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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. Daily Task #3: Hunt 5

    Hunt!

    Find a walkthrough for a computer game published prior to 1995. Send it via twitter to @WiredUK, with the hashtag #hunt5

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  2. Daily Task #3: Hunt 4

    Hunt!

    Find a cryptic crossword clue by Araucaria. Send it via twitter to @WiredUK, with the hashtag #hunt4

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  3. Daily Task #3: Hunt 3

    Hunt!

    Find a YouTube video with between 50 and 250 views. Send it via twitter to @WiredUK, with the hashtag #hunt3

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  4. Daily Task #3: Hunt 2

    Hunt!

    Find a piece of fan fiction about a BBC show from the 1990s. Send it via twitter to @WiredUK, with the hashtag #hunt2.

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  5. Daily Task #3: Hunt 1

    Hunt!

    Find a blog about an obscure craft. Send the link, via twitter, to @WiredUK, with the hashtag #hunt1

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