Event Finished
December 14, 2024 9:00 am (GMT)
Overview
Nothing crazy, just the shortest event loop possible going around the park (1.5 miles total, pins spaced out at the min 150 feet).
This is a December desserts event, which includes double cake on the gingerbread event badge, exclusive event elf greeting cards and virtuals deployed by the big man himself to capture. A 25% discount code for the Freeze Tag store that’s valid for one use per player for 48 hours after the event goes live.
If you are coming to socialise, meet at midday at the Event Indicator Pin! I will have mulled wine 🍷 & gingerbread.
160 slices of cake are up for grabs (100 from the gingerbread themed event badge, 10 from the event indicator pin and 1 from each of the 50 gingerbread event pins).
Bantock Park in Wolverhampton has a cafe, playground, toilets & free car park. The Christmas gift and craft fair is also on.
The physical event pins can only be out for the day, so as soon as they are deployed, the event will be going live (early in the morning), and they will be removed in the evening. If you’re coming late in the day, please let me know, and I’ll make sure to keep them out.
A card garden with just over 2,000 spaces will be published the week before the event. If it doesn’t fill up, a competition will be launched to ensure it’s packed for the event day. All cards in the garden will be capable from within the park grounds.
Event Route
The route will be a tight loop around the perimeter path inside the Park (1.5 miles). QR codes will be on flags in the ground.
Getting Here
If driving Wolverhampton has the M54 to the north, M6 to the east and the M5 to the south. The closest postcode is WV3 9LQ
The nearest train/tram station is Wolverhampton, it’s about a 25 min walk or a quick bus ride.
| Driving | ||
|---|---|---|
| Parking | Car Park (Free) | Entrance on Finchfield Road (WV3 9LQ) |
| On Road | Around the park | |
| Bus | Numbers 4 & 3 from Wolverhampton | |
| Tram | Piper's Row, Wolverhampton | 25 min walk or Bus |
| Train | Wolverhampton | 25 min walk or Bus |
Gardens
The nearest garden is a few min’s drive and is a Memorial Garden for Flowerpotman’s dad and still needs a few deploys, see: https://gardens.cuppazee.com/mgdrejnu-memorial-garden-for-my-dad
New to Events?
There are normally a handful of Munzee events happening each week, some are run by Munzee and others are run by Munzee players. Munzee keep a list of them all here.
How Munzee events work
The start time is when the special event pins (a type of trail) will show up on the app map (they are physical QR codes that you will go and find, and then scan with the app).
What to expect when arriving
If you’re about at the start of the event, there is a good chance you will bump into other players and the hosts of the event are normally around to say hello and answer any questions.
At the location of the pink event indicator you will want to find two physical QR codes to scan, they are normally attached to something and quite obvious. The event QR codes will be left in place for 24 hours, so if you want to come later or when nobody is around, you are more than welcome to.
So get the Munzee app up and open the scanner and scan both the codes.
You should now have on your app map the event pins to find.
If you go to the filter menu at the bottom of the app, you can filter to only show what you want to see, ie. physicals only / virtuals only / event pins only etc.
I personally tend to arrive a little early and find some strategic benches to sit down on while I capture all the virtuals in the area. Then, when the event goes live, filter the app to only show physical Munzees (and event pins), complete the event trail and capture any other physicals along the way, then swap back to showing virtual only.
When you capture the physical event pins they will reward you with points and virtual cake slices. The cake slices can then be used to redeem items here (click the events tab on this page).
Events usually get the attention of Munzee players from across the globe, and they will deploy loads of virtual Munzees near and around the event site in the hope of getting loads of points when the attendees capture them. This also makes the map really busy if you have the filers set to show you everything, so its good to use the filters to limit what you see.
To note, this is how I’m doing my events, other events may be different.
New to Munzee?
Munzee is the next generation in global scavenger hunt games. Track down QR Codes hidden in the real world and capture them for points. – taken directly from the Munzee website.
If you haven’t got the free app yet, get it:
In its simplest form it’s a scavenger hunt, and you’re looking for QR codes. There are two main types of Munzee to find, physicals (they show up square on the map) and virtuals which are circular.
Physicals you need to scan a QR code at that location, virtuals you need to be in the proximity to capture it.
Within that, there are plenty of different types with their own sets of rules, and all the info can be found here and here.
Seemyshell has a series of video guides that I would recommend:
My best advice if you’re just starting is to go out and find some. The app will flag if you’re too far away to capture something, so just give it a go. Don’t get too bogged down with all the different types just yet.
Scan this code to get your first 50 points.
