Wanted Poster Maker

A wanted-poster layout can be a fun storytelling device when everyone can immediately see that it belongs to an imaginary world. It might introduce the suspect in a cookie mystery, an escaped toy dragon, or the character responsible for a vanished sock. The joke should stay inside the shared activity and should never target a real person.

Start with an invented alias or role. The maker asks you to confirm that the character does not identify a real individual, and it rejects common contact formats, official or harmful terms, and text shaped like a conventional full personal name. That check is only a safety aid, not permission to use a disguised nickname, private reference, or identifying detail. If someone could reasonably connect the poster to a real person, choose a different character.

The notice FICTIONAL STORY PROP - NOT AN OFFICIAL NOTICE appears at the top and bottom of every generated text version. It cannot be edited away inside the maker. Keep that notice visible if you print or display the prop, and explain the activity to participants before using it. For a classroom, use invented characters that are unrelated to students or staff. For a party game, avoid jokes about a guest, even when the group knows the person.

The fields remain in your browser. In the four-step mode, one validated draft can stay in the current tab for up to 30 minutes while the URL carries only an opaque identifier. Copying, TXT download, and printing are local actions that you choose. The tool does not publish the poster, upload a photograph, contact anyone, collect a reward, create a lawful notice, or provide public-safety or law-enforcement functions.