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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.
Rotate player roles · Choose a useful hint · Manage two teams
Use the letter under each named shape.
The first two shapes give F then I. Decode the remaining shapes the same way.
Write FI first, then one letter per remaining shape. Choose the table row matching the whole message.
1
The decoded word is FILE; its row gives 1.
No item can belong to two people. Cross out each forbidden pairing.
Ivo cannot have two items, so Ivo must have Seal.
Cross Seal off for the other two people. Apply the last NOT rule, then find Ivo's item.
4
Uma has Stamp; Ivo has Seal; Lin has Tag. Ivo's item gives 4.
Start at F and check every letter.
The exact word starts in row 3, column 1. Check its letters against the target.
In that row, copy column 5, the cell immediately after the complete word.
7
Only row 3 has FILE followed immediately by 7. Other rows have changed or reversed letters.
The printed cards are deliberately out of order.
Read record must come first. Work out which action comes directly after it.
The first two actions are Read record, then Check stamp. Finish the chain and read position 2.
3
The only order is Read record > Check stamp > Find drawer > File note. Position 2 carries 3.
Columns A–D run left to right. Rows 1–3 run top to bottom.
The first coordinate D1 means column D, row 1. Its letter is F.
Begin with F, then read A3, B1, C2 in order. Use the complete word's conversion row.
4
D1, A3, B1, C2 reads FILE. The conversion table gives 4.
Keep all five named badge results beside this sheet.
E1 is read first; it holds Drawer.
Read slots E1, B1, C1, A1, D1. Copy every stored digit in that order, including zero.
44713
E1 > B1 > C1 > A1 > D1
Pause whenever the group needs a break. This is a planning estimate.