This book is a diegetic trick. Of course it wasn't made in 1924. It was printed in 2023.

This is a game–of sorts. At least, it couldn't exist outside of the context of games. Like a book it can be enjoyed alone or with others, but there are no mechanical challenges that require other players. Dice are not needed. You can go through the book alone or with someone else; you can put the book down and resume it later. There are no tricks, do not cut up the spine looking for hidden clues.

This is, maybe, a perspective drawing manual. Some simple lessons are there; the shadow drawing lesson might be useful. If you are serious about perspective drawing I'd recommend you go and buy the 1962 edition of Design Graphics by C. Leslie Martin–it's how I learned and, dang, true perspective rendering is technically intense.

The fundamental activity in this game book is drawing. There are roughly one hundred drawing challenges that, generally, follow a formula of 'an item has washed up on the beach, draw it for us!' And that is it. There is more but I won't promise more.

You don't have to draw in the book, or draw at all. You can just read through it like you do with so many other game-books. It might have interesting things to say in that context as well. Interesting to me, at least.

I am very proud of this. It is a good thing, whatever it is. I wish I could find it in a used book store, put it on my own shelf for a decade, pull it down one day and discover it. I'd like to give that to you but, if you've read this far you've already forfeited that sort of experience. I applaud your caution and recommend you extend it to all parts of life.

Finally: My games are doing their own thing. This isn't a product designed to provide the most satisfying entertainment to the widest selection of people. Don't buy this expecting a definite game, or a concise experience. If you have the slightest doubt wait and hear what your trusted friends have to say. Seriously. I am an "artist" and this is art with all the capacity for shock, dissatisfaction, and risk that implies.