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Space missions

Run an imaginary control room: restore a receiving panel, schedule cargo releases or design a shelter beside an observatory. All the evidence is on paper.

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

Satellite Signal Desk

Restore a receiving panel. Infer the signal legend and use the recovered instructions to set the controls.

Lunar Cargo Manifest

Schedule the cargo release. Combine event reports with work and travel windows to produce a run sheet.

Observatory Night Chart

Design a moth shelter. Use the fictional field observations to connect the shelter’s required parts.

Different ways to finish the mission

The setting stays in space, while the final tasks change. A signal game checks a control configuration, a timetable game orders events, and a habitat game checks linked requirements. Read the game’s family label and preview to choose the reasoning you want.

Plan a resource route Build a timetable Decode a signal Connect a habitat

All 9 space missions

Cupcake Constellation: 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

Cupcake Constellation

The display lights are controlled by pulses that may move more than one dial. Work together to configure the constellation display.

6 clues · 2–6 players · No cutting

See clues & prepare

Satellite Signal Desk: 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

Satellite Signal Desk

A training log has signal meanings but no complete legend for the receiving panel. Work together to set the satellite receiving panel.

6 clues · 2–6 players · No cutting

See clues & prepare

Lunar Cargo Manifest: 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

Lunar Cargo Manifest

The cargo notes say what must happen first, but the release timetable has been erased. Work together to reconstruct the cargo release schedule.

6 clues · 2–6 players · No cutting

See clues & prepare

Observatory Night Chart: 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.

Connect a habitat

Ages 8–10 · Est. 35–50 min

Observatory Night Chart

Observers must choose a quiet garden shelter using the night chart and field records. Work together to design the observatory moth shelter.

6 clues · 2–6 players · No cutting

See clues & prepare

Meteor Route Control: 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

Meteor Route Control

One shortcut is closed and a supply stop is required before the final crossing. Work together to plot the survey supply route.

6 clues · 2–6 players · No cutting

See clues & prepare

Mars Greenhouse Registry: 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.

Connect a habitat

Ages 8–10 · Est. 35–50 min

Mars Greenhouse Registry

The planting bed must match the resources and conditions in the greenhouse registry. Work together to build the moon-bean growing bed.

6 clues · 2–6 players · No cutting

See clues & prepare

Rooftop Shuttle Route: 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

Rooftop Shuttle Route

The shuttle route must visit a charger before it reaches the roof where the boxes are needed. Work together to plan the rooftop supply route.

6 clues · 2–6 players · No cutting

See clues & prepare

Dusk Observatory Shift: The team needs time for both the job and the journey. It cannot start before the earliest time, leave a window unfinished, or arrive after the deadline. Which departure window works? Times are minutes after opening.

Build a timetable

Ages 8–10 · Est. 35–50 min

Dusk Observatory Shift

The crew needs a slot long enough for setup and travel before the observing window closes. Work together to rebuild the dusk observing schedule.

6 clues · 2–6 players · No cutting

See clues & prepare

Fog-Bell Signal: 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. The desk uses this message when handling the fog-bell panel.

Decode a signal

Ages 8–10 · Est. 35–50 min

Fog-Bell Signal

The training cards give pairs of meanings in mixed order; shared signals reveal the missing legend. Work together to configure the fog-bell panel.

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