Hurkle
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[edit] HurkleQuest, the Game
"The Hurkle is a happy beast that lives in another galaxy on a planet named Lirht that has three moons. Hurkles are favorite pets of the Gwik, the most intelligent denizens of Lirht."
Paraphrased from "The Hurkle Is a Happy Beast," a story by Theodore Sturgeon, science fiction hall-of-fame author who lived in Eugene, Oregon.
HurkleQuest is a search-and-find, play-by-email game run by game masters called "The Hurkle Hiders", and played by teams of teachers and their students, grades 1-6.
Hurkle hides in an interesting place such as a whole number on the number line, a grid point in Quadrant 1, a grid point in Quadrants 1–4, a town in Oregon, a state in the USA, a location on Mars, et cetera, et cetera.
The Hurkle Hiders send email invitations to play HurkleQuest by email.
Players guess Hurkle's hiding place, typically three guesses each turn, and send their guesses by email.
The Hurkle Hiders send a color clue for each guess:
- RED: very hot, very close to Hurkle's hiding place.
- ORANGE: hot, close to Hurkle's hiding place, but not as close as RED.
- YELLOW: warm, not as close as RED or ORANGE, but closer than GREEN.
- GREEN: cool, not as close as YELLOW, ORANGE, or RED, but closer than BLUE.
- BLUE: cold, far from Hurkle's hiding place, but closer than VIOLET.
- VIOLET: very cold, very far from Hurkle's hiding place.
The players keep on sending guesses and the Hurkle Hiders keep on sending color clues until all teams have found Hurkle's hiding place.
Much ado about HurkleQuest is posted at Curriki.org.
- Go to [1] and search for 'hurklequest'
[edit] History
[edit] Variations
[edit] Educational Uses and Value
[edit] Running a Game
[edit] The Idea of a Game Master
[edit] Adults as Game Masters
[edit] Students as Game Masters
[edit] References
1. Play Together, Learn Together [2] Scroll down to links that begin with "HurkleQuest."
2. Go to [3] and search for "hurklequest."
[edit] Author or Authors
The original version of this page was written by Bob Albrecht with the encouragement of David Moursund.
