Treasure hunt. One night they are all in the attic and stumbles across an old map. They set off and later realize that they have to go through a creepy building to get to a secret passage to the caves. As they try to get into the caves one of them gets lost and he is left behind. He then meets another boy with a messed up face. He befriends the boy. Will the kids ever find the treasure? Will they ever meet the pirate one eye Willy. Will Chuck ever meet up with them again? Will they all accept Sloth for his needed up face?

Pulling pranks on the camp leaders

Sneaking off to the girls’/boys’ barracks to kiss that one special

Canoe race across the lake while sabotaging everyone else

In the video game ‘‘The Quarry’’, before the horror, they have to prepare a party.

They will have to imagine how to prepare a good one. It creates a good vibe between the characters and bring some anticipation for the night to come. I always thought it was a smart introduction.

Have fun with your one shot !

If the setting is more like scouts / bush crafting / survival every camp starts with setting up the tents, building up utility bildings. Building a toilet is no easy feat.

On more normal side, game night could work. Could be a meta joke when kids also play RPG inside the RPG.

Players may map out and familiarise themselves with the terrain before supernatural horror stuff begins to happen.

Have them play capture the flag or something, where the PCs are one team