paranormal games and how to play them

number nien

the knockertell

Players:

One principal.

Requirements:

Three red candles. They should be able to stand up on their own; tapers in three candleholders will work, as will tea lights or pillar candles.A lighter or matches.Desert sand.A burlap bag.A door with a knocker.A dark, quiet room.A question.

Instructions:

Prepare the room: Pull the curtains, making sure no light shows from outside; turn out the lights; affix the knocker to the exterior of your door, if necessary; and clear the room of all other people.Begin the ritual at the moment of a lunar eclipse during the season of Spring.Arrange the candles in a triangle formation inside the room and light each one.Create a circle around yourself with the sand and sit inside it. Place the burlap bag over your head.Begin chanting the phrase: “Te nunc esse scientiam.” (See note below.)Continue chanting until you hear a knocking on the walls of the room. Cease chanting as soon as the knocking begins.If you do not hear a knocking, do not proceed. The Knockertell does not wish to appear, and there is no forcing the Knockertell to do what it does not want to do. Blow out the candles, clear up the sand, and leave the room. The safest course of action would also be to leave your home until six o’clock in the morning.After you cease chanting, you should hear the knocker sound outside the door. Welcome the Knockertell into the room.Ask your question. You may only ask one question, so make it count.After the Knockertell answers your question, thank it and wait for it to leave. Once it has left, blow out the candles and clear up the sand.If the Knockertell refuses to leave…

…You’re on your own.