I.O.O.P. pawn pieces and code

[japester]

Even though neither of us received a telegram, mask, or IOOP card, both my girlfriend and I received the code letters with the pawn pieces just now.

I received a brown pawn with E8 written on the bottom and a cipher symbol on the side. And the letter has "VI" on the top. Must be sections of a larger message since mine is different from hers.
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...k/IMG_6213.jpg
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...k/IMG_6216.jpg
She received a tan pawn with F6 written on the bottom, and her letter has "IV" on top.
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...k/IMG_6211.jpg
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...k/IMG_6212.jpg

It was delivered by the now familiar Speedy Brothers service:
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...dyBrothers.jpg
He did not arrive on a bicycle. We assume he had a car parked nearby.

CRACKING THE CODE

I believe each pawn has a grid code on it that corresponds with a Lutwidge symbol. Let's add them as people report them.

*Red=Moves that were discovered via computer program,and are yet to be claimed.
*Blue=Moves that have been confirmed and claimed with visual proof.

A= G1,D2
B= D3 (humangladiator)
C=F1
D=H6 (Berringer)
E=C5 (Who_is_Andrew_Ryan?),C5,H3
F=F5
G=D8 (BronxBomber761),G4
H=E4,H4
I=E5 (Mithrandir), E7(sandman420), G4(Noelle Vague),E1
J=F8
K=E1 (Jakkaru)
L=F7
M=E2
N=D6
O=G6 (jake233), B7 (cyclos12)
P=H1 (milestailsprowe, jaypeecee)
Q=D7
R=A7
S=C8
T=F4
U=E8 (japester),B1,C7
V=D5
W=H4
X=B3 (Boahazard)
Y= D2 (I Would Kindly)
Z=F6 (japester)



The letters have a roman numeral header at the top.

I

This section was discovered last, on 1-10-10. I am too lazy to transcribe it.

II

A7 C5 H6 H8 H1 G1 H4 D6, B4 A7 C3 D3 E6 H6 C2 E5 D6 H7 H4 E4 G4 F4 C5,
H1 A7 B7 F5 F5 E6 A7 C5 H6 B1 F5 G1 F7 C8 E6 H3 H6 C5 D8 A7 E6 C5 C8;
H6 A7 G6 D6 E6 H6 G5 E7 D6 H3 F4 E4 C5 C3 A7 E6 E2 C8,
F8 E8 D8 D8 F7 G4 D6 D8 H8 C8 C5 A7 E8 E2 C8,
E2 G1 E1 E5 D6 D8 F3 F4 E4 E7 C8 H5 H6 E6 F1 A7 C5 E6:

III.

A7C5H6D1H1G1H4D6C1D5G6H4E6H6B1F4E4C5A1D5G1C7F7F4
G6F5H2C8E6F1A7C5F4C8G2E7'H6F2A7E6D5C5G1F7
C3A7G5E4E6A1H4B7E8F7H6G7F1G1H1F4C7A7C5
D8G6F7H6E3C3F5G7A7G1H1F4E8A7E6
D3D2C2F1C7F4F4E5D6D8B2E2C5A2H4G4F4E4H3C8F4E6C5F7.

IV.

C8F1G1F7H1C5F7B2H4E7E6F7H6C5H6B1E4G4D8E4,
H1G1H4D6H5H4G6E8F7H6A3H6A7G1E5D6E3E2E6F3A7C5H6.
H6E6C8H1C5A7G1F4E6,G3G4G3F1A7E7C5H6.
B7A7H6E6A7F7D2G8A7C5H1F7G4E6H6F3--
H1G1H4D6B8H6E5H6G2F1C7F4A8E4E7E2B5H6C5G1H6.

V.

E5 D6 C1 G1 G7 H1 C3 B7 F7 F3 G6 F5 B4 D3 F7 C3 B7 H6
C8 F4 G6 C3 H6 A8 G1 C1 H1 G1 H4 D6 A8 E2 B7 C8 F4 H3 D5 E6 B3 C5 H6
G1 F4 A2 F4 E4 E6 H2 H6 C5 E6 H6 B4 E4 C5'H6 G5 H6 G6 D6 E6
D7 E8 G4 F1 E1 F7 D2 G3 H6 E5 H6 A1 G4 H7 A7 C7 D6
D3 C5 F5 C3 A7 C5 G7 E4 E6 F2 C8 F4 A7 E8 F1 E1 B1 E2 C5 H5 D6 E6 B3 F4

VI.

D6B7H4H7E7H5F7C7A7E1B1G1D6H6A8E4E7H6C5,
C8E6C5E1G4D6D8G8G6F4E4E6A7H5H1G1H4D6C8.
E1D6C3H4G8E2D2H7D8E8E5F7F4'C8A2G1H3F7E7C5;
D8C7G1A7H6E3E2E6A2B7D6G8F4E4C5C1C8F7D2
F5A7G6E2H3F4E4E6A2E1D6G1D5C5G3E5B1C8H1G1H4D6E6H6.

