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The fossil desk has three finders, a corrected fragment count and two disagreeing track copies. Use the records to return each fossil card to its owner. Collect five named badge digits and use the final sheet. Every clue is on the table; ask the host for one hint at a time.
Rotate player roles · Choose a useful hint · Manage two teams
No item can belong to two people. Cross out each forbidden pairing.
Finn cannot have two items, so Finn must have Tooth.
Cross Tooth off for the other two people. Apply the last NOT rule, then find Finn's item.
5
Asha has Shell; Finn has Tooth; Luz has Claw. Finn's item gives 5.
The missing amount is a return into stock. The cancelled delivery never happened.
Start with 11. Apply +2 then -2. Ignore the cancelled +7.
The known entries leave 11. How much must return to reach the closing stock of 16?
5
Known stock: 11 + 2 - 2 = 11. Closing stock 16 minus 11 gives the missing return 5. Cancelled +7 never arrived.
Compare position 1 with position 1, not with a nearby matching shape.
Position 5 is one difference: triangle in A, circle in B. Mark it once.
Compare the remaining numbered pairs one by one. Add one mark for each unequal pair, then count all your marks.
2
Different positions are 5, 8. There are 2 differences.
Start at B and check every letter.
The exact word starts in row 3, column 1. Check its letters against the target.
In that row, copy column 5, the cell immediately after the complete word.
2
Only row 3 has BONE followed immediately by 2. Other rows have changed or reversed letters.
Columns A–D run left to right. Rows 1–3 run top to bottom.
The first coordinate A2 means column A, row 2. Its letter is B.
Begin with B, then read B3, C1, D2 in order. Use the complete word's conversion row.
5
A2, B3, C1, D2 reads BONE. The conversion table gives 5.
Keep all five named badge results beside this sheet.
A2 is read first; it holds Finder.
Read slots A2, C2, D2, B2, E2. Copy every stored digit in that order, including zero.
52255
A2 > C2 > D2 > B2 > E2
Pause whenever the group needs a break. This is a planning estimate.