The Bakery at the Edge of Winter

Put four fuel counters and the fair clock on the table. Shelter heat costs two bundles and is a precondition for both meal plans. Sorting identifies only safe tagged spare fuel; damp sacks are scenery, not an unlimited drying exploit. The fair plan spends both remaining bundles in separate short batches at the great oven; the shelter plan spends one and keeps a reserve but produces fewer loaves. An optional warming delivery consumes a spare bundle, making the two-batch fair impossible with this inventory. Every productive action spends clock. At one remaining tick, the fair bell ends the two-batch opportunity; the shelter supper still works if its resources remain. No outcome takes back allocated shelter heat.

Truth and opening

Sani sent dry fuel to the mill shelter after a roof failure. Damp sacks replaced it by mistake. Four tagged dry bundles remain: two are needed for shelter heat, and two can produce two short great-oven batches. The small shelter stove can instead bake a smaller supper with one spare bundle.

120-minute route

Verify the redirected delivery 25m → Compare the fair and shelter allocations 40m → Carry out the chosen meal and spare delivery 35m

Sorting costs a turn. The extended route permits the warming cart and a supper, using all four bundles; it cannot also promise two fair batches.

People

Ed: wants Bring two baskets to the opening Offers Prepared dough and two short baking slots. Boundary: Will accept a smaller supper before taking shelter heat.

Nia: wants Use the four safe bundles carefully Offers Dry tagged offcuts and a truthful inventory. Boundary: No wet or painted wood shortcut.

Sani: wants Keep everyone warm Offers A small stove that shares heat with soup. Boundary: Two bundles remain allocated to the shelter.

Tor: wants Keep temporary sleeping rooms warm Offers A covered dough route after the shelter’s fuel is reserved. Boundary: The reserved shelter pile cannot fund another fair batch.

Events and costs

Work turns before the fair opens at most 1: The fair opens. Two new opening baskets are no longer possible; offer the smaller supper or share what is already ready.

Closures

Two baskets and a warm shelter: Great-oven batches at least 2 and Shelter heat reserved is true and Fair opening bell has rung is false

A smaller table by the stove: Shelter heat reserved is true

An honest smaller promise: Available

Recovery

If the fair bell rings, the stove remains usable while a turn and spare bundle remain. If the last fuel is spent or a route closes, share ready food and cancel the full fair meal. Never recover by confiscating the shelter allocation.