The Abandoned Space Station

“The Abandoned Space Station,” made for kids ages 7 to 10, locks your team inside an old station orbiting Earth. The crew left in a hurry, the modules have sealed shut one by one, and there is only one hour before the rescue shuttle passes by: the airlocks must be reopened so it can dock. Every module hides a puzzle: find the right tool among several using a maintenance sheet made of pictures, put the steps of a spacewalk in order, crack the code on a sample chest, and piece together a star map. The puzzles are solved as a team, by looking closely and reasoning, with no long reading and no supplies to buy. The book already includes the padlocks to cut out and assemble, the clue cards, a countdown to start, and the grown-up guide, which explains the game step by step and offers backup hints so the game never stalls. It works as well for a birthday party as for a family evening, for a small group or a big table of kids. Five puzzles take the team across the station, from the living module to the main airlock, where the team that solved everything welcomes the shuttle and earns an astronaut diploma.