What Laura experiences when she visits her aunt has been experienced by almost every child - waking up in the middle of the night in a strange room. Nothing looks right in the dark - you try to figure out what the furniture is in vain...
It's a good thing to have a star nearby - Lauras star, for example, which has helped many children with the books & films of the same name. The star helps Laura overcome her fear of the darkness.
In the game, the children use a shining staff under a dark foil "tent" to find different items - and all they can see are the outlines. Additionally, they move Laura carefully from space to space. This is an innovative game idea in
which the children need a good eye and a calm hand.
-- paraphrased from a Babel-lation of the description at the Spiel des Jahres website
http://spieldesjahres.kiratec.eu/cms/front_content.php?idcat...;id=520