Mystery Hunt 2024

This is the registration form for the Mystery Hunt 2024. Please have only one person on your team fill this form out!

You only need to fill out required fields (*) at minimum to create your team, and you will have an opportunity to provide updated information in the future by logging in. You can omit any questions whose answers you don't know yet or just fill them in to the best of your ability.

If you have further questions about registration, feel free to email us at info@mitmh2024.com.

Team Name *

Your team's public name, which will be visible on the guest list

Team Username *

Only members of your team will use this to log in

Team Password *

Confirm Password *

Team Bio

About your team (280-character limit; will be visible publicly)

Team-wide Email List

Mailing list that only members of your team have access to, for receiving hunt-wide announcements

Primary contact

Mystery Hunt staff needs contact details of one person designated as the primary contact, just in case we need to talk to someone on your team directly.

Name *

Pronouns

Email *

Phone Number *

Team background

Help us understand your team better.

What describes your team's style of playing?

Is your team aiming to win Hunt?

When was your team established?

What cities or metropolitan areas will you have teammates in during Hunt?

If you have a large or dispersed team, just list the main ones

What communication application will your team be using to communicate during Hunt?

Does your team plan to have an on-campus presence this year?

Team base

Note: Due to MIT policy, teams will no longer be allowed to solve in classrooms on campus from 1am to 6am each night.

We are no longer accepting requests for classrooms.

What space will your team use as a team base? *

If you need a classroom to use as a team base, you may request a room through this form by December 31.

If you are not requesting a classroom, where is your team base? Do we need any special instructions to access your HQ?

If remote, please provide instructions for how we can contact you virtually (e.g., Zoom link, Discord server, Google Meet, etc.)

Team composition

Each year, the Mystery Hunt writing team must have at least two current MIT undergraduate or graduate students to effectively organize on-campus logistics. In order to facilitate this, teams anticipating having a chance of winning the Hunt are strongly encouraged to have at least two student members.

How many people are in your team in total?

How many people will your team have on campus?

How many people were on your team last year?

How many MIT undergraduates?

How many MIT graduate students?

How many MIT alumni?

How many members from MIT faculty and staff?

How many people are not affiliated with MIT?

How many minors (age under 18) participating?

Note: Non-MIT minors must be accompanied by a parent or guardian at all times, and may not attend kickoff, events, interactions away from their team’s HQ, or field puzzles.

Other information

We’re inviting new solvers to sign up as "unattached hunters" so we can match them to teams with similar playstyles. Is your team willing to accept unattached hunters?

Would your team like to participate in the How to Hunt workshop before the event?

Does your team have a member that would like to be involved in ongoing puzzle organization at MIT?

For example, sending an MIT student as a representative to join the Puzzle Club student activity group.

How did you hear about the MIT Mystery Hunt?

Anything else you’d like to share with us?

Comments, questions, puns?

For Fun

As part of your registration, we are asking for your input and assistance! We have observed some sections of the sky with our telescope in need of constellations. Pick one of these sky views, orient as you like, and show us a constellation you see. You do not need to use all the stars. (You can click each image to open in a new tab.) This is a creative exercise, and is not a puzzle.

Here is one such constellation our intern has proposed:

Constellation image *

Putting on a world-class puzzle event is expensive. Is your team interested in making a tax-deductible donation to help defray the costs (opens in a new tab)?