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Host Archive Stamp Mystery

An archive stamp is missing its drawer label. A coded note, three clerk assignments and a misleading word strip are the only paper evidence. 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

Clue check & hints

1. Note

Hint 1

Use the letter under each named shape.

Hint 2

The first two shapes give F then I. Decode the remaining shapes the same way.

Hint 3

Write FI first, then one letter per remaining shape. Choose the table row matching the whole message.

Reveal host answer

1

The decoded word is FILE; its row gives 1.

2. Clerk

Hint 1

No item can belong to two people. Cross out each forbidden pairing.

Hint 2

Ivo cannot have two items, so Ivo must have Seal.

Hint 3

Cross Seal off for the other two people. Apply the last NOT rule, then find Ivo's item.

Reveal host answer

4

Uma has Stamp; Ivo has Seal; Lin has Tag. Ivo's item gives 4.

3. Word

Hint 1

Start at F and check every letter.

Hint 2

The exact word starts in row 3, column 1. Check its letters against the target.

Hint 3

In that row, copy column 5, the cell immediately after the complete word.

Reveal host answer

7

Only row 3 has FILE followed immediately by 7. Other rows have changed or reversed letters.

4. Entry

Hint 1

The printed cards are deliberately out of order.

Hint 2

Read record must come first. Work out which action comes directly after it.

Hint 3

The first two actions are Read record, then Check stamp. Finish the chain and read position 2.

Reveal host answer

3

The only order is Read record > Check stamp > Find drawer > File note. Position 2 carries 3.

5. Drawer

Hint 1

Columns A–D run left to right. Rows 1–3 run top to bottom.

Hint 2

The first coordinate D1 means column D, row 1. Its letter is F.

Hint 3

Begin with F, then read A3, B1, C2 in order. Use the complete word's conversion row.

Reveal host answer

4

D1, A3, B1, C2 reads FILE. The conversion table gives 4.

6. Final

Hint 1

Keep all five named badge results beside this sheet.

Hint 2

E1 is read first; it holds Drawer.

Hint 3

Read slots E1, B1, C1, A1, D1. Copy every stored digit in that order, including zero.

Reveal host answer

44713

E1 > B1 > C1 > A1 > D1

Suggested timeline

Pause whenever the group needs a break. This is a planning estimate.