Trail Treasure

What it feels like

Somewhere within thirty steps of this fire, there's something waiting to be found. And each of you has been given a different secret thing to look for. Here's how it works. Pass the device round, and each of you secretly reads your own thing to find. Then everyone has sixty seconds to go and find theirs. Walk, don't run. Back in the room, show your finds one at a time, and everyone guesses each secret clue. Guess a clue and you score two. The finder scores one for everyone who gets theirs, so find something that fits.

How to play

1. Pass the device round: each of you secretly reads a different thing to find, like “something that makes you happy”.
2. Then everyone has sixty seconds to go and find theirs. Walk, don't run.
3. Back in the room, show your find one at a time. Everyone guesses what your secret clue was.

Scoring: 2 points for each clue you guess. The finder scores 1 for everyone who gets theirs — so find something that fits.

You'll get prompts like

• “something smoother than a pebble”
• “something the wind could carry”

Playing safely

Walk, don't run, and walk on stairs. Nothing sharp, hot, heavy, breakable or alive — and nothing that isn't yours to borrow.

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.

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