Founded in 1999 as a coproduction
of YABA* and T-Hunts.com,
the YABA Treasure Hunt has grown from 85 players in its
first year, to over 300 in 2002, with approximately 350
players expected this year. It is the largest summer treasure
hunt in the San Francisco Bay Area.
*the Young Alumni of the Bay Area
The game is played in teams, on
foot, during the daytime, in a treasure hunt sector that
includes parts of Fort Mason, Aquatic Park, Fisherman's
Wharf, the Embarcadero, Telegraph Hill, North Beach, and
Russian Hill. Teams solve 16 clues. Each clue, when solved,
will lead to a location within the treasure hunt sector.
At each clue site your team will
be expected to write something down that can only be found
at the clue site. This might be the number of a license
plate which has been placed there by us, some random sticky
letters attached to a pole, or some environmental information
found at the site. Write down the required information
on your answer sheet to prove your team has solved that
clue.
Clues may be paper, may be objects
or devices, and may involve interaction with actors or
other game agents at (or between) clue sites.
The game will end at the South
End Club at the east end of Aquatic Park, at the foot
of Hyde Street. We'll have a post-game party (with catered
food, and a cash bar), followed by an awards ceremony
and a contest among the five golden ticket holders to
win the gold coin.
