Ages 8–10 · Est. 30–45 minutes · 2–6 players

Cloud Castle Invitation

Rebuild the entrance invitation for a castle in the clouds.

Six clues, three hint levels each, and a paper-only finish. No locks, apps or cutting required.

Cloud Castle Invitation: Keeper desk: Each person has ONE different item. Use all four NOT rules. Find Breeze's item and copy its digit.

Your mission

The cloud gate has three invitation keepers and one scrambled entrance plan. Match their seals, decode the sign and follow the gate coordinates. 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.

Set up in one room

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.

Materials

6 player sheets and 2 prop sheets per team
One pencil per child
One adult host with the answer and hint pages

Designed ages and estimated time have not yet been calibrated in a live child playtest.

See all six player clues

These are the actual figures from the printable player pack.

1. Keeper

Keeper desk: Each person has ONE different item. Use all four NOT rules. Find Breeze's item and copy its digit.

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Key digit 9 Ribbon digit 2 Bell digit 5 People: Mist, Rain, Breeze Mist does NOT have Bell. Rain does NOT have Key. Rain does NOT have Ribbon. Breeze does NOT have Key. Find Breeze's item. Each item is used once.

2. Door

Door desk: Decode all shapes in message order. Repeated shapes repeat their letter. Convert the full word using the table.

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Key: triangle means G; square means A; circle means T; star means E. Message: triangle, square, circle, star. Conversion: GATE means 3; MAIL means 6; LAMP means 9.

3. Seal

Seal desk: Read the letter at each coordinate, in order. Letter = column; number = row. Convert the complete word using the printed table.

Cloud Castle Invitation: Seal desk: Read the letter at each coordinate, in order. Letter = column; number = row. Convert the complete word using the printed table.

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Columns: A, B, C, D. Rows: 1, 2, 3. 1 J A Q T 2 P S T Y 3 G X A E GATE = 6 MAIL = 9 LAMP = 2 READ COORDINATES IN ORDER: A3 > B1 > C2 > D3

4. Steps

Steps desk: Combine every BEFORE rule to order the four actions. Write positions on the whole-sheet cards. Read position 4.

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Cards: Check gate [3]; Find seal [9]; Enter hall [5]; Read invite [1]. Rules: Find seal BEFORE Check gate; Read invite BEFORE Enter hall; Check gate BEFORE Enter hall; Find seal BEFORE Read invite; Read invite BEFORE Check gate. Read card position 4.

5. Cloud

Cloud desk: A return entry lost its amount. Use the opening and closing stock to find the missing return. Apply DONE entries; ignore the CANCELLED plan.

Cloud Castle Invitation: Cloud desk: A return entry lost its amount. Use the opening and closing stock to find the missing return. Apply DONE entries; ignore the CANCELLED plan.

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Opening stock: 11. Closing stock: 14. Received: +2 DONE Planned: +7 CANCELLED Issued: -2 DONE Returned: ? DONE Missing return = ? units. Ignore cancelled plans.