It is freely inspired by the games of the popular series The squid game (Squid Game) that the organizers of the small Montreal company Walking Brain have imagined their new geocaching game, which ends on Sunday with its one and only performance in French. There could be others if the weather permits, which could represent a great opportunity for Walking Brain to improve its French-speaking offer, which is currently very thin.
Identified using numbered cards reminiscent of those embroidered on the green jackets of the participants of the Korean series, the players, grouped into teams, must be the first to solve six puzzles, the clues of which are scattered all over the place between the Mount Royal and La Fontaine Park.
“It’s a great way to get to know Montreal, you can discover a lot of urban art there in addition to visiting very beautiful places,” says Sheldon Seepersad, Torontonian living temporarily in Montreal with whom we participated in the game at the beginning of November. “We took part in architectural discovery tours by bike and other guided walks, but this activity is certainly more in line with what is popular at the moment”, continues the young man of 25, who admits to having been attracted by the theme of Squid game.
The puzzles, which most of the time rely on our mathematical logic, are skillfully guided around the games discussed in the Netflix series, with no unfortunate consequences if we fail – we come out alive! You can pick up where you left off by reloading the web application, but those excluded cannot receive the $ 200 bonus given to the winning team – the success rate is 65%. “It’s difficult enough to be rewarding, but it’s still easy enough to keep it fun,” said Catherine Wang, one of our teammates at the time. It is also a very pleasant way to walk in the streets of Plateau Mont-Royal. ”
Precisely, it is better to dress well, but also to put on good shoes, because the game of geocaching lasts around three hours and you walk about eight kilometers. “Above all, you have to be patient, not rush, read the clues well and think carefully before moving forward”, suggests in conclusion our third teammate, Jenny Lin, excluded from the start because she was a little too much of a hurry!
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