About the Wizard of Oz What's Missing? Game
A picture-recall challenge based on the classic parlour game. Study a board of pictures for a few seconds, then one quietly disappears — can you say which? Rounds get bigger and faster as you go, and three wrong answers ends the run.
L. Frank Baum's 1900 book is fully in the public domain. Follow the yellow brick road through a deck of scarecrows, emerald palaces, tornadoes and friendly lions — drawn from the original novel, not any later film adaptation.
How to Play
- Press Start and memorise every picture on the board.
- After a few seconds the board hides and one picture is removed.
- Pick the missing picture from the answer choices.
- Each correct answer adds a bigger board. Three misses ends the game.
Why Play What's Missing?
- Trains observation and visual recall under time pressure
- Based on "Kim’s Game", used for over a century in memory training
- Great party and classroom game — call answers out loud together
Fun Facts About Wizard of Oz
- Baum wrote 13 sequels after the first Oz book.
- The book describes silver slippers, not ruby — the ruby colour is a later film choice.
- Dorothy is named after Baum's niece.
- The book won early praise for featuring a brave female child protagonist.