The Lantern Mix-Up — Free TableQuest Mini-Mystery

Three helpers arrive at a festival carrying different lanterns. One lantern ends up beside the welcome sign. Compare three evidence slips, complete the festival log, and work out who brought it. The Lantern Mix-Up is a complete free mini-mystery. Solve it alone or discuss the clues with others. No purchase, special props, account inside the game or internet connection is needed to play. Included A ZIP with one standalone HTML game and README. A printable player puzzle and answer table. An optional screen hint and separate explained solution. A two-page layout rendered and inspected in Chromium on US Letter. Unzip the download and open lantern-mix-up.html in a modern browser. Play from the screen with paper and pencil, or print portrait US Letter with browser headers and footers off. The second printed page contains spoilers; keep it separate until you finish. Physical printing, A4 and other-browser printing have not been checked. This compact puzzle has one solution verified against every possible assignment. Real-player age suitability and completion time have not been tested. Another mystery, if you want one The Case of the Missing Pie is a separate $3 eight-page ready-to-print US Letter PDF plus an equivalent self-contained HTML mystery with five evidence cards, answer sheet, host guide, two graduated hints and explained solution. Buying it is optional; the free sampler contains everything needed to finish its own case. AI disclosure: original text, puzzle, layout and cover were created with AI assistance. No third-party art, franchise characters, trackers or remote assets are included. Free personal noncommercial play, printing and unchanged sharing with attribution and links are permitted. No resale.