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

Dinosaur Egg Patrol

Return the egg survey card to its correct nest.

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

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Dinosaur Egg Patrol: Trail desk: Start at S. Follow open cells with no diagonal moves. Explore the branches and find the single reachable numbered exit.

Your mission

The dinosaur camp mixed six nest survey cards. Each of five desk checks will rule out one mistaken nest. Recover every check before choosing the correct card. 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

  1. Print one player pack and two record sheets per team. Keep the host answers and all three hint levels with the adult.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.

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These are the actual figures from the printable player pack.

1. Trail

Trail desk: Start at S. Follow open cells with no diagonal moves. Explore the branches and find the single reachable numbered exit.

Dinosaur Egg Patrol: Trail desk: Start at S. Follow open cells with no diagonal moves. Explore the branches and find the single reachable numbered exit.
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Grid rows, top to bottom. S means start; dot means open; # means wall. Move one cell up, down, left or right. S..#8 #..## #...# ##..# 7##.E Exits: row 1, column 5: label 8; row 5, column 1: label 7; row 5, column 5: label 4.

2. Keeper

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

Dinosaur Egg Patrol: Keeper desk: Each person has ONE different item. Use all four NOT rules. Find Sol's item and copy its digit.
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Shell digit 7 Tag digit 0 Chart digit 3 People: Jem, Sol, Tara Jem does NOT have Shell. Sol does NOT have Tag. Sol does NOT have Chart. Tara does NOT have Tag. Find Sol's item. Each item is used once.

3. Shell

Shell desk: Combine every BEFORE rule to order the four actions. Write positions on the whole-sheet cards. Read position 2.

Dinosaur Egg Patrol: Shell desk: Combine every BEFORE rule to order the four actions. Write positions on the whole-sheet cards. Read position 2.
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Cards: Check shell [3]; File card [7]; Mark nest [5]; Read survey [1]. Rules: Read survey BEFORE Mark nest; Check shell BEFORE File card; Mark nest BEFORE File card; Read survey BEFORE Check shell; Check shell BEFORE Mark nest. Read card position 2.

4. Load

Load desk: Every parcel has the same whole-number weight. Remove loose units, find ONE parcel and check the second rule.

Dinosaur Egg Patrol: Load desk: Every parcel has the same whole-number weight. Remove loose units, find ONE parcel and check the second rule.
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2 parcels + 4 loose units = 12 units 2 parcels + 3 loose units = 11 units One parcel = ? units. Whole numbers 1–9. All parcels have equal weight.

5. Label

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

Dinosaur Egg Patrol: Label 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 D S K E 2 J M Q T 3 G S V Y EGGS = 7 BONE = 0 CAMP = 3 READ COORDINATES IN ORDER: D1 > A3 > A3 > B1

6. Final

Compare each record with ALL five badge results. Find the one record matching every column. Copy its complete code, including the first zero.

Dinosaur Egg Patrol: Compare each record with ALL five badge results. Find the one record matching every column. Copy its complete code, including the first zero.
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C1=Trail / C2=Keeper / C3=Shell C4=Load / C5=Label Nest A: 0307 C1=4 C2=7 C3=3 C4=4 C5=7 Nest B: 0317 C1=5 C2=7 C3=3 C4=4 C5=7 Nest C: 0327 C1=4 C2=8 C3=3 C4=4 C5=7 Nest D: 0337 C1=4 C2=7 C3=4 C4=4 C5=7 Nest E: 0347 C1=4 C2=7 C3=3 C4=5 C5=7 Nest F: 0357 C1=4 C2=7 C3=3 C4=4 C5=8

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