Rome’s lost legion vanished. The reason for their disappearance, and the nature of the treasure they guarded has been lost for centuries. Now at last the truth can be told.
Join Harry, Jodie and Maryam in their quest to solve the mystery of The Lost Legion
Some of last year’s competitors kindly wrote up how they tackled the final challenge. If you are wondering what it takes to decipher a et
ssage encrypted with a brand new code then this might give you some idea.
How the winners wonA beginner's guide to code breaking
DownloadIf you want to find out who won the prizes this year, then head on over to the leaderboards! If you want to find out how they did it, then hang around a little longer, we hope to be able to post something in the next few days. We are still making plans for
National Cipher Challenge alumnus Julian Bhardwaj wrote a rough guide to computer programming for code breakers which he has kindly allowed us to post here for you. You don’t need to be a world class programmer to do well in the challenge, you can get a long way with a word processor, a spreadsheet and some cunning, but it really helps to automate the routine jobs, and these notes will get you started.
Programming for Cryptologists 101(Really, it does!) But what we mean here is that the competition has some rules, and you should probably know about them. We think they are clear, and they are certainly tested by time, but if you have any questions about them do contact us and we will try to get back to you within 24 hours. In the meantime you can read them here.
The rules