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Plan a resource route

Ages 8–10 · Est. 35–50 minutes · 2–6 players

Forest Lantern Trail

Two bridges can carry small baskets, while the heavy lantern stand needs another road. Work together to plan the lantern delivery route.

6 clues, gradual hints and a complete paper finish. Choose a reader, a recorder and a checker, then work through the mission together.

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Forest Lantern Trail: Trace a legal supply journey from S to F. The map's arrows are one-way roads. Visit every required stop, stay inside the travel budget and use the cheapest complete journey. Report all stop letters.

Your mission

Work together to plan the lantern delivery route.

Welcome to the forest lantern depot. Two bridges can carry small baskets, while the heavy lantern stand needs another road. Your team has the original records on the table. First recover five pieces of information, then use the final plan to plan the lantern delivery route. Keep every result beside its badge so another teammate can check your reasoning.

How your team will think

Compare path costs, capacity and required stops before choosing a journey.

Read the route’s start, destination and rules together. Trace one complete option at a time and keep its resource checks beside it, rather than mixing pieces of different routes.

Set up in one room

  1. Print the six player sheets and two record sheets for each team. Keep answers and hints with the host.
  2. Lay out Travel map (one way), Supply cards, the remaining clue sheets and the final plan. All task records are printed inside the sheets; no extra prop is needed.
  3. 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.

Bring to the table

  • One complete player set and record set per team
  • One pencil per child
  • One adult host with the answer and hint pages

Print and sorting checklist · Plan the player roles

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

Path

Trace a legal supply journey from S to F. The map's arrows are one-way roads. Visit every required stop, stay inside the travel budget and use the cheapest complete journey. Report all stop letters.

Forest Lantern Trail: Trace a legal supply journey from S to F. The map's arrows are one-way roads. Visit every required stop, stay inside the travel budget and use the cheapest complete journey. Report all stop letters.
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Travel map (one way) S > A: 2 units S > B: 1 units A > C: 2 units B > C: 2 units CLOSED C > F: 2 units B > F: 2 units A > F: 7 units Journey rules Start S; finish F; limit 7 units. Visit C. Use the least total cost. Write every stop in order, with hyphens.

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.

Forest Lantern Trail: 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 3; gives tie+light B: weight 2; gives mark C: weight 2; gives tie D: weight 4; gives light+mark E: weight 7; gives tie+light+mark Packing order Capacity 7; must cover tie, light, mark. Use the lightest complete kit. Each card once. Write chosen card IDs alphabetically, with hyphens.

Clue 3 of 6

Keeper

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

Forest Lantern Trail: Keeper desk: Each person has ONE different item. Use all four NOT rules. Find Hare's item and copy its digit.
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Lamp digit 4 Map digit 7 Flag digit 0 People: Owl, Fox, Hare Owl does NOT have Lamp. Fox does NOT have Map. Fox does NOT have Flag. Hare does NOT have Map. Find Hare's item. Each item is used once.

Clue 4 of 6

Signal

Signal desk: Find the exact word LAMP, reading RIGHT only. Reject near matches and reversed words. Copy the digit immediately after it.

Forest Lantern Trail: Signal desk: Find the exact word LAMP, reading RIGHT only. Reject near matches and reversed words. Copy the digit immediately after it.
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Find LAMP; only read to the RIGHT. L A M X 8 A B C P M A L 2 A B C L A M P 7 D E F C A M P 9 S U N Answer = digit in the next square after the word.

Clue 5 of 6

Order

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

Forest Lantern Trail: Order 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: Read trail [1]; Mark path [5]; Check lamps [3]; Open gate [7]. Rules: Read trail BEFORE Mark path; Check lamps BEFORE Open gate; Mark path BEFORE Open gate; Read trail BEFORE Check lamps; Check lamps BEFORE Mark path. Read card position 2.

Clue 6 of 6

Final

Use each result to recover the load for its leg. At each leg choose the cheapest road that can carry that load. A road with too little capacity is closed to this cargo. Report the five road IDs in journey order.

Forest Lantern Trail: Use each result to recover the load for its leg. At each leg choose the cheapest road that can carry that load. A road with too little capacity is closed to this cargo. Report the five road IDs in journey order.
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Cargo key, one leg at a time Leg 1 (Path): S-A-C-F=2; S-A-F=4 Leg 2 (Kit): A-B-C=2; A-B=4 Leg 3 (Keeper): 0=2; 4=4 Leg 4 (Signal): 7=4; 8=2 Leg 5 (Order): 1=4; 3=2 Roads: load capacity / travel cost 1: A 3/2 | B 6/4 2: D 6/4 | C 3/2 3: E 3/2 | F 6/4 4: H 6/4 | G 3/2 5: J 3/2 | K 6/4 Route rule Choose the cheapest road carrying each load. Report the five road IDs in leg order, with hyphens.

Start after: Path, Kit, Keeper, Signal, Order

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