First Edition · Ages 6 to 11
A thousand stories,
one little box.
A beautiful kit of real objects. An app that writes a new adventure every night, played in your own house — by parents, grandparents, or babysitters.
Tonight your bedroom is a pirate ship. Tomorrow, a crime scene. Wednesday, the moons of Saturn.
← Drag to see the imagination →
Limited first edition · 500 numbered kits · Ships November 2026
Inside the box
Eight objects. The first of many.
All packaged in an engraved maple box, made to live on a shelf and pass down.
Tonight’s adventure
A play in three acts.
Choose the night’s tale
Detective. Treasure hunter. Time traveler. Magic school. The story engine writes a new adventure, made just for your child.
The house becomes the stage
Hide the brass key in the kitchen. Place tokens leading to the basement. Read the script aloud. The mystery unfolds in real rooms.
No screens for the child
Lantern is for the grown-up’s hands, not the child’s. Whether it’s you, a grandparent, or the babysitter — they read the story, set the scene, then step back.
Built for these moments
For the nights worth remembering.
Friday nights
Instead of the same movie again. The whole family gets a new adventure to play together.
The babysitter
Hand them the kit and the app. Two hours of focused play, no screens, no “I’m bored.” The kids will ask for them again.
When grandparents visit
A built-in way to bond across generations. Grandma reads the story; the kids run the adventure. Memory in the making.
Long car trips & rainy days
The kit travels. The adventures adapt. Hotel rooms, Airbnbs, grandma\u2019s house \u2014 anywhere becomes the setting.
The road ahead
One kit today.
A whole world tomorrow.
Lantern is the beginning. Every kit you buy joins a growing ecosystem of stories, themes, and ways to play.
Coming 2027
Beacon
A sister kit for the stars. Transponders, alien specimens, star charts. Same engine, a galaxy of new stories.
Coming 2027
Custom Worlds
Adventures starring your child’s actual stuffed animals, Legos, dolls. Their toys, our stories. Every adventure personal.
Coming 2027
Companion Series
Quarterly add-on packs that expand your kit. Winter mysteries. Holiday editions. Author and musician collaborations.
“We made the toy our parents would have made us, if such a thing had been possible in 1985.”
Ryan O’Connor, founder & storyteller
First Edition
500 kits. Numbered.
Mailed by hand.
Ships November 2026. Reserve your place at the table.