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Host Museum Midnight Map Earlier edition · 1.1.0 Use this edition with the same version of your printed clues. Its saved progress is separate from the current game.
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The museum night desk has a label fragment, two disagreeing prints and a crossed-out moving log. Use those records to recover the exhibit location. 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.
Before you start Print one player pack and two record sheets per team. Keep the host answers and all three hint levels with the adult. Keep every clue as a full sheet at one table. Put the final sheet face down until all five results are recorded. Nothing needs cutting, folding or hiding. Give each child a pencil. Choose a reader, recorder and checker, and swap jobs after each clue. Use one team for 2–4 children or two teams for 5–6.
Rotate player roles · Choose a useful hint · Manage two teams
TeamTeam 1 Team 2 Clue check & hints 1. Label Mark this clue completeHint 1 Start at V and check every letter.
Hint 2 The exact word starts in row 3, column 1. Check its letters against the target.
Hint 3 In that row, copy column 5, the cell immediately after the complete word.
Reveal host answer 2
Only row 3 has VASE followed immediately by 2. Other rows have changed or reversed letters.
2. Print Mark this clue completeHint 1 Compare position 1 with position 1, not with a nearby matching shape.
Hint 2 Position 1 is one difference: circle in A, diamond in B. Mark it once.
Hint 3 Compare the remaining numbered pairs one by one. Add one mark for each unequal pair, then count all your marks.
Reveal host answer 4
Different positions are 1, 3, 4, 6. There are 4 differences.
3. Gallery Mark this clue completeHint 1 Columns A–D run left to right. Rows 1–3 run top to bottom.
Hint 2 The first coordinate C3 means column C, row 3. Its letter is V.
Hint 3 Begin with V, then read D1, A3, B1 in order. Use the complete word's conversion row.
Reveal host answer 8
C3, D1, A3, B1 reads VASE. The conversion table gives 8.
4. Curator Mark this clue completeHint 1 No item can belong to two people. Cross out each forbidden pairing.
Hint 2 Noah cannot have two items, so Noah must have Coin.
Hint 3 Cross Coin off for the other two people. Apply the last NOT rule, then find Noah's item.
Reveal host answer 5
Iris has Model; Noah has Coin; Zoe has Vase. Noah's item gives 5.
5. Log Mark this clue completeHint 1 The missing amount is a return into stock. The cancelled delivery never happened.
Hint 2 Start with 8. Apply +4 then -2. Ignore the cancelled +7.
Hint 3 The known entries leave 10. How much must return to reach the closing stock of 15?
Reveal host answer 5
Known stock: 8 + 4 - 2 = 10. Closing stock 15 minus 10 gives the missing return 5. Cancelled +7 never arrived.
6. Final Mark this clue completeNeeds: Label, Print, Gallery, Curator, Log
Hint 1 Keep all five named badge results beside this sheet.
Hint 2 C2 is read first; it holds Gallery.
Hint 3 Read slots C2, E2, A2, D2, B2. Copy every stored digit in that order, including zero.
Reveal host answer 85254
C2 > E2 > A2 > D2 > B2
Suggested timeline 3 minutes: Read the story, show the badge record and choose roles. undefined minutes: Solve Label. Offer one hint level at a time if wanted. 3 minutes: Solve Print. Offer one hint level at a time if wanted. 5 minutes: Solve Gallery. Offer one hint level at a time if wanted. 6 minutes: Solve Curator. Offer one hint level at a time if wanted. 5 minutes: Solve Log. Offer one hint level at a time if wanted. 5 minutes: Use the five results on the final sheet. 2 minutes: Read the ending and thank each teammate. Pause whenever the group needs a break. This is a planning estimate.
Record paper game complete
Finish with a short group review