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Welcome to the garden post office. A rain shower mixed the delivery notes before the mail round. Your team has the original records on the table. First recover five pieces of information, then use the final plan to reconstruct the mail round. Keep every result beside its badge so another teammate can check your reasoning.
Rotate player roles · Choose a useful hint · Manage two teams
Read the event letters and all three witness notes.
Join immediately-before pairs as a block; other before notes set the direction between blocks.
Try the remaining positions, then check every note against your full order before reading the requested position.
D
The before relationships connect all four events. Place linked cards, check any immediate handoff and then read the specified position. Result: D.
Start with the status field in Envelope list.
The tag links an item to a bay; rows in separate records need not line up.
Keep only entries meeting every status test. Follow each printed join to the report field; do not guess from row position.
RING
Check source status first, then join the matching tag and bay. The useful information comes from separate records, not their printed row order. Result: RING.
Find the starting square and read the full move list.
Each move changes just one square. Keep track of row and column after each move.
Trace the moves one at a time, then retrace them to check the final square before recording its value.
1
The route ends at row 2, column 3. That cell gives 1. Result: 1.
Find opening stock, closing stock and the DONE or CANCELLED marks.
Only completed entries change stock. A cancelled plan cannot be added or subtracted.
Apply every known completed change to opening stock. Compare that result with closing stock to recover the missing completed return.
3
Known stock: 10 + 4 - 1 = 13. Closing stock 16 minus 13 gives the missing return 3. Cancelled +7 never arrived. Result: 3.
Find the symbol key and the message strip.
Use the same key every time a symbol repeats. Read the message in its printed order.
Write the complete decoded word, check every symbol, then use the conversion row for that exact word.
6
The decoded word is MAIL; its row gives 6. Result: 6.
Keep the five named results beside the final plan and find the key for each badge.
Each badge controls a different fact, road leg, order note, pulse or habitat layer. Use the matching key exactly once.
Check the completed product against all five recovered facts. If two answers remain, locate the fact that distinguishes them rather than guessing.
B-D-A-F-C-E
The five recovered order notes link all six events. Arrange them into one continuous order. Removing any link leaves two neighboring sections without a known order. Checked result: B-D-A-F-C-E.
Pause whenever the group needs a break. This is a planning estimate.