1.11.02b Income Statement

Status

::FINAL-READY::

Location

• Act I: Schroeder's Restaurant. (See Consolidator 1)
• Act II: Gym (See Consolidator 2)

GC Point of Contact

Allen

Location Notes

Same as Balance Sheet Puzzle

Type

Optional Puzzle (INVESTOR)

Plot Setup

(See Consolidator 1 or 2)

Props

• Act I: 9 copies of Trenchwood version of Income Statement
• Act II: 16 copies of Peach Frontier version of Income Statement

Plot Point to Convey

None

Short Description

Followup to Balance Sheet; bizarre income statement reveals another message.

Open Time Period

(See Consolidator 1 or 2)

Staff Instructions

(See Consolidator 1 or 2)

Where To Get Materials: GC HQ

Handout Instructions: If a team is directed to this puzzle over the phone, then they will ask the onsite lab assistant for the puzzle by name. Give it to them (and don't forget to enter it in the "Teams Vs. Role Puzzles Grid" online document)

If you're assigning this puzzle to them in person, then say words to the effect of,

Uh, oh... We seem to have encountered a bit more difficulty with our finances. Please see the lab assistant at your current location and ask for the Income Statement Research Project.

SUPPLEMENTAL EMAIL

Research Project Title: Income Statement

Objective: Help Institute keep operating long enough to rescue our leader by avoiding bankruptcy

Upon Completion: See the lab assistant onsite or call the lab and speak with any lab assistant

Hints: Teams may call in for hints. But if you familiarize yourself with the attached hint document, feel free to give hints.

Answers: Teams may give answers to either onsite staff or GC HQ. Say words to the effect of,

Why of course! Using other people's money is the successful way to fund any venture! We'll get right on it.

Whenever a team correctly answers a puzzle be sure to replace the slash with an "X" in the "Teams vs. Role Puzzles Grid".

Site Close Down: See Consolidator 1 or 2

How To Give To Teams

See "Staff Instructions"

Puzzle Answer

OTHER-PEOPLES-MONEY

Puzzle Solution

Triple index the location names: section from am/pm, line from hour, letter from minute.

Manager

Allen

Hints

Ask teams what they have done, probing details if necessary (often this will get a team unstuck by themselves).

Intended Solve Process

1. Notice all the times are valid non-military times.
2. Solve for the one missing number (Rent = 3:02 AM) using standard clock arithmetic
3. Notice that the top section corresponds to AM (“Accumulated Monies”) and the bottom section corresponds to PM (“Paid Monies”). Some players may especially clued into this because “Accumulated Monies” and “Paid Monies” are not standard
4. Notice that there are exactly 12 words in each section. (“Timeline-Adjustments” and “Timeline-Restoration” each count as one word since they have hyphens.) This should suggest 12 hours.
5. Notice that the income statement is printed in a fixed-width font. This suggests that counting characters is important.
6. Now the puzzle becomes a simple look up: for example, “m:n AM” means look up the n-th character of the m-th word in the AM section.

Puzzle Data

Revenues (Accumulated Monies)
Sales	11:14 PM	O
Service	6:09 PM	T
Consulting	9:13 AM	H
Fees	1:02 AM	E
Interest	1:01 AM	R
Tachyonography	12:09 AM	-
Fortune Telling	9:12 AM	P
Timeline-Adjustments	1:02 AM	E
	3:02 PM	O
Expenses (Paid Monies)
COGS	9:12 AM	P
Particles	2:07 AM	L
Depreciation	12:17 AM	E
Butterflies	3:06 PM	S
Dinosaurs	11:09 PM	-
Insurance	2:05 AM	M
Rent	3:02 AM	O
Timeline-Restoration	1:05 AM	N
Utilities	1:02 AM	E
	9:05 AM	Y

Common Sticking Points

Sticking Point	Suggested Suggestion
Skipped figuring out the missing number
Can’t figure out how to calculate missing number	“The top section seems to add up just like times should.”
Can’t figure out what to do with the times.	“The hours go from up to 12. Is there 12 of anything else?” Or “It’s interesting that the largest number of minutes is 17.”

Response to Correct Answer

See Staff Instructions

To Do

Convert and upload Word document hints to Hints section.