Cabinet of Echoes
Six places in the cabinet.
A cabinet has been emptied, its glass panel turned dark, and two accession labels switched. One of you holds the curator's notes, the other the conservator's records. Rebuild the display without looking at each other's sheets.
Complete opening puzzle · Two hints · Worked answer · No purchase needed
Different papers.
One shared deduction.
Use one device each. Choose different roles, keep your clues private and talk freely. Each device checks its own answer. Playing alone? Choose the solo preview to read both sheets.
Choose a role above, or open the role sheets below.
For your partner: Open the other role on their device ↗
Curator
All directions refer to the cabinet viewed from the front. Top and bottom rows have three places each. A relation such as left of compares column numbers, even across rows. Immediately left means the adjacent place in the same row.
| Code | Object |
|---|---|
| A | Arch |
| B | Bell |
| C | Cup |
| D | Disc |
| E | Eye |
| F | Fan |
- A is in a column to the left of B.
- C is in the bottom row.
- D is in the leftmost column.
Conservator
The object codes A-F appear in your partner's inventory. Directly above means the same column in the top row. These notes are all reliable.
- B is in the rightmost column.
- F is immediately to the right of D, in the same row.
- E is directly above F.
Your shared answer.
Place the six objects A-F into a cabinet with two rows and three columns. Use each object once and fill every place. Give the top row, then the bottom row, both left to right.
One hint at a time.
Hint 1
The E/F vertical pair fixes which row contains F. Combine this with the D/F horizontal pair.
Hint 2
F must be in the bottom row, D in bottom-left, F bottom-middle, and E top-middle. Locate C and B next.
Worked answer · reveals the solution
Top row: A E B. Bottom row: D F C. E above F puts F in the bottom row. Because F is immediately right of D and D is leftmost, D and F occupy bottom-left and bottom-middle; E occupies top-middle. C is bottom-row and therefore bottom-right. B is rightmost, so B is top-right. A fills top-left and is indeed left of B. Every object and position is used exactly once.
Keep the curiosity going.
The complete printable game contains this opening puzzle and two more cases, with separate role sheets, hints and worked answers. A4 and US Letter files are included. The answers stay fixed on replay.
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AI-assisted text and artwork. This is the same first puzzle as the free PDF and paid edition, with the same answer. Solutions were checked computationally; independent human playtesting is not claimed.