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Host Triceratops Supply Desk Earlier edition · 1.0.0 Use this edition with the same version of your printed clues. Its saved progress is separate from the current game.
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A supply desk has a cancelled order, three keepers and a coded camp note. Use the five checks to select the complete supply record. 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. Stock 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 -1. Ignore the cancelled +7.
Hint 3 The known entries leave 11. How much must return to reach the closing stock of 15?
Reveal host answer 4
Known stock: 8 + 4 - 1 = 11. Closing stock 15 minus 11 gives the missing return 4. Cancelled +7 never arrived.
2. Keeper Mark this clue completeHint 1 No item can belong to two people. Cross out each forbidden pairing.
Hint 2 Remy cannot have two items, so Remy must have Leaf.
Hint 3 Cross Leaf off for the other two people. Apply the last NOT rule, then find Remy's item.
Reveal host answer 7
Paz has Seed; Remy has Leaf; Skye has Twig. Remy's item gives 7.
3. Load Mark this clue completeHint 1 Loose units are not parcels. Every parcel has equal weight.
Hint 2 Remove 3 loose units from 5. That leaves 2 for the equal parcels.
Hint 3 Share 2 equally among 2 parcels. Substitute one parcel's weight into the second rule.
Reveal host answer 1
Remove 3 from 5; share 2 among 2 parcels to get 1. Check 2 x 1 + 3 = 5.
4. Note Mark this clue completeHint 1 Use the letter under each named shape.
Hint 2 The first two shapes give H then O. Decode the remaining shapes the same way.
Hint 3 Write HO first, then one letter per remaining shape. Choose the table row matching the whole message.
Reveal host answer 4
The decoded word is HORN; its row gives 4.
5. Plot Mark this clue completeHint 1 Columns A–D run left to right. Rows 1–3 run top to bottom.
Hint 2 The first coordinate C2 means column C, row 2. Its letter is H.
Hint 3 Begin with H, then read D3, A2, B3 in order. Use the complete word's conversion row.
Reveal host answer 7
C2, D3, A2, B3 reads HORN. The conversion table gives 7.
6. Final Mark this clue completeNeeds: Stock, Keeper, Load, Note, Plot
Hint 1 Keep all five named badge results beside this sheet.
Hint 2 Use C1=Stock, C2=Keeper, C3=Load, C4=Note, C5=Plot.
Hint 3 Each wrong record differs in just one column. Cross out all five wrong records, then copy the complete remaining code.
Reveal host answer 03007
Only Record A matches all five columns. Copy its printed code 03007.
Suggested timeline 3 minutes: Read the story, show the badge record and choose roles. 5 minutes: Solve Stock. Offer one hint level at a time if wanted. 6 minutes: Solve Keeper. Offer one hint level at a time if wanted. 5 minutes: Solve Load. Offer one hint level at a time if wanted. 4 minutes: Solve Note. Offer one hint level at a time if wanted. 5 minutes: Solve Plot. 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