Tip 1: If you want to make this much more challenging, don’t give your player the starting location. Make them figure it out by trial and error. To find a happy medium, give them a cryptic hint.

You want to make this fun and challenging, not frustrating and tedious! I recommend having your player start at the longest possible walk in your house. In my house, it’s 20 steps from my office straight through to the living room. It’s the longest straight path in my home. It took my room mate a minute to figure it out and was very rewarding when he got it! Give your player the opportunity to deduce were the first stop could be.

Tip 2: if you give them a real compass, make sure you test it out! sometimes real compasses track differently than compasses on phones!

One final tip: People’s step sizes are different depending on height. If you make one for your kids, make sure you factor that in! They’ll take more steps than you!

Final word: If you want to see this is video format, follow me on instagram! I make videos every few days with different tips and gambits and then make my poor unsuspecting room mate complete them! You can find this video in my highlights!

Happy Adventuring!