This edition is being prepared. Its ready-made PDF is not available yet.
Story illustration · see the printable contents below
WHAT YOU GET
Inside the Home adventure
The player pages and adult instructions are separate. Choose A4 or US Letter for each file; the story and answers are the same in both paper sizes.
FOR PLAYERS
Player Pack
Five connected checkpoints, story clues and the paper pieces needed for this mission.
Illustrated letter and invitation choices
Route strips and a six-place drawing map
Role clues, parcel labels and a symbol dictionary
Parcel choices and final matching check
FOR THE ADULT HOST
Host Guide
Use this separately from the player pages to prepare and guide the story.
Setup and paper-card handout order
Answers and three levels of hints for each checkpoint
What to give players if a checkpoint is skipped
Final check and paper ending
Four PDF files per edition: Player Pack in A4 or US Letter, and Host Guide in A4 or US Letter. These are paper activities; the illustrations do not contain hidden digital game steps.
REAL FILE PREVIEW
Look at the printable before you decide
A representative PDF page will appear here when the file is available. The artwork above is a story illustration, not a PDF screenshot.
THE STORY ROUTE
What players actually do
Each result becomes a clue for the next checkpoint. The full answers stay in the Host Guide.
01
Find the letter
Compare character and stamp clues to identify Fenn’s message.
Leads to: A starting place for the map
02
Draw the route
Join the shuffled route strips on the unconnected map.
Leads to: A flag clue for the next decision
03
Compare labels
Combine three players’ clues to select a parcel label.
Leads to: A code to use in the dictionary
04
Read the message
Look up the chosen code rather than guessing from the illustration.
Leads to: The delivery place
05
Choose the parcel
Check the route, label and place together, then open the paper reply.
Leads to: A complete story ending
WHY CHOOSE THIS ONE
What makes this story different
01
A gentle invitation from Fenn the fox starts the story.
02
Children connect route strips on a paper map and compare parcel labels.
03
The ending is a printable letter, with no real gift or hidden chest required.
BEFORE YOU PLAY
Simple paper setup
Print the Player Pack for your household and read the Host Guide first. Ordinary paper and pens are enough to begin. Where cards have borders, the adult can cut them apart or keep them on the original page for players to compare and mark.
An adult guides the story and decides whether to play entirely at a table. No special equipment or digital account is needed by children.
Play length and final print count have not been confirmed through physical printing and real-group play tests.
CHOOSE YOUR NEXT STEP
Get this story, or create your own
The ready-made game has a fixed story and answers. Custom creation is a separate new adventure.
READY-MADE · HOME
The Missing Birthday Chest
The Player Pack and Host Guide described on this page, in A4 and US Letter. No AI rewrite is included.
Planned price US$9.99
This ready-made edition is not available to order yet.
CUSTOM ADVENTURE
Make a different story
Use this world as a starting point, then choose your own players, place and story direction. This creates a separate game.