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The Begastri inscription

Cehegín, 1878. The stone that proves where a lost city stood vanishes on the night of the fireworks.

  • Expert
  • 1–12 players
  • 60–90 min
  • Ages 14+
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The story

A deduction case inspired by a real discovery: the Altar of Jupiter from Begastri, found in Cehegín in 1878.

Cehegín, 10 September 1878. The town is in festival mode. Four days ago, Juan Fernández, a farmer, turned up a red marble stone with his plough on the Cabezo Roenas. It bears Roman letters: “IOVI OPTIMO MAXIMO · R · P · BEGASTRESIVM RESTITVIT”.

Begastri: the city of the Visigothic bishops that scholars had been seeking for centuries, and that some placed in Bigastro, near Orihuela. The stone settles it: Begastri was here. It has been brought down to the Council building on the square, and the bailiff is guarding it.

At eleven at night, after the fireworks, Don Eusebio Alarcón, the scholar who came from Orihuela, goes in with an oil lamp to study it and raises the alarm: that stone is a different one. Someone has swapped it. You have until dawn.

What awaits you

Mode

Deduction

Search places, question the suspects and piece together what happened. The accusation is put to a group vote.

Goal

Uncover: culprit, how it disappeared, where the real stone is, and why.

Difficulty

Expert

  • 3 hints per game
  • 2 accusation attempts

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Content warnings

  • A theft, with no violence.

Characters

6 suspects. Listen to everyone: not everyone tells the truth.

  • Eusebio AlarcónScholar from Orihuela61. He has written an entire book to prove that Begastri was in Bigastro. This stone contradicts him.
  • Fulgencio CorbalánLandowner and president of the Casino club52. Owner of half the Cabezo Roenas and of the best wine cellar in town. Generous in public, stingy in private.
  • Juan FernándezFarmer who found the stone38. He's asking the Town Council for a reward and swears the stone came from his side of the boundary.
  • Bartolomé SánchezCouncil bailiff57. Keeper of the stone and the keys. He likes fireworks and anisette.
  • Ramón LópezStonemason34. The best stonemason in the district. He works Cehegín stone and asks no questions of whoever pays.
  • Antonia GeaInnkeeper45. The scholar is staying at her inn. She hears everything through the walls.
  • Rosario NavarroFireworks maker29. She prepared tonight's fireworks. From the square she saw everything, through the smoke.

6 locations

  • Plaza de la Constitución

  • The Town Council

  • Antonia's inn

  • The Casino

  • Stonemason's workshop

  • Cabezo Roenas

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