SIDEQUEST

Your first Sidequest

Build your first
clue hunt.

Begin with one Cardputer, one NFC reader, and five cards. Build it together, test one scan, then hide four clues around the room.

Open the box together Build The Lost Star

Leave the other gadgets packed until the first scan works.

An isometric house map with four clue rooms connected to a gadget station
Four rooms. Four clues. One finished star.

Start here

Start with the pieces on your table.

A grown-up handles cables and software. Children sort the pieces, label the cards, hide clues, and test the hunt.

  1. 1
    10 minutes

    Put the parts on the table

    One Cardputer, one reader, two cables, and five cards.

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  2. 2
    Grown-up step

    Make one card scan

    Stop here if you like. A good scan is a finished first day.

    Follow the scan guide →
  3. 3
    20 to 40 minutes

    Build The Lost Star

    Label four star cards, hide them low, and test every clue.

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After The Lost Star

Three builds waiting in the kit.

These ideas use the gadgets still in the box. Their instructions are not ready yet. Finish the first hunt before opening more hardware.

The Sidequest M5Stack hardware order, including Cardputers, NFC readers, StackChan, lights, buttons, cards, and repair parts

What's in the box

Open only what you need today.

Set out one Cardputer ADV, one NFC reader, both cables, and five cards. Keep StackChan, Tab5, the light matrix, buttons, and repair parts packed for later builds.

  • Use todayCardputer, NFC reader, two cables, five cards
  • Add laterLights, buttons, StackChan, Tab5
  • Keep safeRepair parts and spare Cardputer
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