Q-Ra Code: A QR Code Manipulation Pen & Paper Game 2024

Find out which cells need to be filled in to make the QR Code (Q-Ra code) scannable. You win the game, if you successfully scan the code.

When downloading the game sheet, you receive a unique random puzzle. To play the game, you need a QR Code Scanner, e.g. your mobile phone, but there is no internet connection and no app installation required. All QR Codes contain plain text, no links.

There are sixteen hints, hidden in canopic jars (small QR Codes). So it is a logic puzzle? - Yes, it is, though you don't get clues for free! It's your choice which canopic jar you want to open each turn, but to do so, you must fill in one cell of the Q-Ra Code. This can potentially destroy the code a bit further! On top of that, four of the canopic jars contain an event instead of a hint. Whenever you encounter an event, you must fill a number of cells based on the chosen difficulty level. Fortunately, all events share a feature (e.g. same canopic jar head or same row), which helps you to avoid them in the future.

Can you decipher the hieroglyphics and recover the QR Code before too many cells are filled and the hidden information is irretrievably lost?

—description from the designer