Velum Obscura
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Hidden-role card game · 4–8 players

VelumObscura

Brave Investigators. Ruthless Cultists. And you — which side are you on?

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Kickstarter coming soon

The game

Velum Obscura is a hidden-role card game for 4–8 players in a Lovecraftian noir style, where bluff and deduction mix with alliances, betrayals and unpredictable events.

Around the table, every player guards an identity and a goal. Amid suspicion and deceit, you will have to watch your opponents, hide your intentions and choose whom to trust. An unexpected helping hand may hide an ulterior motive, while a single event can overturn the balance of the game.

Will you reach your goal, or become a victim of the Ritual?

8 Role cards

Roles

Every player receives a Role card: their Faction, their victory condition, their Ability.

  • Faction: Investigators

    Investigator

    The Investigators win when the Cult is eliminated.

  • Faction: Cult

    Cultist

    The Cult normally wins when all opposing Factions have been eliminated.

  • Faction: Cult

    Veil Mage

    The Veil Mage knows the identity of the Cultists.

  • Faction: Ancient Essence

    Ancient Essence

    The Ancient Essence wins when all the other players have been Eliminated.

  • The Corrupted

    They win if they survive, together with the winning Faction.

127 Action cards · 39 Events · 3 Special Events

Cards

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Lore

The reality we know is only what we are able to see. Beyond the Veil lies the Beyond: places, presences and forces whose nature we barely grasp.

The boundary between these worlds can crack. Portals open a passage through it, rituals alter its balance, and contact with the Beyond leaves marks that may stay with a person for life. Some carry these traces from birth, the inheritance of those who were exposed to it before them.

In the shadows of this world, the Investigators follow clues and seek answers to phenomena that defy reason. The Cultists guard occult knowledge and prepare their rituals. Others draw close to the Veil, driven by a thirst for power, by the need to understand what they have become, or by the simple will to survive.

Their paths cross amid secrets, suspicion and incomplete truths. A symbol, an ancient relic, a testimony may lead to the same discovery, but what is a warning to one is a promise to another.

And while men try to understand what hides beyond the Veil, something on the other side may already have noticed them.

Kickstarter

The campaign is coming soon.

Velum Obscura on Board Game Social Club

Credits

Concept and development

Matteo Losito

Website

Gabriele Denaro

Tools used

The project was made with the support of ChatGPT (OpenAI), used to generate illustrations and graphic content and, for the texts, as support for layout and lexical revision. The concept, the content and the creative decisions are by Matteo Losito.

Acknowledgments

To my wife, my brother and our friends, for the time they gave to playtests, for their advice and for the patience with which they have accompanied the growth of Velum Obscura.

A special thank-you to Gabriele Denaro, for his help and commitment in building the website.