Before I start, something important: this treasure hunt is not an official Replay Poker contest!
It’s just made by me, Replay has nothing to do with it. I did ask for permission, though

I always loved to create treasure hunts. Thinking of riddles and trying to come up with little leads and hints is just a lot of fun. And so I thought about creating one for Replay. It will be mostly about poker (duh!) and about Replay. There will be different kind of riddles that have to be solved, but more about that further down.
And one more thing: I used a URL shortener so I could customize the URLS. All links you’ll follow through it, will lead you to trustworthy sites (like Wikipedia). I won’t send you to any weird corners of the internet where neither of us wants to be! #feet
One single link on Imgur gives a warning though that it may contain erotic or adult imagery and wants you to confirm that you’re over 18 (please do that, otherwise you can’t see it).
But let me guarantee you, except for a semi bald head, there is not even a hunch of erotic imagery in that photo! Really, not even remotely!
Weird algorithms…
A bit further down will be the first riddle you have to solve that will lead you further down the rabbit hole

I’ll always explain (as best as I can) how each riddle has to be solved. If there is still something unclear, please feel free to ask here but make sure to not post any spoilers! If you can’t ask without using spoilers, please send me a PM instead.
In case we’re not friends, feel free to send me a friend request: https://www.casino.org/replaypoker/profile/Lelaina
And if you solved it and want to be added to the pot of possible winners, please send me a PM and !under no circumstances! post the solution here in the forum! That would spoil the fun for everyone else.
Shortly after Christmas, I was browsing Steam and stumbled upon Balatro:
Combine valid poker hands with unique Joker cards in order to create varied synergies and builds. Earn enough chips to beat devious blinds, all while uncovering hidden bonus hands and decks as you progress. You’re going to need every edge you can get in order to reach the boss blind, beat the final ante and secure victory.
Since I started playing, I amassed a play time of the game that has 3 digits… I’m too ashamed to name that number. But that just shows, how addicting that game is!
And because of that, I give 2 Steam copies of it away.
One to the person who finishes the treasure hunt as first and another winner gets picked from everyone else who finishes it until the 31st of January.
You need to have a Steam account to be able to get the game from me. If you don’t have one, you can create one easily. We have to become friends on Steam for a moment, so I can buy the game as a gift for you. (you can only give games to people you are friends with), but we can unfriend each other directly after!
But of course you can also participate, if you don’t want to win the game! Just tell me and I’ll leave you out of the pot
The second person won’t be picked with random.org or anything like that, but instead my Finja will pick the winner

But enough with the bla bla for now! I’m curious anyway, if anyone read that far

But if you did: we start now!
The first riddle is a simple crossword puzzle with questions about Replay!
Here is a link to a PDF file, in case you want to print it:
crossword_print.pdf (1.2 MB)
The solution (which won’t make sense - it’s just random letters, so don’t think you’re wrong before you tried it!) has to be added after the / of this URL:
tiny.cc/
(so it will look like this [but then of course with the letters from the crossword]:
tiny.cc/hakeuianmv)
Combined, the link will take you to the next part of the treasure hunt. There are 7 parts in total, this here being the first.
And now I hope that many people will participate!
And even if not: I had a blast creating this treasure hunt
Have fun!
you can click on this image to make it bigger!