Answers played so far: http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,10647.0.html
Online program that makes cryptograms: http://www.rinkworks.com/brainfood/p/cryptmaker1.shtml#p_cryptmaker1A cryptogram (or "cryptoquip") is a type of puzzle where each letter in the text is replaced by a different letter. To solve the puzzle, one must recover the original lettering.
Feel free to post anything Brokeback Mountain: lines from the movie, the short story, the screenplay.
Solving the puzzle can be done by looking at letter patterns - what letters are used the most in the puzzle you are trying to solve? They probably don't represent Q or Z. Single letter words, double letters, and apostrophes also can offer clues to the solution.
When offering a puzzle, you can offer a free hint, if you want, but that is optional and often unnecessary. Have fun!
Below is the original "lamb" version of the game. Now we just play for fun.
Okay. Here's a new game. Most of you have probably seen these before in your morning newspapers.
Jack and Ennis need help untangling their sheep. In order for you to help them, they are sending you encoded messages from Brokeback Mountain. Each time someone successfully solves the message, they will give that person a lamb.
The first person to collect 10 lambs is the winner!
The Cryptoquip is a substitution cipher in which one letter stands for another. If you think R equals A, it will equal A throughout the puzzle. Answers are achieved through trial and error. I will always reveal one letter for each puzzle to help you get started.
Since this is the very first puzzle, I will make it an easy one!
Try to solve the message below. The first person to post the correct answer will win a lamb!
Blxc kyy xlar.R=E
Good Luck!
