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Robots and inventions

Use an imaginary workshop or dispatch desk to restore controllers, plan repairs and resolve a delivery problem. Paper and pencils do all the work.

Designed for ages 8–10, 2–6 children and an adult host. Check each game’s estimate and clues before printing.

Choose by the job to solve

Robot Talent Show

Set the robot show controller. Recover the signal legend and apply the instructions to the final panel.

Clockmaker Birthday Repair

Reconstruct a repair schedule. Combine timing windows and before/after reports into one run sheet.

Balloon Railway Switch

Configure railway switches. Use the recovered pulse instructions and check the control configuration.

Different ways to finish the mission

Controllers use signal interpretation, repair schedules use ordering constraints, and delivery jobs use route conditions. No electronics or physical construction is needed; each game supplies its own rules and recording sheets.

Plan a resource route Build a timetable Decode a signal

All 9 robots and inventions

Toy Workshop Delivery: Each signal means one different word. Use the training examples to recover the legend. Words marked "any order" may be swapped; compare shared signals across cards. Decode the received message from left to right.

Decode a signal

Ages 8–10 · Est. 35–50 min

Toy Workshop Delivery

The sorter remembers its dial positions but has lost the labels on its pulse cards. Work together to configure the toy parcel sorter.

6 clues · 2–6 players · No cutting

See clues & prepare

Robot Talent Show: Each signal means one different word. Use the training examples to recover the legend. Words marked "any order" may be swapped; compare shared signals across cards. Decode the received message from left to right.

Decode a signal

Ages 8–10 · Est. 35–50 min

Robot Talent Show

The robots need a checked starting configuration before the curtain can open. Work together to set the robot show controller.

6 clues · 2–6 players · No cutting

See clues & prepare

Snow Train Celebration: 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.

Plan a resource route

Ages 8–10 · Est. 35–50 min

Snow Train Celebration

The banner poles are too bulky for some passages between the train carriages. Work together to route the banner delivery.

6 clues · 2–6 players · No cutting

See clues & prepare

Clockmaker Birthday Repair: Arrange the four event cards using every witness note. "Immediately before" means there is no event between them. Report the requested position after the whole order has been checked.

Build a timetable

Ages 8–10 · Est. 35–50 min

Clockmaker Birthday Repair

The clock repair cards must be returned to an order that allows every check to happen. Work together to reconstruct the clock repair schedule.

6 clues · 2–6 players · No cutting

See clues & prepare

Balloon Railway Switch: Each signal means one different word. Use the training examples to recover the legend. Words marked "any order" may be swapped; compare shared signals across cards. Decode the received message from left to right.

Decode a signal

Ages 8–10 · Est. 35–50 min

Balloon Railway Switch

A test pulse moved several switches together; the starting positions are still recorded. Work together to configure the railway switches.

6 clues · 2–6 players · No cutting

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Inventor Relay Assembly: Each signal means one different word. Use the training examples to recover the legend. Words marked "any order" may be swapped; compare shared signals across cards. Decode the received message from left to right.

Decode a signal

Ages 8–10 · Est. 35–50 min

Inventor Relay Assembly

Each recovered pulse may turn several dials, so every test record matters. Work together to configure the relay machine.

6 clues · 2–6 players · No cutting

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Bridge Supply Convoy: 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.

Plan a resource route

Ages 8–10 · Est. 35–50 min

Bridge Supply Convoy

The convoy must collect rope before the crossing, avoid a closed lane and carry enough repair supplies. Work together to route the bridge repair convoy.

6 clues · 2–6 players · No cutting

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Community Oven Orders: Arrange the four event cards using every witness note. "Immediately before" means there is no event between them. Report the requested position after the whole order has been checked.

Build a timetable

Ages 8–10 · Est. 35–50 min

Community Oven Orders

The model bakery has cooling and packing steps that must fit between the order checks. Work together to reconstruct the paper bakery run.

6 clues · 2–6 players · No cutting

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Relay Station Echo: Each signal means one different word. Use the training examples to recover the legend. These examples keep their order. Decode the received message from left to right. The desk uses this message when handling the echo receiver.

Decode a signal

Ages 8–10 · Est. 35–50 min

Relay Station Echo

A receiver repeats its inputs; the crew must distinguish the signal order from an unordered training key. Work together to set the echo receiver.

6 clues · 2–6 players · No cutting

See clues & prepare

Prepare the table

Each team needs its own clue pages and record sheets. Choose players, teams and paper on the game page to see the exact page plan. Keep the answer and hint sections with the host; invitations and certificates are optional.

Print and sort the pack · Host two teams