Tunnel, Board 2

[battleshipmod]

The goblins scurry away, taking all the treasure—including the dwarves' books. With the amount of tunnels around, it's impossible to know just where they each went.

"Stop!" you attempt to cry, but a steely gaze from one of the dwarves shuts your jaw tight. You look at them. "Why was there such a... colorful... mix of treasure there?" After all, hadn't you been asked to look for books?

"The goblins have been stealing for centuries," says one of the dwarves, "and from everyone. They hide what they steal in many places. A protection of sorts, perhaps. We need to get those books back."

"What you need," pipes up one of your team members, "is a way to keep your books safe."

It's not a bad idea, and you see the dwarves think it over, looking at one another in turn. Telepathy? Or simply the result of living in one group for so long.

"Yes," one of the dwarves says slowly, "that is a good idea. A vault of sorts, perhaps? A vault of knowledge. We could use your help to dig up the building materials."

You suppose there's little other choice. Unless you help the dwarves, they'll never guide you out of the tunnels, and you'll be trapped down here forever.

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Grid and list of goals

Tunnel collection | Requests | Prompts | AFIRB search

Each square on the 10 x 10 grid hides something. It might be a mineral, or it might be dust.

There are 5 veins of minerals, totaling 20 squares. Each vein consists of squares connected horizontally, vertically, and/or diagonally. Vein shapes are irregular and differ among boards. No vein is smaller than 2 squares or larger than 7 squares. Here are some possible example shapes for what a 4-square vein might look like:

Veins may touch one another and may touch the board edge. One square of each vein holds a clue that may help with strategy. Each vein will turn a unique color when it's fully mined.

The Spreadsheet Fairy knows some secret rules that are true of all four boards. @ them with a correct guess in your team's strategy channel and win valuable knowledge for your team and a tag claim for next year! (Three guesses per person, one tag claim per person, and each rule only earns one tag claim per team.)

Dust squares have a value between 400 and 1000 grams, and will be applied to battling the next boss. The collective value of all dust squares on the board will not equal more than half the boss's hit points.

Team Tunnel members (and only Team Tunnel members) should post works to the Tunnel collection. Each team member is capped at 7 works per board.

There are 20 mineral squares and 80 dust squares on the board. When all of the minerals have been mined and the board-wide goals have been reached, you're free to choose whether to keep looking for dust or fight the next boss. Good luck!