On a remote island a little girl named Miranda is having a tea party. Young Miranda is, (as little girls do) entertaining her “invisible” friends. For her, though, these friends are powerfully real. These nature spirits are her mentors, teachers and guides as she grows to adulthood an exile on this island. Tempest in a Tea Cup is a cooperative role play game exploring the life of Miranda, exiled daughter of the sorcerer Prospero, rightful Duke of Milan, and the nature spirits that are her friends and teachers. Tempest in a Tea Cup is an entry for the 2011 Game Chef competition, featuring Shakespeare as its theme and exile, daughter and nature as its ingredients.