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The birthday team has arrived, but one important part of the celebration is missing. Rebuild the paper bakery order for a birthday picnic. Collect five named badge digits, then use the final sheet to finish your mission. All the clues you need are printed here. Work together and ask for a hint whenever you want.
Rotate player roles · Choose a useful hint · Manage two teams
Use the written rules rather than the printed card order.
Find the card that has no earlier card.
Place each card immediately after its predecessor; count positions from one.
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The rules form one chain: Wrap the gift → Write the label → Carry the gift → Deliver the gift. Read card 3.
Every step adds 2.
Start with the last number, not the first.
Add once more; do not skip a step.
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Add 2 to the final printed number. The allowed rule is stated on the sheet.
All parcels have the same weight.
Remove the loose weight from the total first.
Share the remaining weight equally among the parcels.
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Subtract 0 from 2, then divide by 2. Check the result in the balance rule.
Read rows from left to right; look for B.
Do not search diagonally or backwards.
Once the whole word matches, read the very next cell.
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Locate the single BOOK occurrence. The next cell contains the badge digit; other letters are filler.
The middle dashed line is the fold.
The outside right square meets the outside left square.
Find the mirror partner of the marked square and add their two printed values.
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Reflection pairs column 1 with 4 and column 2 with 3. Add the marked left cell and its reflected right cell.
Keep the five badge results visible. Every number has a badge name.
Use the order, slots, route or matching columns printed on this page.
Start with the Weights badge, then follow the printed rule.
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badge-order: Weights → Napkin → Recipe → Menu → Trays. Keep leading zeroes.
Pause whenever the group needs a break. This is a planning estimate.