The community came together and through a group effort extrapolated the following translation based on just a handful of letters. Of particular note were contributions made by Almarose, humangladiator, Grrkek, FalkorsRaiders, and magicman4443. (If I left anyone out, PM me.)

Trust The Red Pawn Not
Nor The Ink That Lies.
Patient Did I Dwell
In My Pillowed Cell
'Til The Pawn Arrived.

Red Pawn
Robed In White
Proffered False Degrees
Droned In Theorems
Juggling Serums
Making This Decree

Red Pawn Vowed The Vault
Of Secrets Id Reveal
Or He Would Capture
Gold Of Rapture
By Cutting Me With Steel

Scalpel Wielded High
Pawn Would Drain Me Red
Desperate
I Cried
Orderly Replied
Pawn Did Cut Him Dead

In A Pool Of Blood
Stood A Pawn Most Vexed
At The Deed Hed Done
Quickly Did I Run
Before He Struck Me Next

Now I Lurk And Hide
Seeking Other Pawns
Know My Guilts A Lie
Guard Me On The Sly
From The Knave I Spawned

BiggerDaddier took the extrapolated letters from the above puzzle and placed them on an 8x8 chess grid. He came up with the following:

_ _ _ - - - R _
_ _ X _ _ - O _
_ _ O - E - U S
_ Y B - V N Q G
K M _ H I E I U
C _ _ T F Z L J
A _ _ I _ O _ _
P _ _ W _ D _ _

"Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs" is a pangram. It's exact meaning, though, is unclear.

[Judgeofwings]

Cracked Codes
*These are most likely irrelevant,primarily we thought that the pairs on the cards equated to the 8x8 from the previous puzzle.Of course that wasn't the case,instead it was the symbols on the pawns that were the decoders of the code. Although these probably don't mean anything i'm keeping them for future reference in the event that they do hold meaning.

II(2)
SFPLTSWS
RNZHEPODSEWQEEF
TSHAAESFPSASOEENPFESEFE
PSMSEPUESNEQFZSEOE
NBEEOESELEFSBOE
OSLDSEIEQEEAPETSFE

III(3)
SFPITSWSFEMWEPSEQFNESHOE
MAHEETSFEENEPISEEFSO
ZSUQENWHBOPDTSTEHSF
EMOPEZADSSTEBSE
HEOTHEEDSEIFEWEEQNEEEFO

IV(4)

Etsotfoiweeopfpsqeeq,tswsawmbopbpssdseoeisfp.
Peetfssee,nentsefp.
Hspesoedsftoeepi--
Tswsipdpntheweeospfsp.

VI(6)

SHWEEAOHSLSSSPWQEPF,
EEFLESEDMEQESATSWSE.
LSLWDOEEEBDOE'EESNOEF;
EHSSPEOEEHSDEQFFEOE
ASMONEQEELSSEFNDSETSWSEP.

[FtRapture]

Me thinks it is the '...' part of the links

[Codex]

As Judge (and myself) both stated on the IOOP thread, we believe that the code is related to teh 8x8 (I have to go to work in half an hour and can't dedcipher anything *rage*), but what I believe needs to be done is moves on chess squares, as denoted by this image: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chessboard on the 8x8 board. Hopefully this will help crack the cipher (unless we're completely wrong, in which case feel free to ignore it )

[Berringer]

Holy crap. I never recieved a membership card, but I just recieved a knock at the door. It was a guy in an old timey delivery suit and he had me sign for a lotter from the IOOP! In the envelope were a small plastic pawn piece with a star drawn on it with H6 written on the bottom, and a card with some type if cipher on it! Pics and transcription soon!

I'll post this in the gift thread as well.

It says: IV.

C8F1G1F7H1C5F7B2H4E7E6F7H6C5H6B1E4G4D8E4, H1G1H4D6H5H4G6E8F7H6A3H6A7G1E5D6E3E2E6F3A7C5H6.
H6E6C8H1C5A7G1F4E6, G3G4G3F1A7E7C5H6.
B7A7H6E6A7F7D2G8A7C5H1F7G4E6H6F3--
H1G1H4D6B8H6E5H6G2F1C7F4A8E4E7E2B5H6C5G1H6.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...2/c38bec41.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...2/54023d03.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...2/52cd4115.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...2/3b21dc49.jpg

[Judgeofwings]

I'm going to decipher your card berringer,i'll be back in a few minutes.

IV(4)

Etsotfoiweeopfpsqeeq,tswsawmbopbpssdseoeisfp.
Peetfssee,nentsefp.
Hspesoedsftoeepi--
Tswsipdpntheweeospfsp.

