Welcome to the fictional canopy survey. The nest must match a linked food web and provide five different parts without cutting any paper. Your team has the original records on the table. First recover five pieces of information, then use the final plan to assemble the canopy nest model. Keep every result beside its badge so another teammate can check your reasoning.
How your team will think
Use fictional field observations, resource needs and food-web relationships.
Use the game’s printed relationship rules. Keep each clue result with its label, then check how the chosen elements fit together on the final sheet.
Set up in one room
Print the six player sheets and two record sheets for each team. Keep answers and hints with the host.
Lay out Canopy food web, Nest cards, the remaining clue sheets and the final plan. All task records are printed inside the sheets; no extra prop is needed.
After each clue, pass roles one seat clockwise. With two players, combine Reader with Recorder and Checker with Builder. With five or six, add a second checker and a source finder; everyone explains one decision.
Ages and durations are design estimates. Choose the pace and reading support that suit your group.
Look before you print
See all 6 player clues
These are the actual figures and instructions from the player pack. Read the final page’s rule along with the earlier clues.
Clue 1 of 6
Food
Use only the fictional food-web rules printed here. Start with the food available now. A creature becomes available when its food rule is met. Find which named visitor can live here; a loop cannot create its own first food.
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Canopy food web
NIB needs LEAF
FLIT needs NECTAR
GLIM needs NIB AND FLIT
PEEP needs GLIM OR SEED
DART needs GLIM AND SEED
Starting conditions
Available now: LEAF, NECTAR.
A result becomes available when its needs are met.
Which of PEEP, DART becomes available?
Clue 2 of 6
Record
A branch tag was reused when the nest model moved. Keep the checked record and the current branch profile. Follow the matching tag only after rejecting the old profile.
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Nest cards
item: Bark | tag: PINE | status: checked
item: Moss | tag: WAVE | status: cancelled
item: Vine | tag: STAR | status: draft
Branch log
tag: STAR | bay: NORTH | profile: current
tag: PINE | bay: EAST | profile: current
tag: WAVE | bay: WEST | profile: current
tag: PINE | bay: NORTH | profile: old
Cross-check
Match A.tag to B.tag.
A.status is checked.
B.profile is not old.
Report B.bay.
Clue 3 of 6
Habitat
Compare the canopy model profiles with the roof, floor and entry observations. Every observation matters: identify the profile matching all three.
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Canopy nest profiles
CUP: roof=leaf; floor=moss; entry=side
DOME: roof=bark; floor=moss; entry=side
LEDGE: roof=leaf; floor=twig; entry=side
BOWL: roof=leaf; floor=moss; entry=top
Required features
roof must be leaf.
floor must be moss.
entry must not be top.
Report the one matching card ID.
Clue 4 of 6
Path
Trace a legal supply journey from S to F. The map's arrows are one-way roads. Visit every required stop, stay inside the travel budget and use the cheapest complete journey. Report all stop letters.
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Travel map (one way)
S=Survey desk; A=Low branch; B=Nest marker; C=High branch; F=Model table
S > A: 2 units
S > C: 1 units
A > B: 1 units
C > B: 4 units
B > F: 2 units
C > F: 2 units
Journey rules
Start S; finish F; limit 8 units.
Visit B. Use the least total cost.
Write every stop in order, with hyphens.
Clue 5 of 6
Order
Arrange the four event cards using every witness note. "Immediately before" means there is no event between them. Report the requested position after the whole order has been checked.
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Event cards
A: Trace food
B: Mark branch
C: Choose parts
D: Read nest
Witness notes
A is immediately before C.
D is before A.
B is immediately before D.
Report the event ID in position 2.
Clue 6 of 6
Final
Recover one requirement for each habitat layer from its named result. Choose a matching roof, floor, water source, food and entry. Write the five part IDs in the printed layer order, then point to the evidence supporting each choice.
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Habitat construction key
Roof (Food): PEEP=shade; DART=sun
Floor (Record): NORTH=dry; EAST=damp
Water (Habitat): CUP=still; DOME=flow
Food (Path): S-C-B-F=leaf; S-A-B-F=seed
Entry (Order): D=wide; A=narrow
Parts (one per layer, top to bottom)
Roof: R1=shade; R2=sun
Floor: F2=damp; F1=dry
Water: W1=still; W2=flow
Food: D2=seed; D1=leaf
Entry: E1=wide; E2=narrow
Build rule
Choose each part meeting its recovered requirement.
Report five part IDs top to bottom, with hyphens.
Start after: Food, Record, Habitat, Path, Order
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