Hand Me Down - Walkthroughs

Mild hint

Annoy or lure Catsby down to the reception, then make him happy and he should disappear (if you're not watching).

Full walkthrough

Start in the Upper East hallway.

1. Annoy him by taking his sunlight.

   > stand in sunlight. z. z. z. z. z.

2. Find Catsby now in the Reception.

   > w. d. e. s.

3. Get a can of cat food.

   > n. w. w. n. w. get can

4. Open the can.

   > e. open can. get can

5. Put in in the cat food bowl.

   > s. e. e. s.
   > pour can

6. Wait for Catsby to eat it.

   > z. z. z.

7. Hide in the Games Room so he has privacy to go to the bathroom outside.

   > e. z.

8. Take the invitation.

   > w. get paper

Mild hint

Rabbit will give you an invitation if you are wearing a costume and have something shareable. And if you ask nicely.

Full walkthrough

Start near the tree and with a costume and something shareable.

1. Check you have a costume and a shareable.

   > score

2. Ask for an invitation.

   > ask rabbit for invitation

Mild hint

Someone has returned their invitation. It's just a matter of checking the mail.

Full walkthrough

1. Note the key hooks, then the bins underneath

   > x hooks. x missing. x bins.
                                   

2. The letterbox key hook has presumably fallen in the compost bin. Let's go check the compost.

   > s. e. s. e. n
   > x compost
   > dig compost. g. g. g.
                                       

3. You found a necklace with a key!

   > x necklace. x necklace's key.
                                       

4. Head to the letter box

   > s. w. s. s.
                                       

5. Open the letter box and take the letters

   > unlock letter box and open it
                                       

6. Turn the bundle of mail into a pile of mail

   > get mail and read it
                                       

7. Notice the returned letter and that it's okay to open

   > x returned letter
   > open returned letter
                                       

Mild hint

The snail in the vegetable garden knows where an invitation is, and will rush to get it.

Full walkthrough

Start in the Vegetable garden. We assume we haven't found the snail.

1. Find the sleeping snail

   > listen to snoring

2. Wake them up

   > wake snail

3. Ask him about invitations

   > ask snail about invitation

4. Wait for him to leave at super-speed

   > z. z. z. z. z. z.

5. He mentions a short cut, open it for him

   > open door. enter

6. Open the front door

   > open door.

7. Head to the statue garden, where the snail is headed

   > s. w. n. w. w.

8. Wait for the snail

   > z. z. z. z. z. z. z. z. z. z. z. z. z. z. z. z. z. z.

9. Take the invitation from the exhausted snail

   > take invitation

Note You don't have to open the shortcut for him, and you can enjoy the wild ride by hanging with him the entire time, although he himself takes a shortcut from the driveway to the state garden. You can also go do other puzzles and come back to him later in the statue garden.

Mild hint

In the basement, someone has put Ruby's invitation on ice. Maybe it was all a bit of hot air.

Full walkthrough

We assume we are in the End of the Basement.

Ruby's invitation is inside a security box inside a block of ice, inside a safe-like ice-box.

1. Open the ice box

   > turn handle. pull bolt. open door.

2. Get the block of ice onto the floor

   push ice box

3. We now want the ice block near the vent to the boiler. But if we push it, it will slide on past. We need to block it.

   Note You can use anything sufficiently heavy. the weight from the Master Bedroom is another good choice.

   > w. w. get vest. e. drop vest.

4. Push the ice block

   > e. push block.

5. Wait for the ice to melt

   > w. z. z. z. z. z. z. z.

6. Examine the security box.

   > x security box

7. Rubyage is a hint: Ruby's age. Which is 16 because this is her sweet sixteenth birthday.

   > turn dial to 16

8. Take your invitation

   > take invitation

Note This puzzle is a slight homage to the Babelfish puzzle in Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and the craze of excessively wrapping a present for someone.

