The last train from Canfranc
The Pyrenees, 1943. A man dies in the sleeping car of a snowbound train. Nobody has been able to leave the station.
- Master
- 1–12 players
- 60–90 min
- Ages 16+
The story
A demanding deduction case at Canfranc station during the Second World War. The station and its history are real; the characters and the crime are made up.
Canfranc, February 1943. The international station, a palace of iron and glass in the middle of the Pyrenees, is a border in the midst of war: through it pass wolfram for Germany, gold heading south… and people fleeing.
Last night the snow closed the pass. The train to Zaragoza was left on the line, its passengers sleeping in the sleeping car and in the station inn.
At seven in the morning, the conductor found Ernesto Lacasa, a wolfram dealer, dead in compartment 5. The Civil Guard has arrested Mateo Garcés, the luggage porter, who everyone knows helps those fleeing to cross over. When they clear the line, at seven in the evening, they'll take him to Jaca. You've been given the day.
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 he died, what lacasa was hiding, and why.
Difficulty
Master
- A single hint per game
- A single accusation
On Enigma Oculto
1 game played · 0% solved · — min on average
Content warnings
- A death by poisoning.
- Persecution of refugees during the Second World War, treated with respect.
Characters
5 suspects. Listen to everyone: not everyone tells the truth.
- Julia FerrerThe station's Red Cross nurse29. From Huesca. She looks after sick passengers and those who arrive frozen from the other side of the mountain.
- Mateo GarcésLuggage porter34. He knows every path over the pass. The Civil Guard has him handcuffed in the waiting room.
- Kurt SeidelGerman customs officer48. Since November, German customs officers have been watching the French side of the station. He knew Lacasa well.
- Rafael SolerLacasa's business partner45. He was travelling with him. With Lacasa dead, the wolfram business is his alone.
- Hélène DuvalFrench travellerAbout 35. She says she's a widow from Bordeaux on her way to Lisbon. She says little and watches the doors a lot.
- Benito LasaosaSleeping-car conductor58. Thirty years on the sleeping cars. He writes everything down in his notebook.
5 locations
The snowy platform
The sleeping car
German customs
The station inn
The infirmary
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