Are You Game?

I didn’t have a blog planned for today, but my daughter sent me an awesome code to break this week and I wanted to share it with you. If you are game, read this intro and try to solve the code below.

First a little background. I’ve got a great code to share with you tomorrow. One that many of you own without even knowing. It’s hidden inside my book Sin And Vengeance. Tomorrow I’m going to give you the solution.

When I worked on that code, I shared the fun of code breaking with my oldest daughter. We have worked on substitution ciphers and transposition ciphers and null ciphers.

Here is the code she gave me yesterday. It is one of the above types of ciphers. I have simplified it to make it easy to solve.

CHDNFNAY   HEOLYTDA   EWFEOT,!   COWAUOS-   KREHWREC   TLSIAEEJ

Once you have this code solved, you will have an idea what you need to solve this next portion. Assume you are me. What stuff might you have that would be useful? The answer to the first code is the clue to deciphering the second code.

Tips: My lucky number is 22

Let’s do this together. When you solve the first code, post your answer in a comment. Then figure out what you need to solve this second part. Ask for it in a comment. When someone asks for the right thing, I’ll give it to you in an update to the blog.

Here is the second half of the code:

22-16

1-3

5-13

3-1

5-13

9-5

26-4

1-1

4-3

13-2

14-6

1-9

2-11

24-29

1-2

7-13

3-2

8-10

2-14

14-6

22-16

26-1

3-2

29-6

9-7

5-8

1-9

9-4

10-8

10-2

10-2

18-2

20-3

24-6

Good Luck!