Work together to design the dune-creature shelter.
Welcome to the fictional dune camp. Shade, dryness and access are separate requirements; a nearly suitable card may fail just one. Your team has the original records on the table. First recover five pieces of information, then use the final plan to design the dune-creature shelter. 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 Dune-shelter field cards, Supply 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
Habitat
These are fictional field cards for a paper model. Compare all the recorded conditions with the habitat requirements. A card that passes only one rule is not enough. Report the one card that meets every rule.
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Dune-shelter field cards
ARCH: roof=shade; floor=dry; entry=narrow
RIDGE: roof=sun; floor=dry; entry=wide
HOLLOW: roof=shade; floor=damp; entry=wide
LEDGE: roof=shade; floor=dry; entry=wide
Required features
roof must be shade.
floor must not be damp.
entry must be wide.
Report the one matching card ID.
Clue 2 of 6
Kit
Pack a kit that supplies all three needs. One card may cover two needs, but its weight is counted once. Choose the lightest complete kit within the carrier limit. Report its card letters alphabetically.
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Supply cards
A: weight 4; gives shade+floor
B: weight 2; gives water
C: weight 2; gives shade
D: weight 5; gives water+floor
E: weight 8; gives shade+water+floor
Packing order
Capacity 8; must cover shade, water, floor.
Use the lightest complete kit. Each card once.
Write chosen card IDs alphabetically, with hyphens.
Clue 3 of 6
Window
Put the three survey jobs into the order described by the notes. An immediate handoff leaves no job between those cards. Report the job in the requested position.
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Event cards
R: Read shade card
S: Sketch shelter
M: Mark shade edge
Witness notes
R is immediately before M.
M is before S.
Report the event ID in position 2.
Clue 4 of 6
Record
The same shelter tag appears on a completed survey and a planned visit. Use status first, then join the visit period to the condition record. Report the condition of the completed survey.
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Dune survey visits
tag: K | period: DAWN | status: checked
tag: K | period: NOON | status: draft
tag: L | period: DAWN | status: cancelled
Tagged shelter cards
tag: K | roof: ARCH
tag: L | roof: FLAT
Survey periods
period: NOON | condition: HOT
period: DAWN | condition: COOL
Cross-check
Match A.tag to B.tag.
Match A.period to C.period.
A.status is not cancelled.
A.status is not draft.
Report C.condition.
Clue 5 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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Dune-model food web
NIB needs SEED
GLIM needs NIB OR BERRY
PEEP needs NIB AND LEAF
LOOP needs TWIN
TWIN needs LOOP
Starting conditions
Available now: SEED.
A result becomes available when its needs are met.
Which of GLIM, PEEP, LOOP becomes available?
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 (Habitat): ARCH=shade; LEDGE=sun
Floor (Kit): A-B=dry; A-B-C=damp
Water (Window): R=still; M=flow
Food (Record): COOL=leaf; HOT=seed
Entry (Food): PEEP=wide; GLIM=narrow
Parts (one per layer, top to bottom)
Roof: R2=sun; R1=shade
Floor: F1=dry; F2=damp
Water: W2=flow; W1=still
Food: D1=leaf; D2=seed
Entry: E2=narrow; E1=wide
Build rule
Choose each part meeting its recovered requirement.
Report five part IDs top to bottom, with hyphens.
Start after: Habitat, Kit, Window, Record, Food
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