Ok it's done,looks like a bunch of gibberish,but perhaps it'll mean something in the future.

[japester]

Fixed the links. (I think Berringer and I both cut-and-pasted, which abbreviated the links. Heh.)

Looks like the standard cypher. E8 stands for U (the two 8's next to each other). And F6 stands for Y (two parallel lines with a diagonal line across them).

I'll have to go look at the chessboard...

[japester]

It says: IV.

C8G1G1F7H1C5F7B2H4E7E6F7H6C5H6B1E4G4D8E4, H1G1H4D6H5H4G6E8F7H6A3H6A7G1E5D6E3E2E6F3A7C5H6.
H6E6C8H1C5A7G1F4E6, G3G4G3F1A7E7C5H6.
B7A7H6E6A7F7D2G8A7C5H1F7G4E6H6F3--
H1G1H4D6B8H6E5H6G2F1C7F4A8E4E7E2B5H6C5G1H6.

Looks like you got the same card as my girlfriend. Are you sure it doesn't start with "C8F1"?

[matty matt]

Looks like you got the same card as my girlfriend. Are you sure it doesn't start with "C8F1"?

i just checked some of them and there are minor changes as well as drastic ones...but who knows

[Codex]

First six letters to IV are as follows: ETSOTF

Have fun guys

[Berringer]

Looks like you got the same card as my girlfriend. Are you sure it doesn't start with "C8F1"?

Oops, you're right. Fixed it.

[japester]

I don't think this uses the chessboard cipher.

My first hunch is that we'll need all the pawns to decode this. Each pawn links a grid code like "E8" with a Lutwidge symbol. The letters are written using the grid codes. So we apply the Lutwidge code to the symbols, then cross-reference them with the grid codes used in the letters.

(ow! my brain)

[BronxBomber761]

http://i837.photobucket.com/albums/z...1/IMG_0141.jpg
http://i837.photobucket.com/albums/z...1/IMG_0140.jpg
http://i837.photobucket.com/albums/z...1/IMG_0142.jpg

Here is the pics of the paper with the cipher and the pawn with the number D8.
The Cipher reads:
D6B7H4H7E7H5F7C7A7E1B1G1D6H6A8E4E7H6C5,
C8E6C5E1G4D6D8G8G6F4E4E6A7H5H1G1H4D6C8.
E1D6C3H4G8E2D2H7D8E8E5F7F4'C8A2G1H3F7E7C5;
D8C7G1A7H6E3E2E6A2B7D6G8F4E4C5C1C8F7D2
F5A7G6E2H3F4E4E6A2e1D6G1D5C5G3E5B1C8H1G1H4D6E6H6.

Seems like they're suppose to be sentences, since there are punctuations in there. Some sort of secret message.

Copy and pasted this from the other thread. This is letter VI. if that helps anybody. *Edit* added another pic with the symbol on the pawn.

[catgirl789]

I decoded japester's card (it had VI at the top), here it is:

SHWEEAOHSLSSSPWQEPF,
EEFLESEDMEQESATSWSE.
LSLWDOEEEBDOE'EESNOEF;
EHSSPEOEEHSDEQFFEOE
ASMONEQEELSSEFNDSETSWSEP.

Doesn't make much sense yet, maybe with the other cards.

[Judgeofwings]

I don't think this uses the chessboard cipher.

My first hunch is that we'll need all the pawns to decode this. Each pawn links a grid code like "E8" with a Lutwidge symbol. The letters are written using the grid codes. So we apply the Lutwidge code to the symbols, then cross-reference them with the grid codes used in the letters.

(ow! my brain)

Translated it anyways,it might look like gibberish(what in SitS hasn't?),but you never know,it could mean something soon.

Edit: I added a new section for the cracked codes on the first page.Also catgirl i put your up there as well.

[catgirl789]

Here's something that might help with any future decodings, it was made with MS Paint so please forgive the quality.

http://s756.photobucket.com/albums/x...oordinates.jpg

[magicman4443]

I'm thinking Japester is right on this one. When we get enough pawns, we can translate the pawns letter number combination into the lutwidgian symbol on it and find the letter it corresponds to. Then, we use those to decode it. Seeing as this is pretty much a basic substitution cipher, it might be possible to crack it through frequency analysis once we get a few more pawns.

[grungegeetargod]

I'm thinking Japester is right on this one. When we get enough pawns, we can translate the pawns letter number combination into the lutwidgian symbol on it and find the letter it corresponds to. Then, we use those to decode it. Seeing as this is pretty much a basic substitution cipher, it might be possible to crack it through frequency analysis once we get a few more pawns.

I agree we could do it if only we had a vowel or two and maybe two or three more letters.

[japester]

If the chessboard was the key, why write his standard symbols on the sides of each pawn? All we'd need is the "E8" or what have you written on the bottom, and we could look at the chessboard.

