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Six railway switch records disagree with the control desk checks. Recover the route, crew, station, stock and signal evidence. Every check rules out one incorrect switch. 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
Move one square for each arrow. A revisit still counts as a move.
After the first 4 arrows, you are at row 1, column 3. Continue from there.
From that checkpoint follow left, down, right, down. Copy the last cell.
9
The route ends at row 3, column 3. That cell gives 9.
No item can belong to two people. Cross out each forbidden pairing.
Otis cannot have two items, so Otis must have Map.
Cross Map off for the other two people. Apply the last NOT rule, then find Zed's item.
5
Juno has Flag; Otis has Map; Zed has Bell. Zed's item gives 5.
Columns A–D run left to right. Rows 1–3 run top to bottom.
The first coordinate D2 means column D, row 2. Its letter is H.
Begin with H, then read A1, B2, C3 in order. Use the complete word's conversion row.
8
D2, A1, B2, C3 reads HOME. The conversion table gives 8.
The missing amount is a return into stock. The cancelled delivery never happened.
Start with 12. Apply +5 then -1. Ignore the cancelled +7.
The known entries leave 16. How much must return to reach the closing stock of 18?
2
Known stock: 12 + 5 - 1 = 16. Closing stock 18 minus 16 gives the missing return 2. Cancelled +7 never arrived.
Use the letter under each named shape.
The first two shapes give H then O. Decode the remaining shapes the same way.
Write HO first, then one letter per remaining shape. Choose the table row matching the whole message.
5
The decoded word is HOME; its row gives 5.
Keep all five named badge results beside this sheet.
Use C1=Track, C2=Crew, C3=Station, C4=Stock, C5=Signal.
Each wrong record differs in just one column. Cross out all five wrong records, then copy the complete remaining code.
01917
Only Switch B matches all five columns. Copy its printed code 01917.
Pause whenever the group needs a break. This is a planning estimate.