Mild hint

You will need to find:

• A book of archaeology
• A utility vest
• Khakis

Full walkthrough

• The Cool Kids Book of Ancient History is in the Study, in the left bookshelf.

  You need to WEAR COOL KIDS BOOK to make it part of the costume.

• The utility vest is in the Basement.
• The khakis are in the Gardener's House.

Mild hint

You will need to find:

• A captain's hat
• A captain's jacket
• Medals

Full walkthrough

• The captain's hat is in the Children's Room, hanging off a chalk bucket.
• The captain's jacket is in the Reception in an open frame.

  > x frame. take jacket

• The medals are in the Study, in the middle (medal) shelf. You will need to get keys.
  1. In the Study

     > x middle shelf.
     > open drawer. take key.

  2. Unlock and take the medals.

     > unlock medals. open medals. take medals.

Mild hint

You will need to find:

• A cool shirt
• Sunglasses
• A surfboard keyring

Full walkthrough

• The cool Hawaiian shirt is in the Observatory, on the back of a chair.
• The sunglasses are in the Master Bedroom, in the night stand.
• The surfboard keyring is in a mound of compost in the Vegetable Garden.

  > dig compost. g. g. g.

Mild hint

You will need to find:

• Monster head
• Monster teeth
• Monster tail

Full walkthrough

• The Monster head is in the Lounge, disguised as a cushion on the couch.
• The Monster teeth are in the Dining Room, hidden in the sugar bowl.

  > x nook. open sugar bowl. get teeth.

• The Monster tail is hidden under the bed in the Children's Room.

  > look under bed. get tail

Mild hint

You will need to find:

• Princess tiara
• Princess armour
• Red dahlia

Full walkthrough

TODO:

• The Princess tiara is in the Games Room, on the shelves.

  > x shelves. get tiara. read folded card.

• The Princess armour is in the Children's Room, in the closet.

  > open closet. get armour.

• The Red Dahlia is in a garden bed, Outside the Gardener's House.

  > x bed. take flower

  You need to WEAR DAHLIA to make it part of the costume.

Mild hint

Find all the pieces to the board game in the Statue Garden.

Full walkthrough

We will first need the board game, then find all the pieces in the statue garden. Start in the Games Room

1. Take the boardgame

   > take board game

2. Read why the pieces are missing

   > read sticky note in board game

3. Note which pieces are missing

   > x board game

4. Go to the Statue Garden

   > w. n. w. w. w.

5. Examine the statues

   > x statues

6. Get the green token from the Creator

   > x creator
   > x small table
   > take green token

7. Get the purple token from the Explorer

   > x explorer
   > x telescope
   > take purple token

8. Get the red token from the Princess

   > x princess
   > x globe
   > take red token

9. Get the blue token from the Host

   > x host
   > x truncated table
   > take blue token

10. Get the yellow token from the Observer

    > x observer
    > x hand
    > take yellow token

11. Find the hidden dice in the only other thing in the Statue Garden.

    > x fountain
    > look in fountain

Mild hint

There are five phases to Grandpa's life that are hidden around the manor.

Full walkthrough

You can do this in any order, but we'll do it chronologically. Start in the Study.

1. Check the computer and get rid of the screensaver

   > x monitor
   > move mouse

2. Learn about his memoirs

   > read document

3. Go to the West wing of the Grand Hallway and look at his war picture

   > n. e. d. w.
   > x picture

4. Research his medals in the Study

   > e. u. w. s.
   > x middle shelves
   > x right shelves
   > look up medals in navy book

   Note Unlike the Captain's costume, you don't need to unlock the medals for this.

5. Go to the Master Bedroom

   > n. sw.

6. Look at the picture in the closet

   > open closet
   > x frame

7. Learn about his wife and the end of his life in the Dining Room.

   > n. e. d. w. s.
   > x mantel
   > x picture

Note There is a much faster path.

Mild hint

You once won a puzzle coin, but someone has sent it on a journey.

