joshuaandClaude Opus 5.5
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Game pack 3: 22 new games (19-40), 40 in total. - New engines: dial (Wavelength / Mind Meld), twin (Twin Rooms / Spot the Difference, incl. mirror mode) and blueprint (Describe & Draw, incl. peeks, overlap scoring and a rotated Builder canvas) - Labyrinth: items and doors (Hedge Maze) - Defuse: manualFrom, roles swapping every level behind a Ready card, and duplicate wire modules (Tick Tock: Switch) - Generic time limits for the new engines; sync/defuse successEnding - Library: engine-label chips and filters; Noto Color Emoji font - Validation: Appendix A checks ported, with a per-game summary - Quote comma/colon-split labels in five new YAMLs (wording unchanged) - Tests for all new engines and sanitized payloads of all 22 games - Docs: CLAUDE.md, GAMES.md (pack 3 spoiler guide), How to Play Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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id: snowbound-edelweiss
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engine: story
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category: murder-mystery
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title: Snowbound at the Edelweiss
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tagline: Switzerland, 1965. A blizzard, a ski champion, and tracks the snow is slowly erasing.
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estimatedMinutes: 40
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difficulty: 4
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players: { min: 2, max: 2 }
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theme: { primary: "#274c77", accent: "#e7ecef", background: "#070c12", headingFont: "Playfair Display" }
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rules:
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hintPenaltySeconds: 180
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roles:
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A:
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name: The Inspector
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blurb: You came up on the last train before the pass closed. Statements, the doctor's notes, the evidence bag.
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B:
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name: The Concierge
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blurb: You run the Edelweiss. Logs, charts, the switchboard, and every guest's habits.
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intro: |
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**Hotel Edelweiss, above Zermatt. January 1965.**
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The blizzard closed the pass at nine. By dawn, a metre of snow, and **Bruno Keller**, Olympic champion and
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owner of the Edelweiss, lies dead in the snow beside the old ski hut, 200 metres from the hotel.
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Two sets of tracks lead to the hut: Bruno's boot prints going out, and a pair of ski tracks that go out
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**and come back**. The snow has been filling them in all night.
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⚠️ *Expert case: locks give you facts, not the killer. One accusation, four parts. Make it count.*
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suspects:
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- id: lotte
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name: Lotte Keller
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role: Bruno's wife
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description: Ran the hotel while Bruno chased medals. Inherits everything.
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- id: hans
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name: Hans Brunner
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role: Former rival
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description: Bruno's great rival until a crash at last year's championship ended his career.
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- id: ingrid
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name: Dr Ingrid Falk
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role: Hotel physician
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description: Hands out sleeping pills like sweets. Knows everyone's secrets.
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- id: pierre
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name: Pierre Moreau
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role: Investor
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description: Wants to buy the Edelweiss and turn it into a casino. Bruno said no. Loudly.
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- id: sophie
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name: Sophie Weiss
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role: Ski technician and instructor
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description: Bruno's protégée. Prepares the racers' skis. Adored him.
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chapters:
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- id: ch1
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title: Snow in the Tracks
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narrative: |
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The ski tracks are partly filled with fresh snow. Measure how much, and you know when they were made.
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clues:
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A:
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- id: a1-measure
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title: Police measurements at 06:00
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type: report
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body: |
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| Tracks | Fresh snow lying inside them |
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|--------|------------------------------|
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| Bruno's boot prints (going out) | **9 cm** |
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| The ski tracks (out and back) | **7 cm** |
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- id: a1-body
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title: Dr Falk's examination
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type: report
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body: |
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One heavy blow to the back of the head, something long and hard. A ski pole basket was
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found pressed into the snow beside him.
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B:
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- id: b1-barometer
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title: Hotel weather log
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type: log
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body: |
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| Time | Snowfall rate |
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|------|---------------|
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| 20:00 – 22:00 | 1 cm per hour |
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| 22:00 – 02:00 | **3 cm per hour** (blizzard peak) |
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| 02:00 – 06:00 | 0.5 cm per hour |
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*Snow settles evenly in tracks and on open ground.*
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lock:
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id: lock-snow
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prompt: At what time were the ski tracks made?
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inputType: code
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format: "HH:MM"
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answers: ["0020", "020", "1220", "1220AM"]
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hints:
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- Work backwards from 06:00. How much snow fell between 02:00 and 06:00?
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- 2 cm fell from 02:00 to 06:00. The ski tracks need 5 cm more, at 3 cm per hour.
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- 5 cm at 3 cm/hour is 1 hour 40 minutes before 02:00, so 00:20. (Bruno walked out at 23:40.)
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successText: |
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**00:20.** Bruno walked out to the hut at 23:40. Someone followed him **on skis at 00:20**,
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and skied back to the hotel.
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keyName: Snowflake Key
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- id: ch2
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title: The Wax
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narrative: |
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Racing skis are waxed for the temperature. The lab scraped wax from the ski tracks.
