Secret Codes #2
This time we are going to encode a message with a real codebook that you can view here:
https://archive.org/details/coloradocode00unit/mode/2up
It's called the Colorado Code (named for the river). As an example, if you were going to encode "Battalion headquarters being shelled", you would look at the first section of the codebook ("Encoding" starting on page 3), find "Battalion headquarters" with the corresponding code DMO, then find "Being shelled" with the corresponding code DAR. Both of these are on page 5. Put them together and you get DMODAR.
Hopefully, you'll never have to send or receive DAM (look on the front cover)!
Remember a code can substitute for single words, phrases, or even whole sentences. (We'll get to ciphers -- that manipulate letters -- soon enough!)
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Secret Codes and Ciphers 2021
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These are so fun, but this…
These are so fun, but this was hard to see even when I blew it up, can you send the codes?
Sorry these pages are blurry…
Sorry these pages are blurry. Here's the final game code: KGUFUNOVKBMJFLX
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Thank you. I love these…
Thank you. I love these badges. Will there be more of this type?
So glad you are enjoying…
So glad you are enjoying these! There won't be any more of this specific type of code, but there are 5 secret ciphers to figure out coming up in the next few weeks. Stay tuned to this badge series to try your hand at all of them.
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Thank you for all that you do for the summer game