ONCE YOU BEGIN THE GAME, YOU CAN NEVER STOP PLAYING
Every truly terrible story begins with either boredom or curiosity...
This one begins with both.
Bored on a rainy day, three good friends, Lionel, Clem, and Daisy decide to hang out in Daisy's attic. She assures them that there are some old board games up there they might be interested in playing.
At the bottom of a stack they find one that seems oddly different than the rest, with a title they have never seen. The name of the game emblazoned across the top of the red box in silver is...
THE DEVIL'S HOPSCOTCH.
It consists of a board that folds out in a dramatic way to create a hopscotch game that stretches out about 9 feet long, and two decks of cards, one labeled CONSEQUENCE and the other REWARD.
The legend inside the top of the box says, "Once you begin, the game never ends"
They all laugh at this.
The rules are simple. If a player jumps through the squares and back again to the start without stepping on a line they are allowed to pick a REWARD card.
If they mess up they must either perform the task indicated on the board or select a CONSEQUENCE card.
The game starts out fun, but the Devil is in the details, and one of them will not survive.