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clues:
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A:
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- id: a2-lab
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title: Lab note on the wax residue
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type: report
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body: |
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Hard racing wax. Manufacturer's rating: **−10 °C to −18 °C**.
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Not a rental-ski wax. Applied fresh, within the last day.
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B:
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- id: b2-chart
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title: Ski room wax chart
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type: table
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body: |
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| Wax colour | Temperature range |
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|------------|-------------------|
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| Yellow | 0 to −2 °C |
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| Red | −2 to −6 °C |
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| Violet | −4 to −10 °C |
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| Blue | −8 to −14 °C |
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| **Green** | **−10 to −18 °C** |
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| Polar | −16 to −30 °C |
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- id: b2-log
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title: Ski room wax log, yesterday
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type: log
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body: |
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| Skis | Waxed by | Wax |
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|------|----------|-----|
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| Lotte Keller (touring) | Sophie | Blue |
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| Pierre Moreau (rental) | Sophie | Red |
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| Dr Falk (touring) | herself | Violet |
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| Hans Brunner (racing) | Sophie | Green |
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| Sophie Weiss (racing) | herself | Green |
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| Bruno Keller (racing) | Sophie | Green, *but Bruno walked, not skied* |
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lock:
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id: lock-wax
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prompt: What colour wax was in the tracks?
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inputType: text
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format: One colour
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answers: ["GREEN"]
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hints:
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- Match the lab's temperature rating to the chart exactly.
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- −10 °C to −18 °C.
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- Green.
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successText: |
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**Green.** Only two pairs of skis that could have made those tracks were waxed green: **Hans's** and **Sophie's**.
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keyName: Wax Key
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- id: ch3
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title: Signals from the Hut
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narrative: |
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The night porter saw a lantern at the ski hut around 00:10, and someone signalling with ski poles.
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He drew what he saw.
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clues:
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A:
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- id: a3-porter
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title: The night porter's sketch, from the lobby window
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type: diagram
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body: |
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```
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Signal Pole on MY left Pole on MY right
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1 Low Down
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2 High Low
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3 High Out
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4 High Down
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5 High Low
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6 High Out
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7 Low Low
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8 High High
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```
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*"He was facing the hotel, waving them about like a madman. Then the lantern went out."*
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B:
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- id: b3-chart
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title: Edelweiss Ski School pole signal chart
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type: table
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body: |
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**Written from the SIGNALLER'S point of view** (their own left and right pole).
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| Left ↓ \ Right → | Down | Low | Out | High | Up |
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|------------------|------|-----|-----|------|----|
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| **Down** | A | B | C | D | E |
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| **Low** | F | G | H | I | J |
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| **Out** | K | L | M | N | O |
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| **High** | P | Q | R | S | T |
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| **Up** | U | V | W | X | Y |
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- id: b3-hans
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title: Hans's window
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type: note
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body: |
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Room 4, Hans Brunner's, is the only guest room that faces the ski hut.
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Bruno asked you yesterday to "make sure Hans looks out of his window at midnight".
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lock:
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id: lock-signal
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prompt: What word did Bruno signal?
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inputType: text
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format: One word
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answers: ["BINDINGS"]
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hints:
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- The porter was facing Bruno. His left is Bruno's right.
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- Swap each pair. Signal 1 becomes Bruno's left = Down, right = Low.
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- B-I-N-D-I-N-G-S.
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successText: |
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**"BINDINGS."** Bruno was signalling to Hans's window. He wanted to tell Hans something
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about the **bindings** that tore loose in last year's championship crash.
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keyName: Pole Key
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- id: ch4
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title: Who Was Where
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narrative: |
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Two people had green-waxed skis. Where were they at 00:20?
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clues:
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A:
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- id: a4-rooms
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title: Guest register
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type: table
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body: |
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| Room | Guest |
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|------|-------|
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| 1 | Bruno & Lotte Keller |
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| 2 | Pierre Moreau |
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| 3 | Dr Ingrid Falk |
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| 4 | Hans Brunner |
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| 5 | Sophie Weiss |
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- id: a4-sophie
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title: Sophie's statement
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type: transcript
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body: |
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"Dr Falk gave me a sleeping pill at eleven. I took it and slept like a stone until the screaming at dawn."
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- id: a4-falk
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title: Dr Falk's private note
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type: note
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body: |
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*Gave Sophie a pill at 23:00. She thanked me... then tipped it into the rubber plant when she thought I wasn't looking. Didn't say anything. Not my business.*
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B:
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- id: b4-switchboard
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title: Switchboard log
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type: log
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body: |
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| Time | Room | Call |
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|------|------|------|
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| 23:15 | 2 | Outside line, Paris. 6 min. |
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| 00:05 – 00:40 | **4** | Outside line, Zürich. "A manager. Long call, lots of shouting." |
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| 00:50 | 1 | Room service: hot chocolate, two cups |
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- id: b4-bar
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title: Barman's note
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type: note
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body: |
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Card game in the lounge until 01:00: Madame Keller, Monsieur Moreau, Dr Falk. None of them left the table.
