The Getting Lost Adventurers Edition is a unique game created in New Zealand and played around the world to get wonderfully lost and explore new places.

This kit is the perfect starter pack for people wanting to find hidden gems of the beaten track, while exploring their backyard.  It contains 26 “misdirection cards” which give you random directions (things like turn left, follow a blue car, head in the direction the wind is blowing) to get you being mindfully random in your exploration.

The Getting Lost Adventurers Edition is perfectly paired with The Original or The Classic NZ Scratch Map to make your road trips next level exciting! Use your scratch map as a visual diary of Getting Lost adventures.

The Getting Lost Game is designed and made by Cat & James (Kiwi Travel Bloggers), with help (and a lot of road testing) from their 3 daughters.  They create and assemble them from our home in Birkenhead, Auckland and where ever they can, they use local suppliers to reduce the impact on the world.

You are encouraged to make your own rules! The ways you can play it are endless and entirely adaptable to you.

Here’s some ideas though…

• For quick play, pick a new direction card at each intersection.
• For a game that lasts a couple of hours, pick a new card every 5 minutes.
• Want to keep it simple?  Just use the direction cards (left, right, north, south, etc.) and take out the ones that are more likely to take you further from home.
• Looking for a weekend get away?  Play the game until you get the “head for home” card and then find a hotel or campground in what ever town you are in!
• Don’t want to stop for treats?  Take the treat and drink card out before you start playing.
• Arrive in a new city and set off walking with the cards – take a new direction at each intersection.
• Want to surprise someone?  Add in your own card in the middle!

Each card measures 91mm x 55mm and they’re also printed in NZ.  All packs have 26 cards with misdirection cards on one side and NZ locations (known as our inspiration cards) on the other side.

Please remember to play the game responsibly and make sure that you stay safe and able to get yourself back home at all times.  Please don’t leave your case in a hot car – it will warp!  If you are leaving it in a car, tuck it under a seat, in the glove box, or somewhere cool.