Create Your Own Adventures

Escape rooms, scavenger hunts, mysteries and treasure hunts you can set up tonight. Printable, playable, and built by someone who designs puzzles for a living.

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Free printables, no account needed
Set up in one afternoon

Choose Your Adventure

Six ways into the library. Every one of them ends with somebody solving something.

Escape RoomsLock a room. Hand them the first clue.Scavenger HuntsTurn ordinary places into adventures.Treasure HuntsA trail worth following to the end.Mystery GamesSomebody did it. Work out who.Party AdventuresGames that carry a whole evening.Classroom AdventuresFriday lessons they actually remember.

On the Questboard

A few things worth exploring right now: a featured adventure, useful guides, a free download, and something to solve on the spot.

Featured adventureThe Haunted House Escape

Four rooms, one locked front door, and a finale that lands. Print it tonight, play it Saturday.

See the Adventure

The bench clue, hidden in plain sight

Try it

YNRJW

Shift each letter back by five.

Free downloadThe Decoder Wheel

One page, cut out two circles, and every clue you write gets a second layer.

Get it free

New guideHow to Build an Escape Room in Your Living Room

Three padlocks, one afternoon, nothing bought twice.

Most read15 Clever Places to Hide a Scavenger Hunt Clue

The best hiding place is one they walk past twice.

Birthday Mystery Quest$9.99View

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Adventures for Right Now

Sorted by the occasion you are actually planning for.

Halloween12 adventures Birthday18 adventures Rainy Day9 adventures For Teens14 adventures

Build Something Clever

A good scavenger hunt does not need thirty clues. It needs a few that make people feel clever when they solve them.

Puzzle Design15 Clever Places to Hide a Scavenger Hunt ClueThe best hiding place is one they walk past twice before they look at it properly. Here are fifteen that work in any house.

Indoor
Any age

8 min read Codes & CiphersCodes and Ciphers That Kids Can Actually CrackA cipher is only fun if the solver can get in without being told how. Four that teach themselves, and one to avoid.

Kids & teens
Printable

11 min read Escape RoomsHow to Build an Escape Room in Your Living RoomThree padlocks, one afternoon, and nothing you have to buy twice. The layout that keeps six people busy for 45 minutes.

45-60 min
Light setup

14 min read

Built by a game designer

Yizzoo was created by Selfdefiant, designer of hundreds of escape games and puzzles. Everything here is built around the same idea: puzzles should make people feel clever, not frustrated.

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Ready-to-Play Adventures

Already designed, already tested. Download it, print it, and let them start.

Birthday Mystery QuestSomeone took the cake. Six suspects, one hour, one answer.12+ · 30-45 min
Moderate · Light setup$9.99Popular Spy MissionA dead drop in the kitchen and a code word nobody has yet.8+ · 20-30 min
Easy · Quick setup$7.99View The Haunted House EscapeThe front door locked itself. Four rooms stand between you and it.13+ · 45-60 min
Challenging · Moderate setup$12.99New Pirate Treasure QuestA torn map in five pieces, and a yard that suddenly has corners.6+ · 30-45 min
Easy · Light setup$8.99View

Start Your First Adventure

The Yizzoo Adventure Starter Pack is one free download with everything you need to run a hunt this weekend.

Printable clue cards
A cut-out decoder wheel
Puzzle templates
A setup checklist

One email with the pack, then only when there is something new worth printing.

Latest Ideas

Codes & CiphersCodes and Ciphers That Kids Can Actually CrackA cipher is only fun if the solver can get in without being told how. Four that teach themselves, and one to avoid.

Kids & teens
Printable

11 min read Escape RoomsHow to Build an Escape Room in Your Living RoomThree padlocks, one afternoon, and nothing you have to buy twice. The layout that keeps six people busy for 45 minutes.

45-60 min
Light setup

14 min read Game Design7 Puzzle Types That Make Players Feel SmartDifficulty is not the same as fun. These seven shapes reward the thinking instead of punishing the guessing.

Moderate
All ages

9 min read