Everyone thought it was a good idea to sneak and break into the local mines to celebrate the beginning of summer vacation. They found stairs down, and some sort of break spot where they settled to party through the night. Then their lights started going out one by one. As they did not want to be trapped in, they tried to find the stairs but strangely those weren't there anymore. Slowly the light are going dark, one by one. What waits in the darkness and can they get out?
10 candles is a system which is strongly based on shared storytelling and which is scheduled by the candles whose extinguishing advances the game. This is an unwinnable game where all characters are forced to succumb to the darkness. However, the goal in the game is to hold on to the hope that the characters have for as long as possible and thus tell a meaningful story together.
You don't need to know the system, and all you need is an open mind and a desire to tell this story together.