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The invention desk mixed its build sequence with a cancelled parts entry. Match the builders, compare the relay diagrams and decode the final test signal. 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
The printed cards are deliberately out of order.
Read plan must come first. Work out which action comes directly after it.
The first two actions are Read plan, then Fit lever. Finish the chain and read position 2.
9
The only order is Read plan > Fit lever > Join relay > Test model. Position 2 carries 9.
The missing amount is a return into stock. The cancelled delivery never happened.
Start with 11. Apply +3 then -2. Ignore the cancelled +7.
The known entries leave 12. How much must return to reach the closing stock of 13?
1
Known stock: 11 + 3 - 2 = 12. Closing stock 13 minus 12 gives the missing return 1. Cancelled +7 never arrived.
No item can belong to two people. Cross out each forbidden pairing.
Mo cannot have two items, so Mo must have Lever.
Cross Lever off for the other two people. Apply the last NOT rule, then find Xin's item.
0
Dee has Wheel; Mo has Lever; Xin has Relay. Xin's item gives 0.
Compare position 1 with position 1, not with a nearby matching shape.
Position 2 is one difference: circle in A, diamond 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.
3
Different positions are 2, 5, 8. There are 3 differences.
Use the letter under each named shape.
The first two shapes give T then E. Decode the remaining shapes the same way.
Write TE first, then one letter per remaining shape. Choose the table row matching the whole message.
1
The decoded word is TEST; its row gives 1.
Keep all five named badge results beside this sheet.
A1 is read first; it holds Build.
Read slots A1, C1, D1, B1, E1. Copy every stored digit in that order, including zero.
90311
A1 > C1 > D1 > B1 > E1
Pause whenever the group needs a break. This is a planning estimate.