[harder]

TUNOARLTBAIWITCBCRQVUROEZNZTNIYNLZTH
ZGZOHICIBIAEVRCLIFTMENAIRBACYGTQMOBAU
EAHVRIFTIQDCGZCCGCLIFTMNOTEUNGYVTDV

Wheatstone was much possessed by death and saw the key beneath the skull

[easier]

B LDPBRU SDBS DBR AUUJ ATPJEJC IY SDKTCDSR REJNU E DBVU AUCTJ SK PUNKHHUNS SDU UVUJSR KO HBRS RTJQBY ER IBPGUQ KJ B LBCU YKT NBJ OEJQ AY LTSSEJC SDU GUYWKPQ KO SDER RTARSESTSEKJ BOSUP RJELTPH QKS NKI SDU LDPBRU OEJERDUR BS SDU SKL KO SDU RUNKJQ NKHTIJ UIBEH IU SDU HBRS WKPQ KO SDBS RUJSUJNU BR SDU BJRWUP SK SDER UBREUP LTZZHU

The second set of the New Year

One is easier, one is harder. The easier works much the same as my favourite modus operandi, the harder is a new touch. For both, the deadline is midnight on Sunday 3 February.

The first set of the New Year

Two puzzles. You'll need to solve both to find what you need. The only instruction I really need to say is that if you're unsure how to start, look to previous puzzles I've set for possible inroads. I think this is quite easy - although I've been wrong on that before - but let's say you have 8 days, till midnight on Thursday 24 January, to solve this. Winning entrants gain Hunters' Club and the opportunity of entering Masque Of The Red Death. Good luck!

1.
XAS EYECK SBA FAXVLQH SL SBCR RTPRSCSTSCLK ICMBAQ CR VBES XLT KAAH SL MGEIA ENSAQ RKCMTQG HLS ILJ RGERB CK LQHAQ SL NCKH VBES XLT KAAH KAWS AUAKSTEGGX XLT VCGG NCKH EK EKRVAQ EKH JTRS MGEIA SBES ENSAQ RKCMTQG HLS ILJ RGERB SL NCKH SBA GASSAQ LN JLQEX AJECG JA SBA NCQRS VLQH LN SBES GASSAQ SL VCK

2.