CAMPHYRECampfire
Where we have always gathered.
An antidote to darkness.
Pronounced campfire
The game
that plays you.
An experimental competitive conversation game for close friends, family, or anyone you trust.
And even people you don’t.
4–10 players · 18+
About half an hour, unless it isn’t.
Keep an eye on it.
01 / An invitation
Things will be said.
You play the cards.
Camphyre plays you.
Every conversation is already being scored. Someone isn’t listening. Someone is taking up all the air. Someone just said the thing everyone had agreed not to say. You notice all of it, and you say none of it.
Camphyre deals you the cards for it.
The questions open the room. The Points Cards let the room answer back.
02 / A moment at the table
Watch the
room turn.
A question starts it.
What you do with the answer is also in play.
Illustrative round · Fictional players
Dumb / Question Card
Describe the person to your right as a household object.
+AlexModerator0
SamRespondent1
JoRespondent1
LeeListening0
Moment 1 / 5
The question lands.
Alex reads the card and chooses Sam and Jo to answer. Sam describes Jo as a smoke alarm: “Very sensitive. Usually right. Impossible to ignore.”
Points Cards can be played during the game, subject to the timing on each card.
03 / Four ways in
Draw a card.
See what it touches.
The same question.
A different room. A different game.
Dumb+
Describe the person to your right as a household object.
12 / 13CAMPHYRE
An invitation to lose the plot. There may be something in that.
04 / The room answers back
Your intentions
are showing.
Reward presence. Punish performance.
Or change the terms entirely.
Every point you possess reflects someone else’s judgment. Read every card effect ↗
A complication
Careful what
you play for.
Try to look sincere. Try to be generous. Try to say the cleverest thing in the room.
Now imagine everyone has a card for that.
Four points wins the game.
Wanting them too much may be your undoing.
An invitation, when it’s time.
Leave your name
by the fire.
Be the first to hear when CAMPHYRE is available.
4–10 players · 18+
The name carries something.
Camphor
An ancient salve.
Something for the burns.
Pyre
Where something is burned.
And something is remembered.
A gathering. A salve. A little combustion.
What kind of game is this?
An experimental competitive conversation game. Question Cards give the room something to talk about. Points Cards let players reward, challenge, or disrupt what happens during the conversation. The first player to reach four points wins.
Who should I play with?
Close friends, family, or anyone you trust. And even people you don’t. Bring four to ten adults, give the game its own room, and give each other your attention.
How long does it take?
About half an hour, unless it isn’t. Conversations can wander. If all Question Cards run out before someone reaches four points, the highest score wins.
Is there a right answer?
The moderator decides which response deserves the Question Card. That judgment is subjective. Someone else at the table may have a Points Card—and a different opinion.
Can I play a Points Card whenever I want?
Points Cards may be played during the game. Follow any timing printed on the card: Affirm and Veto effects, for example, must be used in the relevant round.
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