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

Moonlight Camping Quest

The camp needs a shelter design based on its fictional night-creature field cards. Work together to design the camp observation shelter.

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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Moonlight Camping Quest: 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.

Your mission

Work together to design the camp observation shelter.

Welcome to the moonlight nature camp. The camp needs a shelter design based on its fictional night-creature field cards. Your team has the original records on the table. First recover five pieces of information, then use the final plan to design the camp observation shelter. 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, Supply 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.

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.

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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: LEAF. A result becomes available when its needs are met. Which of MOTH, GLIM, LOOP becomes available?

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.

Moonlight Camping Quest: 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 5; gives tie+light B: weight 2; gives mark C: weight 2; gives tie D: weight 2; 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

Lantern

Lantern desk: Decode all shapes in message order. Repeated shapes repeat their letter. Convert the full word using the table.

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Key: triangle means C; square means A; circle means M; star means P. Message: triangle, square, circle, star. Conversion: CAMP means 5; MAIL means 8; LAMP means 1.

Clue 4 of 6

Plan

Plan desk: Combine every BEFORE rule to order the four actions. Write positions on the whole-sheet cards. Read position 3.

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Cards: Mark trail [2]; Read chart [8]; Raise flag [4]; Check lamps [0]. Rules: Read chart BEFORE Mark trail; Check lamps BEFORE Raise flag; Mark trail BEFORE Raise flag; Read chart BEFORE Check lamps; Check lamps BEFORE Mark trail. Read card position 3.

Clue 5 of 6

Flag

Flag desk: Start at S. Follow EVERY arrow one square, including revisited cells. Record only the endpoint digit.

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Grid rows: 0, 2, 4, 6 / 3, 5, 7, 9 / 6, 8, 0, 2. Start row 1, column 1. Moves: right, down, right, up, left, down, right, down; one square per move.

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.

Moonlight Camping Quest: 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): MOTH=shade; GLIM=sun Floor (Kit): A-B=dry; C-D=damp Water (Lantern): 5=still; 8=flow Food (Plan): 2=seed; 8=leaf Entry (Flag): 0=wide; 2=narrow Parts (one per layer, top to bottom) Roof: R1=shade; R2=sun Floor: F2=damp; F1=dry Water: W1=still; W2=flow Food: D2=seed; D1=leaf Entry: E1=wide; E2=narrow Build rule Choose each part meeting its recovered requirement. Report five part IDs top to bottom, with hyphens.

Start after: Food, Kit, Lantern, Plan, Flag