The Game is Afoot!

Have you ever wanted to live the life of your favorite detective from your favorite story? Do you want to do something that is COVID-19-safe? Do you want to explore the city of Lincoln while searching for clues? I have the perfect thing for you!

The Lincoln Ripper is a game that takes place all over the city of Lincoln where you have to find out who the killer is! CluedUpp is bringing their game to our humble city for the adventure. Their goal is to bring some fun into the lives of the city’s residents.  

I can’t tell you much about the story because of spoilers. What I can tell you is that there is a copycat of Jack the Ripper running around and it is your job to stop him. This is a game where it is you and your team’s goal to find him the quickest.

You need a team of at least two people with a maximum of six players. You must come up with a clever name for your team, with the best team name actually getting a prize at the end. Players can get one ticket per team which is an incredible way to have some fun. The teams will run around the city finding different clues attempting to get to the end the quickest. The team that finds the killer first is the winner!

There are prizes of course. There is a prize for the team that gets to the end first and as mentioned earlier, there is a prize for the most creative team name. There is even a prize for the best team picture that is taken along the way!

Here is the beauty of this game. The game is COVID friendly! The game is entirely outside. The number of tickets are limited along with the amount of people allowed in a group. There is also a chance that some players will never come into contact with other teams due to separate starting locations.

If you are looking for something to do on April 10, I cannot suggest The Lincoln Ripper enough. It is so much fun as a group or a date. And it can be an incredible way to explore Lincoln as a group of friends

TJ Pittinger is a junior

theology major from

Gilson, Ill.