# You enter the MYSTERIOUS basement and find (GAME) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 13, 2025, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-enter-the-mysterious-basement-and-find-game/1020815 "2025-07-13T14:49:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-enter-the-mysterious-basement-and-find-game/1020815/41 "2026-02-09T20:47:57Z")
There is a small velvet box, showing evidence of salt water stains- inside is a large blue diamond set into a necklace. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-enter-the-mysterious-basement-and-find-game/1020815/42 "2026-02-09T23:25:54Z")
Inside a crate on level 1, you find A Sharps Buffalo Rifle, circa 1887. Anybody shot with it will be transformed into a dead buffalo. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2026, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-enter-the-mysterious-basement-and-find-game/1020815/43 "2026-02-14T22:11:32Z")
Inside a small box, you find- a bunch of playing cards, etc with what looks like bullet holes punched in them. They are signed by someone whose first name starts with an A, and the last name starts with an O, and ends with a Y. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2026, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-enter-the-mysterious-basement-and-find-game/1020815/44 "2026-02-15T15:09:40Z")
Inside a crate on level 1, you find An ancient book, written in archaic German, entitled “Unausspreclichen Kulten”. The Author is apparently Friedrich Von Junzt. Holding it make you feel…uneasy… ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-enter-the-mysterious-basement-and-find-game/1020815/45 "2026-02-20T20:50:14Z")
Inside a crate on level 1, you find A bowler hat that, when donned, possesses the wearer with the spirit of the ultimate Manic Pixie Dream Girl. You will transform into a pink-haired sugar-skull bowler-hat evil fairy. Only your knowledge of romantic comedies will save you now ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2026, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-enter-the-mysterious-basement-and-find-game/1020815/46 "2026-03-14T19:13:01Z")
In a heavy steel box you find a odd looking flashy thingee, and a small weird looking little pistol. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2026, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-enter-the-mysterious-basement-and-find-game/1020815/47 "2026-03-15T14:49:17Z")
Inside a crate on level 1, you find A Business Card : Milburn Drysdale President. Commerce Bank Of Beverly Hills Beverly Hills, California. 1-423-555-9697 It seems to be stained with Stewed Possum. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2026, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-enter-the-mysterious-basement-and-find-game/1020815/48 "2026-04-06T18:54:05Z")
A long velvet lined box, with a sword that is broken in several pieces. Still sharp, however. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2026, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-enter-the-mysterious-basement-and-find-game/1020815/49 "2026-04-07T13:28:54Z")
Inside a crate on level 1, you find A Statue of the Ancient Roman God ROBIGUS, God of Mold, Mildew & Fungi. If you touch it, a strange stain comes off on your hands. It itches, and washing your hands won’t rid you of it. It’s GROWING… ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2026, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-enter-the-mysterious-basement-and-find-game/1020815/50 "2026-04-29T18:53:03Z")
Inside a crate on level 1, you find a floating Skull with glowing Gold eyes. It follows you as you walk. If touched, it bites your hand, and if spoken to, it cackles maniacally. If you are bitten, the Un-Natural Ichor in the Skull’s teeth will horribly warp your limbs into strange, non-Euclidian shapes. An odd Red Tattoo, forming words in an unknown language will appear on your forehead. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2026, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-enter-the-mysterious-basement-and-find-game/1020815/51 "2026-04-29T19:04:23Z")
On some scraps of really old paper/parchment, you find the translation key for the _ **Voynich manuscript.** _ ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2026, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-enter-the-mysterious-basement-and-find-game/1020815/52 "2026-04-30T01:16:07Z")
Inside a crate on level 1, you find A conspiracy theory describing how RFK was actually eaten by a Tiger. If investigated, all evidence will point to it being False. RFK was \*\*actually\*\* eaten by a Bear. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-enter-the-mysterious-basement-and-find-game/1020815/53 "2026-05-07T20:30:38Z")
Inside a crate on level 1, you find A Kiddie Ride, of the kind found in front of Supermarkets. It is shaped like a rocket ship. $1 in quarters results in jets of fire, multiple G-Forces of acceleration, and you passing-out in the Stratosphere, where the air is too thin to breathe. It’s a long fall to the ground. How nice that Oxygen starvation keeps you unconscious, right up until (almost) the very end. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-enter-the-mysterious-basement-and-find-game/1020815/54 "2026-05-07T20:42:20Z")
There is a box, and it rattles all by itself. You open it, and a game falls out, and thus you have rolled the dice and are sucked into the game. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2026, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-enter-the-mysterious-basement-and-find-game/1020815/55 "2026-05-08T12:29:10Z")
Inside a crate on level 1, you find A Wooden sign. The top line, in White paint, & Gothic Script, reads “Gotham City”. Below it, also in White, but in a modern san serif font, are the words “14 MILES”. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2026, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-enter-the-mysterious-basement-and-find-game/1020815/56 "2026-05-17T15:15:05Z")
Inside a crate on level 1, you find A set of Chicken Cannons. No, they are not for shooting chickens WITH. No, they are not for shooting chickens FROM. They are USED BY chickens. To shoot YOU! “Hey Colonel…COME AND GET IT!!!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-enter-the-mysterious-basement-and-find-game/1020815.md?page=2)