Dark Cults (1st Edition)
Contents
Details
Publisher: Dark House
Product Code/SKU: None
ISBN: None
Year: 1983
Designer(s): Kenneth Rahman
Artist(s): Eymoth
Number of Players: 2 players (see Comments)
Estimated Playing Time: None
Recommended Ages: None
Expansions: None
Other Editions: Dark Cults (2nd Edition)
Summary
From the rules:
What evil lurks around every corner? What blackness is harboured in the minds of mankind? What unspeakable terrors wait silent only until summoned? You will know once you have played the supernatural horror story game, Dark Cults.
Dark Cults is a story card game, where two players assume the opposing roles of Life and Death. Life tries to prolong the lives of the characters and shelter man's fragile mind from events that are terrifying and possibly fatal.Death, on the other hand, seeks to destroy characters as often as possible by the use of horrors and evil cultists. Both Life and Death acquire points by the playing of cards — adding oral narrative with each one to explain the events unfolding before them. Game length is variable according to how involved the players become in the telling of the story — but the more storytelling the better the game!
Comments / Trivia
The first edition included a "companion magazine" with a blue cover. (The color of the cover and contents changed between editions.) It included variant rules for 1, 3, and 4 players.
