Free sample · The Birthday Case

Solve Case 1

The Birthday Case is a printable detective game for a birthday at home: eight case files, one password, one locked surprise. This is the first case, exactly as it appears in the kit.

Case file 1 of 8

The sealed envelope

Figgwick sealed this envelope with three symbols. Use the code key to turn the symbols into a three-digit number. Read them from left to right.

Code key = 4 = 1 = 7 = 3

Small hint

Find the star in the code key. Which number sits next to it?

Bigger hint

The code starts with 3. The circle is a red herring: it is not on the seal.

Download this case as a printable PDF (2 pages: the puzzle and a host sheet. No email needed.)

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The full game has seven more cases, a host guide with a script, answers and hints, and a finale where the team earns the password.

See the two kits · from €14.90 How the game works