Interactive multi-media game system and method

A game system usable by a team of at least two players in a defined space to solve a meta-puzzle, the system comprising:

• an information storage and retrieval device containing a narrative, the narrative including at least first and second portions, the first and second portions of the narrative providing first and second clues, respectively;
• a human actuatable switch device coupled to the information storage and retrieval device;
• an output device coupled to the information storage and retrieval device that conveys the first and second portions of the narrative and the first and second clues, respectively, to at least one of the players in response to preselected first and second actuations of the switch device, respectively, the first and second clues providing information that directs the at least one player to first and second locations, respectively, in the defined space;
• a first puzzle solvable by the players at the first location, the solution of the first puzzle providing a first information fragment and a threshold information fragment, the threshold information fragment providing information regarding the second preselected actuation of the switch device to allow the at least one player to access the second portion of the narrative from the information storage and retrieval device;
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• a second puzzle solvable by the players at the second location, the solution of the second puzzle providing a second information fragment, the first and second information fragments being usable by the players for solving a meta-puzzle.

A game system usable by a team of at least two players in a defined space to solve a meta-puzzle, the system comprising:

• an information storage and retrieval device containing a narrative, the narrative including at least first and second portions, the first and second portions of the narrative providing first and third directional clues, respectively;
• a human actuatable switch device coupled to the information storage and retrieval device;
• an output device coupled to the information storage and retrieval device that conveys the first and second portions of the narrative and the first and second directional clues, respectively, to the team in response to preselected first and second actuations of the switch device, respectively, the first and third clues providing information that directs the team to first and third locations, respectively, in the defined space;
• a first information fragment set including
• a first puzzle solvable by the team at the first location, the solution of the first puzzle providing a second directional clue providing information that directs the team to a second location in the defined space, and
• a second puzzle solvable by the team at the second location, the solution of the second puzzle providing a first information fragment and a threshold information fragment, the threshold information fragment providing information regarding the second preselected actuation of the switch device to allow the team to access the second portion of the narrative from the information storage and retrieval device;
• a second information fragment set including
• a third puzzle solvable by the team at the third location, the solution of the third puzzle providing a fourth directional information fragment providing information that directs the team to a fourth location in the defined space, and
• a fourth puzzle solvable by the team at the fourth location, the solution of the fourth puzzle providing a second information fragment;
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• a meta-puzzle solvable by the players using the first and second information fragments.

A method of solving a meta-puzzle by a player, the solution of the meta-puzzle requiring at least two information fragments, the method comprising the steps of:

• (a) listening or viewing a first portion of a narrative from a prerecorded storage media, the first portion of the narrative providing a first directional clue that directs the player to a first location;
• (b) receiving a first information fragment at the first location;
• (c) gaining access to a second portion of the narrative;
• (d) listening or viewing a second portion of the narrative, the second portion of the narrative providing a second directional clue that directs the player to a second location;
• (e) receiving a second information fragment at the second location;
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• employing the first and second information fragments to solve the meta-puzzle.