Mysteries · All ages
The Lake Cup
The last night of summer camp, a tie for the trophy, and by breakfast the Lake Cup is gone. Read the mystery aloud, then accuse someone — in secret.
- ~20 min
- 3–10 people
- One device, or phones
- Included in Pro
- All ages
What it feels like
It's the last night of summer at Camp Wolf Lake. The fire's burning low, the stars are out, and for sixty summers, the best cabin has lifted the silver Lake Cup. Tomorrow, it happens again. But by morning, the mantel will be empty... and somebody around that campfire will be carrying a secret. Pull your chair in close.
How to play
- The story comes in four parts. Each is read out loud by someone different — everyone else just listens.
- Between parts, the screen gives the table something to argue about. Every clue you need is in the story.
- At the end, everyone accuses in private: who took the Cup, and where it is now.
- Then the solution is read out, with every clue and where it was hiding.
Scoring: 3 points for naming who took it, 2 for saying where the Cup is now.
What you need
3 to 10 people and one phone, tablet or laptop to pass around — or everyone on their own phone in a room. Nothing to download, no accounts. The best lines can be sealed into your group's Almanac and come back in later games.
