Welcome to the Mars greenhouse. The planting bed must match the resources and conditions in the greenhouse registry. Your team has the original records on the table. First recover five pieces of information, then use the final plan to build the moon-bean growing bed. Keep every result beside its badge so another teammate can check your reasoning.
How your team will think
Use fictional field observations, resource needs and food-web relationships.
Use the game’s printed relationship rules. Keep each clue result with its label, then check how the chosen elements fit together on the final sheet.
Set up in one room
Print the six player sheets and two record sheets for each team. Keep answers and hints with the host.
Lay out Fictional food-web rules, Fictional field cards, the remaining clue sheets and the final plan. All task records are printed inside the sheets; no extra prop is needed.
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.
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
Food
Use only the fictional food-web rules printed here. Start with the food available now. A creature becomes available when its food rule is met. Find which named visitor can live here; a loop cannot create its own first food.
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Fictional food-web rules
NIB needs LEAF
PEEP needs SEED
MOTH needs NIB OR PEEP
GLIM needs NIB AND PEEP
LOOP needs TWIN
TWIN needs LOOP
Starting conditions
Available now: SEED.
A result becomes available when its needs are met.
Which of MOTH, GLIM, LOOP becomes available?
Clue 2 of 6
Habitat
These are fictional field cards for a paper model. Compare all the recorded conditions with the habitat requirements. A card that passes only one rule is not enough. Report the one card that meets every rule.
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Fictional field cards
FERN: light=shade; floor=dry; entry=wide
MOSS: light=sun; floor=damp; entry=narrow
REED: light=shade; floor=damp; entry=wide
Required features
light must not be shade.
entry must be narrow.
Report the one matching card ID.
Clue 3 of 6
Delivery
Delivery desk: A return entry lost its amount. Use the opening and closing stock to find the missing return. Apply DONE entries; ignore the CANCELLED plan.
Plot 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
B
S
H
L
2
G
K
E
R
3
M
Q
T
D
SEED = 8
BEAM = 1
DOCK = 4
READ COORDINATES IN ORDER:
B1 > C2 > C2 > D3
Clue 5 of 6
Weight
Weight desk: Every parcel has the same whole-number weight. Remove loose units, find ONE parcel and check the second rule.
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3 parcels + 1 loose units = 7 units
2 parcels + 3 loose units = 7 units
One parcel = ? units. Whole numbers 1–9.
All parcels have equal weight.
Clue 6 of 6
Final
Recover one requirement for each habitat layer from its named result. Choose a matching roof, floor, water source, food and entry. Write the five part IDs in the printed layer order, then point to the evidence supporting each choice.
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Habitat construction key
Roof (Food): GLIM=shade; MOTH=sun
Floor (Habitat): MOSS=dry; FERN=damp
Water (Delivery): 5=flow; 12=still
Food (Plot): 1=seed; 8=leaf
Entry (Weight): 1=wide; 2=narrow
Parts (one per layer, top to bottom)
Roof: R2=sun; R1=shade
Floor: F1=dry; F2=damp
Water: W2=flow; W1=still
Food: D1=leaf; D2=seed
Entry: E2=narrow; E1=wide
Build rule
Choose each part meeting its recovered requirement.
Report five part IDs top to bottom, with hyphens.
