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Dark Cults (1983)

box art for Dark Cults
players 2 players (best at 2)
playing time 60 min
ages 10+
weight 1.45 / 5
BGG rank 10937
BGG rating 6.91
designers Kenneth Rahman
artists Kenneth Rahman
publishers Dark House
categories Card Game Horror
mechanics Storytelling
my copy First edition · 1983
publishers Dark House
languages English
An early story-telling card game from the co-designer of Divine Right and Knights of Camelot. It is a story-telling card game, foreshadowing Once Upon a Time: The Storytelling Card Game. In it, the two players represent Life and Death, respectively, and each tries to guide a horror story to their corresponding outcome. As well as horror, the creator suggests that the game could be used for a science-fiction or mystery story, although the game's cards may be poorly suited to this. The second edition was packaged with a magazine called The Cultist. It proposed solo and four-player variants, and additional "object" cards for the game.