You might hear it called the Fortune Game, for example, or even Crossroads Divination - this last moniker, of course, referring to the location in which the game must take place: A crossroads. Tsuji-ura is said to have originated many, many years ago in Japan however, there are similar games found in cultures all over the world.
Some things, we're better off not knowing. Just make sure that whatever you think you might learn during this game is really worth it. Personally, I think it functions kind of like hypnosis or meditation you might learn something about yourself - something you may not have consciously thought before - while playing it. The idea is to access what FableForge calls “the Shadowside,” although why you would want to go there - or even just peek at it through a window - sort of depends on each individual. The game is called The Three Kings, remember?Īs for what the point of the ritual is? That's a little less clear.
It's also worth noting that, from the Queen and Fool's point of view, you're either their Queen or their Fool. Your chair is your “throne,” making you the King the mirrors are your Queen and your Fool, although you may know not which is which. The mirrors should be set up on two chairs facing each other, while you yourself settle on a third chair placed between them. The setup involves shutting yourself in a room with two mirrors at 3:30 in the morning and… seeing what happens. It became so popular that it later spawned a subreddit of its own devoted entirely to games and rituals of this sort. The Three KingsĪ Redditor going by the name FableForge posted the instructions - or “recipe,” as it later became known - for The Three Kings on the r/NoSleep subreddit during the summer of 2012. Even if you don't really believe in them… well, better safe than sorry, right? 1. If you do give any of them a shot, though, I'd recommend taking them absolutely seriously: Don't cut corners, take common sense precautions, and don't treat them as a joke. I suspect that some of them - the ones that are closer to meditation than to the alleged summoning of a ghost or demon or whatever - might yield more tangible results however, your mileage is likely to vary in each and every case.
This is probably why I spend so much of my free time reading and researching them, although I'll admit that I'm usually to wary to actually want to try playing them.ĭo I believe any of these games actually work? To be honest, not really. Games and rituals like "Charlie Charlie" are no different indeed, these days, they're even classified as a particular subgenre of creepypasta: "Ritualpasta." What's notable about ritualpasta is that the stories often get their punch from making you, the reader, into the protagonist - the star of the tale. I've mentioned before that I consider creepypasta to be the modern day equivalent of the urban legends so many of us grew up telling at sleepovers and around campfires. Feel like tempting fate today? Maybe today's the day that you really, really want to creep yourself out? Read on. There are loads of games like “Charlie Charlie” bopping around the internet what's more, the rules for most of them are usually just a Google search away. It's since become one of the most easily identifiable paranormal ghost game around - sort of like the current generation's version of the time-honored classic, Bloody Mary - but it's worth noting that it isn't the only game of this sort floating around out there. In 2015, a phenomenon known as the “Charlie Charlie Challenge” took the internet by storm.