28. A story product comprising: a plurality of instant scratch-off games assembled as a book, each instant scratch-off game comprising a respective covering element that conceals respective revealable dialog of a story, in which each instant scratch-off game is embodied in a respective page of the book, in which at least one page of the book includes a predetermined running value for the story product, the respective running value being based on at least two predetermined running values on respective preceding pages of the book; and a paytable for the book, the paytable indicating respective winning dialog for each of the plurality of instant scratch-off games.
28. A story product comprising: a plurality of instant scratch-off games assembled as a book, each instant scratch-off game comprising a respective covering element that conceals respective revealable dialog of a story, in which each instant scratch-off game is embodied in a respective page of the book, in which at least one page of the book includes a predetermined running value for the story product, the respective running value being based on at least two predetermined running values on respective preceding pages of the book; and a paytable for the book, the paytable indicating respective winning dialog for each of the plurality of instant scratch-off games. 31. The story product of claim 28 , in which the paytable is detachably removable from at least one of the instant games.