Full walkthrough

We need to find the crashed model plane and find a way to open it. Start Halfway to the manor

1. Get the crashed model plane

   > climb tree
   > search leaves
   > climb down

2. Get the secret compartment instructions in the Dining Room

   > n. n. w. s.
   > x nook
   > x newspaper rack
   > read model plane instructions

3. Unlock the plane with the secret sequence of moves. You know you are doing the right thing if it clicks softly. Otherwise it clunks and resets.

   > turn propeller
   > push left aileron
   > turn propeller
   > turn propeller
   > lift right aileron
   > turn rudder to the right
   > push wheels
   > push controls

4. Success! Take everything from the secret compartment plane

   > search compartment
   > take all from compartment
   > x coin

5. Put the coin in the keepsake box in the Dining Room

   > take keepsake box
   > put coin in box

Mild hint

You'll need to fill a picnic basket with things to eat, a drink and a picnic blanket. Specifically: cheese, crackers, juice, a blanket, and a basket to store it all in.

Full walkthrough

Start in the Vegetable Garden.

1. Get the picnic basket and enjoy the description and hint for the puzzle

   > get basket
   > x basket

2. Get some cheese from the fridge in the Kitchen

   > s. w. n. w. n.
   > open fridge
   > get cheese

3. Get some fizzy grape juice from the Cellar

   > s. d. s.
   > search shelf
   > take juice

4. Get some crackers, hidden in the Children's Room

   > n. u. e. u. e. s.
   > x bed
   > x pillow
   > look under pillow
   > get crackers

5. Get a picnic blanket from Master Bedroom

   > n. w. w. sw.
   > open closet
   > get blanket

Mild hint

In the observatory, follow the scientific process suggested and solve some tricky puzzles. If you show things to the octopus, he might be able to help.

Full walkthrough

This is a Proper Puzzle™ requiring you to make some intuitive/logical leaps and write things on paper.

Start in the Observatory

1. Get the entire scientific process in a sticky note

   > read pink sticky note

2. Observe that we have received some preliminary data

   > x monitor

3. Dismiss the screensaver

   > move mouse

4. Print the primary report and read it.

   > press 1
   > get primary report
   > read primary report

5. So we know all the data was received. None was corrupted, but they are out-of-order. We need to reorder them.
6. Note that there are 40 data triples.
7. Note that each triple is of the form (x,y | c), with x and y between 1 and 7. This might suggest a 7x7 square with maybe 9 spaces.
8. Note that each last bit of the triple is a number between 1 and 26. There is a handy conversion chart on the whiteboard.

   > x sticker

9. For each triple (x,y | c), look up the last number in the alphabet, then put that at (x,y)
10. The message reads: TWEAK RECV TO CBAND SIX PT FIVE ELLIPSE THREE ONE. We turn the radio on and use those settings.

    > turn radio on
    > x panel
    > turn band to c-band
    > push up
    > set polarization to elliptical 3-1

11. Ask the computer to receive data

    > push 0
    > x monitor
    > push 2
    > read secondary report

12. Similar puzzle to before, except we have also lost some data. Decode in the same way to get the message: ?IX?E?N ?T F??E ?IR?U?A?. We repair this to SIXTEEN PT FIVE CIRCULAR
13. Playing around with the band select and noting the frequency ranges, you can tell which band is 16.5 GHz: X-Band

    > set band to x-band
    > x panel
    > push up. g. g. g. g. g. g.
    > set polarization to circular
    > push 0
    > push 3

14. The final report! This is a bit different. It details a bunch of deltas, which is physicist language for changes. On a grid, start somewhere in the middle, then follow the changes. For example Δ(3,3) means go right 3 spots and up 3 spots. Draw straight lines between subsequent points and you'll draw a figure... A heart!

    

    > x monitor
    > enter heart
    > get certificate

Note You can use cardioid, heart, heart shape, loveheart,