles, wordplay and logic problems to wandering around campus to find landmarks or puzzles that have to be solved on location.

When arriving at a stamp location, the team may find information about a challenge event. By taking a ticket from this location to the specified challenge event, the team may participate in the event for an opportunity to earn additional points.

Some stamp locations also have additional information, either on what the stamp depicts or in a part of a puzzle at the stamp location. Collecting each part of a puzzle will allow the team to solve a meta-puzzle worth additional points.

Each correctly solved and stamped puzzle from the current round is worth 10 points. First round puzzles solved in the second round are worth 5 points. Secret challenges are worth 20 points each, and meta-puzzles are worth 40 points each.

Microsoft has a rich tradition of puzzle events, including Microsoft Puzzle Hunt and Microsoft Intern Puzzle Day, but Microsoft Puzzle Safari provides puzzle solvers with an opportunity to exercise both their mind and their body.

Puzzle Safari

Theme: Jungle and savanna sights and settings, traditional of Africa.

Held: July 21, 2001

Won By: Little Killer Bees

Puzzle Safari 2: Urban Jungle

Theme: Concrete, street signs, and all things urban.

Held: July 13, 2002

Won By: Mini-Suspects

Puzzle Safari 3: Surfin' Safari

Theme: Summer, sand, and the Beach Boys.

Held: July 19, 2003

Won By: The Brute Squad

Puzzle Safari 4: Legend of the Lost Stamp

Theme: Pulp adventure in the vein of Indiana Jones and Allan Quatermain.

Held: July 24, 2004

Won By: Recreation Doormat

Puzzle Safari 5: Around the World in 80 Puzzles

Theme: All things from the works of Jules Verne.

Held: July 16, 2005

Won By: Recreation Doormat

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