The idea of entertainment that requires players to interact with the real world seems to be catching on. Scroll Quest, a Washington, DC company, is taking a crack at it and offering $225,000 in treasure. Scroll Quest tells the story of Algernon Emmery Ambrose, a wealthy collector of artifacts. When Ambrose died, his will stipulated that his collection be left to “the best of humanity.”
And so, every month a scroll is released that contains a story and hidden clues to find a coin that can be redeemed for one of Ambrose’s artifacts.
Scroll Quest makes their money by selling the scrolls which go for about $5 each. Supposedly the coins are accessible to anyone, but I’m guessing it helps if the coin is hidden somewhere near where you live.
It will be interesting to see if these kinds of treasure hunts and alternate reality games will be successful in the long run.
Well, I would like to think that Armchair Treasures hunts and the newer Alternate Reality Games will continue to be succesful. ARG’s are a newer breed, but Armchair Treasure Hunting is actually old hat. It’s just recently been brought to the limelight by a couple of us (GO SCROLLQUEST!) getting a bit of press. In the end, we’re in it for the fun. We have a blast making our hunts and lots of people seem to enjoy solving them. One quick notation, on your intial statement you said that we roll out a new hunt every month. Unfortunatly, we need more time than that to roll out a quality product…so we roll them out every 3 months or so. Thanks for the mention. Keep on puzzling!
Jason King
Founder
ScrollQuest.com
Scroll Quest has fallen into the “not recommended” category as there is failure to pay out prizes and/or communicate with winners.
SCROLLQUEST RIPPED ME OFF!!!