A strange little side quest
One reason food history keeps producing good game ideas around Birthday Pet Cake is that its history is full of strange turns. Cone-shaped wafers with cream were described in print before 1900, but the ice-cream cone became a major American fairground hit at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. And the history keeps stacking up: By the 1890s, department stores and mail-order catalogs were selling mass-produced ready-to-wear clothes in standardized styles and price ranges. That is the kind of background detail that makes another attempt at Birthday Pet Cake feel a bit more connected to the history of play.
