A mysterious card game

Back then, my roommate Mike had found an interesting game in an antique store near our hometown. It’s a card game called 23 Trouble Free. Have you ever heard of it?

Anyway, we had some friends coming over for game night, and my roommate insisted that we play this new game he had found. So we decided to give it a try

The game is pretty easy. There are around 36 cards, I guess... and all you have to do is find a pair of two cards and put them on the table. The first one who manages to put all their cards down wins. After each turn, you have to draw a card from your neighbor’s hand. BUT there is a special card. The number 23. Whoever has this card is “cursed,” as the rules say. And if you’re the one who has it, you have to get rid of it as fast as you can.

We were playing this game... and Lucas started acting weird. Like, he was saying stupid things, unnecessary and weird stuff. We didn’t really care at first because, I mean, it’s Lucas. Everything he says is a piece of shit. Then it was Dan’s turn. And as soon as he picked a card from Lucas’s hand, he tried to strangle me. Like he was obsessed or something. The others tried to separate him from me, but they couldn’t. We had to call the police. Otherwise, he wouldn’t let go. They had to take him with them, in handcuffs... I still don’t know what happened to this day. But all I know is that he had the number 23 in his hand. He probably drew it from Lucas when it was his turn.

We were pretty freaked out and never touched that game again. Mike, my roommate at the time... I don’t know what he did with that game. I wonder if he still has it.

What really bothers me is that I googled that game and couldn’t find a single page about it or anything. It’s like someone made this game themselves. Even though it looked pretty official and well-made to me. I remember the card box also said “Attic Noises Games.” I thought maybe you guys on this website know more. I found it really creepy, and I still think about it quite often.