We'll have to make sure and change the first post if I'm wrong.

As people receive pawns, could you please cross reference the grid code on the bottom with the Lutwidge symbol on the side. KEY IS HERE. That will make it easier to update the first page. Thanks!

[japester]

I agree we could do it if only we had a vowel or two and maybe two or three more letters.

There is an apostrophe in one our our letters, so my gf is guessing that the letter "S" follows that. So C8 may be "S".

[magicman4443]

There is an apostrophe in one our our letters, so my gf is guessing that the letter "S" follows that. So C8 may be "S".

That was my guess to.

[grungegeetargod]

Good observation, ill try making guesses by using what we have for now.

[Mithrandir]

I got a delivery this morning, Chess piece (pawn) and a card, as follows:

III.
A7C5H6D1H1G1H4D6C1D5G6H4E6H6B1F4E4C5A1D5G1C7F7F4
G6F5H2C8E6F1A7C5F4C8G2E7'H6F2A7E6D5C5G1F7
C3A7G5E4E6A1H4B7E8F7H6G7F1G1H1F4C7A7C5
D8G6F7H6E3C3F5G7A7G1H1F4E8A7E6
D3D2C2F1C7F4F4E5D6D8B2E2C5A2H4G4F4E4H3C8F4E6C5F7.

Seems to be a string of Chess moves... my pawn was marked "E5" on the bottom. I have pictures of everything, but I'm not that technically inclined... can I send them to one of you and you guys post them?

[magicman4443]

I believe your chess piece is the letter I.

[grungegeetargod]

I got a delivery this morning, Chess piece (pawn) and a card, as follows:

III.
A7C5H6D1H1G1H4D6C1D5G6H4E6H6B1F4E4C5A1D5G1C7F7F4
G6F5H2C8E6F1A7C5F4C8G2E7'H6F2A7E6D5C5G1F7
C3A7G5E4E6A1H4B7E8F7H6G7F1G1H1F4C7A7C5
D8G6F7H6E3C3F5G7A7G1H1F4E8A7E6
D3D2C2F1C7F4F4E5D6D8B2E2C5A2H4G4F4E4H3C8F4E6C5F7.

Seems to be a string of Chess moves... my pawn was marked "E5" on the bottom. I have pictures of everything, but I'm not that technically inclined... can I send them to one of you and you guys post them?

PM Japester he is handling the master post

[catgirl789]

Anyone else have the feeling that the old man delivering the packages is OOL himself?

[jake233]

i got a pawn too! my pawn is G6 and my card has a IV on top.

[magicman4443]

i got a pawn too! my pawn is G6 and my card has a IV on top.

What symbol does you pawn have on it?

[japester]

i got a pawn too! my pawn is G6 and my card has a IV on top.

Symbol on the side of the pawn?

(Edit: I will need to leave for a few hours, so another mod will likely take over updating the first post. I expect this to be cracked before I get back!)

[soundwave145]

whoa...so i guess you guys have to cross the board and divine the secret?

[jake233]

Symbol on the side of the pawn?

its a dash with a vertical line under it and a horizontal line to the top right of it. i think its the letter O

[humangladiator]

Hey! I have II. but really confused. and idkz... from san antonio. any ideas? anybody else from SA?

[jake233]

its a dash with a vertical line under it and a horizontal line to the top right of it. i think its the letter O

yea, its an O

[jake233]

Hey! I have II. but really confused. and idkz... from san antonio. any ideas? anybody else from SA?

im from dallas! so i guess thats close enough lol hey, cant u post the code u got since it is II. it seems we dont have a number II yet!

[slyeye]

Are the pawns made out of plastic or wood? and if plastic, is it possible that they are hollow? also how big would you say that they are?

[magicman4443]

Hey! I have II. but really confused. and idkz... from san antonio. any ideas? anybody else from SA?

Can you post a picture or a transcription of your code? II is one we still need.

[grungegeetargod]

Hey! I have II. but really confused. and idkz... from san antonio. any ideas? anybody else from SA?

copy the info thats on the card and post it please as well as the symbol and writing on your pawn

[japester]

Hey! I have II. but really confused. and idkz... from san antonio. any ideas? anybody else from SA?

Several of us are from San Antonio. Sounds like we should have a BioShock party here in town.

If you can type out the contents of your letter (since we don't have II. yet) and then tell us the code written on the bottom of your pawn and describe the symbol written on the side of it.

[jake233]

Are the pawns made out of plastic or wood? and if plastic, is it possible that they are hollow? also how big would you say that they are?

mine is plastic but im not sure about the others!

[Mithrandir]

Mine is wood. It's not exactly white, its a tan, but it's a representative of the "white" side of the board.

I didn't tip the delivery guy... I feel real cheap... too damn excited. I looked up after signing and he was gone.