PuzzleDuck was borne out of my obsession with trivia, puzzles and having fun! After leaving a 20 year teaching career, I worked with the University of Liverpool on team building activities for their new students and it was during this that I realised that a collective activity that combined puzzle solving, discovering new information and of course fun, would be an ideal experience for teams. Add to that the chance to explore the city and I had the basic concept of the treasure hunt. The system was developed over a period of 2 years, during which time I added many exciting features, all with the objective of giving players a rich and unique experience. The hunts are accessed by many different clients. Businesses for a team building activity, charities as a fundraiser, stags and hens as an alternative to the traditional weekend and groups of family/friends are using them as a way to spend quality time together in an innovative way.

“By being a location on a hunt, PuzzleDuck Digital Treasure Hunts can be a unique way to drive footfall to a business I’d always loved the idea of promoting independents, but there was never a forum as such in which to build relationships and move the idea forward. Now there is – Independent Wirral!”

Mal Blackburne
Director, Puzzleduck