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**Title:** The Game of Death
**Plot Summary:**
* A group of friends find an old mysterious game, "The Game of Death", while partying.
* Upon starting the game, they discover it's a deadly challenge where they must kill or be killed to win.
* The game is unstoppable, and the objective is to reduce a death counter from 24 to 0.
* As the game progresses, the friends turn against each other, and the body count rises.
* The remaining players, Ashley and Tyler, try to survive while being hunted by the ruthless Tom and his sister Beth.
* In the end, Ashley kills Tyler to win the game, and she is taken into police custody.
* The game is confiscated but ironically ends up being rediscovered by a police officer, hinting at a potential new cycle of violence.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text, numbered and in short sentences:
**Warning: Some of these facts may be disturbing or graphic**
1. A group of friends find an old game called "The Game of Death".
2. The game is played by putting fingers on skulls on a board, which then hurt the players.
3. The game's objective is to reach 0 deaths, with 24 required deaths to win.
4. If no player is killed before the timer stops, the game will kill a participant.
5. The game cannot be stopped once started, and the only way out is to kill or be killed.
**Character and Event Facts**
6. Ashley's boyfriend finds the game while groping with Ashley in a room.
7. Ashley's boyfriend is the first to die, with his skull exploding.
8. The group mistakenly thinks the neighbor is responsible for the first death.
9. The neighbor is actually trying to help, but is killed by Tom.
10. Tom and his sister (Bet) are revealed to have an incestuous relationship.
11. Tom kills multiple people, including a gray-haired neighbor and a runner.
12. Bet is killed by Ashley with a shotgun.
13. Tom plans to kill terminally ill patients at a palliative care center to win the game.
14. Ashley and Tyler try to stop Tom and Bet, leading to a confrontation.
15. Tom is killed by Tyler, who pierces his neck with his fingers.
**Conclusion and Aftermath**
16. With Tom's death, Ashley is one victim away from winning the game.
17. Ashley reflects on the meaning of life and considers killing Tyler to win.
18. A card appears congratulating Ashley on her victory after Tom's death.
19. The police arrive, taking Ashley into custody and confiscating the game.
20. The game is left in a police warehouse, where an officer later receives it as a "gift" from a mysterious Santa Claus-like figure.