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lock:
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id: lock-where
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prompt: Which green-wax skier has no alibi at 00:20?
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inputType: choice
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options:
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- { id: hans, label: Hans Brunner }
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- { id: sophie, label: Sophie Weiss }
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answers: ["sophie"]
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hints:
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- Match the switchboard's room number to the guest register.
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- Room 4 was on the phone from 00:05 to 00:40. That's Hans.
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- Sophie says she was asleep, but she never took the pill.
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successText: |
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**Sophie.** Hans was shouting down the phone to Zürich the whole time (and missed Bruno's signal).
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Sophie claims she slept, but she poured her sleeping pill into a plant.
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keyName: Switchboard Key
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- id: ch5
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title: The Paper Strip
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narrative: |
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In Bruno's glove: a long, narrow strip of paper covered in letters. Bruno used to say that a message
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wrapped around a ski pole is "the oldest trick in the Alps."
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clues:
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A:
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- id: a5-strip
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title: The unwound strip
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type: note
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body: |
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## THCHWCEAICSDRNEAONSAT
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*Pencil marks show it was wound tightly around something round.*
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B:
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- id: b5-pole
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title: Bruno's ski pole grip
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type: photo
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body: |
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*A leather grip, thin and worn. A strip of paper wound round it shows **exactly 3 letters per turn**, one under the other.*
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*(Wind the letters down in columns of 3, then read across.)*
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- id: b5-clipping
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title: Newspaper clipping, one year ago
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type: document
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body: |
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**BRUNNER CRASHES OUT. CAREER OVER.**
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*"...his binding tore loose at 90 km/h. The skis had been prepared that morning by
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his young technician, **Mlle S. Weiss**, who was inconsolable."*
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lock:
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id: lock-strip
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prompt: What does the strip say?
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inputType: text
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format: The message
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answers: ["THECRASHWASNOACCIDENT"]
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hints:
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- Write the letters into columns, 3 letters per column, top to bottom.
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- Column 1 is T-H-C, column 2 is H-W-C, column 3 is E-A-I...
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- Read the top row, then the middle, then the bottom. THE CRASH WAS NO ACCIDENT.
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successText: |
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**"THE CRASH WAS NO ACCIDENT."** Bruno knew the binding had been loosened deliberately.
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The person who prepared Hans's skis that morning was Sophie Weiss.
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keyName: Scytale Key
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finale:
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type: accusation
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prompt: The snowplough is coming up the pass. One accusation, four parts.
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maxAttempts: 1
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questions:
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- id: who
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label: Who killed Bruno Keller?
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options:
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- { id: lotte, label: Lotte Keller }
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- { id: hans, label: Hans Brunner }
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- { id: ingrid, label: Dr Ingrid Falk }
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- { id: pierre, label: Pierre Moreau }
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- { id: sophie, label: Sophie Weiss }
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answer: sophie
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- id: how
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label: How?
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options:
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- { id: skis, label: Followed him to the hut on green-waxed racing skis at 00:20 and struck him with a ski pole }
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- { id: walked, label: Walked out with him at 23:40 and pushed him }
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- { id: pills, label: Drugged his drink so he collapsed in the snow }
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- { id: window, label: Threw something from Room 4's window }
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answer: skis
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- id: why
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label: Why?
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options:
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- { id: inherit, label: To inherit the hotel }
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- { id: casino, label: He refused to sell the hotel }
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- { id: crash, label: He was about to reveal she had loosened Hans's binding before last year's crash }
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- { id: rival, label: Revenge for ending a career }
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answer: crash
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- id: signal
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label: Who was Bruno signalling to?
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options:
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- { id: hans, label: "Hans, to tell him the truth about the crash" }
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- { id: lotte, label: "Lotte, to call for help" }
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- { id: porter, label: "The porter, to send a doctor" }
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- { id: sophie, label: "Sophie, to warn her" }
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answer: hans
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successEnding: |
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Sophie doesn't cry. She just looks out at the hut, half buried now.
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"I loosened one screw. One. I wanted Hans to lose, not to... and Bruno covered for me. For a year.
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Then he said he couldn't live with it. He was going to tell Hans at midnight, and the federation in the morning."
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She saw Bruno walk out at 23:40, waxed her racing skis green for the cold, and followed him at 00:20.
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He was still waving his poles at Hans's dark window when she reached him.
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**Case closed.** 🏔️🔑
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failEnding: |
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The plough arrives, the pass opens, and the wrong person goes down the mountain in handcuffs.
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reveal: |
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**Sophie Weiss** skied out on **green-waxed racing skis at 00:20** and struck Bruno with a ski pole, because he
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was about to reveal she had **loosened Hans's binding** before last year's crash. Bruno was signalling
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**"BINDINGS"** to **Hans's window**.
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