Gnomon
The daily shadow
One famous building, under today's sun at an hour kept secret.
Read the shadow. Name the hour.
Set the hour, then read it.
In Sol for iPhone, your friends’ results stand beside yours once you finish.
How to play
Each day one famous building stands under that day's sun at an hour kept secret. Its shadow is the only clue.
Set an hour and read it. The sun swings to your reading and back, and the shadow it cast stays faint on the plate. You have six readings, and one within ten minutes finds the hour.
Everyone plays the same shadow on the same day, here and in Sol. A shared result never gives the hour away.
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In Sol, the Gnomon and the Almanac share one card each day, under the same number, and the shadow is read on the app's own dial.
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