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The Challenger Dispatch is your source for all news and information about WIRED UK's Enigma Challenge.

The Enigma Challenge is a series of puzzles, tasks and games designed to test your ingenuity, brainpower and creativity.

From June 7-19th we'll have daily game updates, so make sure you follow @WiredUK and check here regularly. The Challenge ends on July 7th, with the top 10% of players eligible to win a brand new, shiny 32GB 3G iPad.

How To Play

Find a task. They're in the Wired UK Magazine July issue, on this site, and via @WiredUK.

Complete the task. Solve a puzzle. Make a video. Whatever it is, get it done.

Tweet your answer. Each task has a unique #hashtag. Tweet this hashtag, along with your answer to @WiredUK. The instructions for each task will specify what form your answer should take. You can also use our quick-submission boxes on this site for each task.

Earn points. We track your points via Twitter on our live leaderboard. Be the first player to solve a puzzle, or submit one of the best entries to a task to earn extra points.

Play in teams. To create a team to play with your friends, just add any hashtag - like #london or #teamblue - to your answers.

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  1. June 9, 2010

    Daily Task #3: Hunt Instructions

    Introduction

    Please be aware: This task is live and time-sensitive. Answers will only be accepted between 17:00 BST and 19:00 BST today.

    Instructions

    Candidates, I now present to you today’s citizenship task. To demonstrate your resourcefulness and quick wits, you will be taking part in a live, online scavenger hunt.
    Between 17:00 and 17:40, I will be releasing five descriptions, one at every ten minute interval. You must return to me, via twitter, with the indicated hashtags, a webpage which matches each description. Points will be available for each correct answer submitted within the designated time period. Additionally, the first player to correctly answer all five descriptions will receive a sizeable bonus.
    The first description will be posted here in thirty minutes’ time - 17:00 BST, and echoed on twitter. Be ready, candidates.

    I am, as ever, your supervisor and faithful servant,
    Charlton Rice-Laurie