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Posted from 1 December, in time for Christmas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eIn the bag\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe first page, engraved with their name: “Once upon a time, there was…”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThree solid oak tiles, each a place for the story to go: The wood, The troll and The cottage\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA fourth tile, your choice: the magic tile in purpleheart, The Night Sky, gilded by hand in 24ct gold leaf, or a fourth oak tile\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe End\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOur cotton drawstring bag, which is also the pile you draw from\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHow it is played\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLay the first page down and read it aloud, with their name in it. Then the path begins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Lucky Bag.\u003c\/strong\u003e Reach into the bag and draw a tile without looking. Join it to the path, and say what happens there. Then draw the next.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Forked Path.\u003c\/strong\u003e Draw two tiles, and choose between them. Over the bridge, or into the wood. The other goes back in the bag for another day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA storytelling game where the child is the hero and the teller. Story stones and story dice hand out pictures; this lays them in a path that starts with their name and ends at The End.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHow it is made\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery piece is solid oak, 120 mm square and 13.5 mm thick, planed, sealed with shellac and engraved, their name in our script on the first page. Iron and vinegar ebonise the oak so only the engraved lines turn black, and Osmo hardwax oil finishes it. The magic tile, if you choose it, is purpleheart, its path, its stars and its moon gilded by hand with genuine 24ct hand-beaten gold leaf, laid on a food-safe, child-safe size straight onto the wood, with nothing over it. Every piece has an arrow joint, so any tile joins any other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePre-order\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMade to order in our Wiltshire workshop and posted from 1 December, in time for Christmas. 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Longer names go onto two lines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sp-lines\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrows with them.\u003c\/strong\u003e Every tile and pack added later joins this one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTheir name, engraved.\u003c\/strong\u003e Type it in the box above; longer names go onto two lines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e£43.95\u003c\/strong\u003e, posted from 1 December, in time for Christmas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eIn the bag\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe first page, engraved with their name: “Once upon a time, there was…”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo solid oak tiles, the wood and the cottage, each a place for the story to go\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe End\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOur cotton drawstring bag, which is also the pile you draw from\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHow it is played\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt one, the story is yours to tell and theirs to point at. Lay the first page down, say their name, and walk the path together.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Lucky Bag.\u003c\/strong\u003e Reach into the bag and draw a tile without looking. Join it to the path, and say what happens there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Forked Path.\u003c\/strong\u003e Later, when they can choose, draw two tiles and let them pick the way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt becomes a storytelling game as they grow. Every tile joins every other, and when it’s time, The End joins on and brings them home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHow it is made\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first page, the two tiles and The End are each solid oak, 120 mm square and 13.5 mm thick. We plane and shellac them, engrave the pictures and their name in our script, then ebonise them with iron and vinegar so only the engraved lines turn black, and finish them with Osmo hardwax oil. Every piece has the same arrow joint, so any tile joins any other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePre-order\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMade to order in our Wiltshire workshop and posted from 1 December, in time for Christmas. 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Three oak tiles give the story somewhere to go, a fourth tile of your choosing waits in the bag, and The End brings everyone home. The fourth can be the magic tile in purpleheart, its path, its stars and its moon gilded by hand in 24ct gold leaf, or a fourth oak tile.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sp-lines\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNothing doubled.\u003c\/strong\u003e Played the game? The story you laid is the set you get, bookends included.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor more than one storyteller.\u003c\/strong\u003e The first page reads “Once upon a time…”, so any child can be the hero.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e£78.95\u003c\/strong\u003e with the purpleheart magic tile, or £68.95 with a fourth oak tile. 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Join it to the path, and say what happens there. Then pass the bag on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Forked Path.\u003c\/strong\u003e Draw two tiles, and choose between them. Up to the tower, or into the cave. The other goes back in the bag for another day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA storytelling game that takes turns well: like story stones passed round a circle, each child adds a picture and a line, and the joined path keeps the whole story to read back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHow it is made\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery piece is solid oak, 120 mm square and 13.5 mm thick, planed, sealed with shellac and engraved. Iron and vinegar ebonise the oak so only the engraved lines turn black, and Osmo hardwax oil finishes it. The magic tile, if you choose it, is purpleheart, its path, its stars and its moon gilded by hand with genuine 24ct hand-beaten gold leaf, laid on a food-safe, child-safe size straight onto the wood, with nothing over it. Every piece has an arrow joint, so any tile joins any other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePre-order\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMade to order in our Wiltshire workshop and posted from 1 December, in time for Christmas. 