It's easy to think a game is harmless when they only supply half of the rules, of course.

[devilishly brilliant, actually. They're kind of impressed. But her question amuses them too, for much the same reason...]

I've been here for a day or so. [They definitely know that's probably not the "here" she was actually asking about... the game itself hasn't been going on that long, either.] But I'm sure there's some kind of penalty, yes. What it is just depends on what they've hidden in plain sight.

Where I'm from, if it were a trap to ensnare a victim, the penalty would be to push you into compliance. Probably a curse, at least temporarily.