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The river has a plank missing.\u003cbr\u003eAnd in the cave on the hill, somebody has just woken up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA troll under a little stone bridge, the oldest trouble in any story, and two more besides. Tell the Three Billy Goats Gruff with it, or a tale nobody has heard before.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sp-lines\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAdds to any set.\u003c\/strong\u003e All three join every other tile, and each other, in any order.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTwo you may have already.\u003c\/strong\u003e The troll comes in the starter set with their name, and the cave in the starter set without a name. The river is in no set.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e£43.95 for three\u003c\/strong\u003e, a little under the £14.95 a tile of any two or more pieces. 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The other goes back in the bag.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA storytelling game for retelling old tales and making new ones. Like story stones, the pictures prompt; unlike them, they join into the path the story took.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHow it is made\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThree tiles of solid oak, 120 mm square and 13.5 mm thick, each planed and sealed with shellac before the bridge and the troll’s hands, the river and its plank, and the two bears are engraved. Iron and vinegar ebonise them so only the engraved lines turn black, and Osmo hardwax oil finishes them. 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The other goes back in the bag.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt’s a storytelling game, so nobody wins and nobody is wrong. Story stones leave the order to chance; here the pieces join, and the path keeps every turn the story took.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHow it is made\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThree tiles of solid oak, 120 mm square and 13.5 mm thick. Each is planed, sealed with shellac and engraved: the flag and the dragon in the sky, the castle and its stepping stones, the eggshell and the sleeping dragon. Iron and vinegar ebonise them so only the lines turn black, and Osmo hardwax oil finishes them. 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A dragon? Something nobody has thought of yet?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Lucky Bag.\u003c\/strong\u003e Draw a tile without looking. If the golden egg comes out, lay it on the path and say what hatches.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Forked Path.\u003c\/strong\u003e Draw two and choose. The other goes back in the bag.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePairs well with the little dragon, whose tile already shows a broken eggshell: lay them side by side and the story tells itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHow it is made\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMagic tiles are cut from rarer woods. This one is padauk, a warm red wood. Its path, its stars and the golden egg itself are gilded by hand with genuine 24ct hand-beaten gold leaf, laid on a food-safe, child-safe size straight onto the wood, with nothing over it. 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The answer changes the whole path after it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Lucky Bag.\u003c\/strong\u003e Draw a tile without looking. If the wishing star comes out, lay it on the path and make the wish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Forked Path.\u003c\/strong\u003e Draw two and choose. The other goes back in the bag.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA storytelling game turns on its surprises, and a wish is the biggest surprise there is.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHow it is made\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMagic tiles are cut from rarer woods. This one is tigerwood. Its path, its stars and the wishing star itself are gilded by hand with genuine 24ct hand-beaten gold leaf, laid on a food-safe, child-safe size straight onto the wood, with nothing over it. It is the same 120 mm square as the oak tiles, with the same arrow joint, so it can appear anywhere in the story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePre-order\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMade to order in our Wiltshire workshop and posted from 1 December, in time for Christmas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Oak \u0026 Sprout","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55699684098387,"sku":"SP-MAGIC-tigerwood","price":24.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"the-story-path-magic-tile-zebrano-the-crown","title":"The Crown: a gilded crown tile in zebrano","description":"\u003cp class=\"sp-opening\"\u003eA new magic tile, coming soon.\u003cbr\u003eZebrano, The Crown, gilded by hand in 24ct gold leaf.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA crown on zebrano, with its path, its stars and the crown itself gilded by hand. 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Every oak tile we make, two magic tiles gilded by hand in 24ct gold leaf, their name engraved on the first page, and a second first page and The End for a friend who comes over, so two can tell the story together.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTell us their name in the box above. We engrave it in our script on the first page, so every story starts with them. Longer names go onto two lines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sp-lines\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEvery tile.\u003c\/strong\u003e All twelve oak tiles, so the bag always has somewhere new for the story to go.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTheir name, engraved.\u003c\/strong\u003e Type it in the box above; longer names go onto two lines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e£202.95\u003c\/strong\u003e, 20% less than the same pieces bought one by one (£254.20). 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