Rules

• 39 normal Event Cards
• 3 Special Event Cards: Final Twilight, Judgment of the Ancient Ones and Metamorphosis
• 8 Role Cards
• 127 Action Cards
• 2 D6 dice

The 127 Action Cards are:

• 1 × Advanced Accusation
• 7 × Accusation
• 10 × Alibi
• 20 × Ritual
• 13 × Chaos
• 10 × Distortion
• 15 × Hex
• 22 × Blessing — 12 Draw + 10 Exchange
• 7 × Clue
• 7 × Advanced Clue
• 15 × Sacrifice — 3 Lambs, 3 Goats, 4 Pistols, 5 Knives

The 8 Role Cards are:

• 3× Investigator
• 2× Cultist
• 1× Veil Mage
• 1× Ancient Essence
• 1× The Corrupted

1. Prepare the Roles

Based on the number of players, use the following Roles:

Shuffle the necessary Roles and deal one face down to each player.

Each player secretly looks at their Role and adds it to their hand.

2. Prepare the Action Deck

Give 1 Alibi card to each player.

Shuffle all the other Action Cards and deal 3 cards to each player.

Each player therefore starts the game with:

1 Role + 1 Alibi + 3 Action Cards.

The remaining Action Cards are placed face down in the centre of the table and form the Action Deck.

3. Prepare the Event Deck

Separate the normal Events from the Special Events.

The Special Events are:

• Final Twilight
• Judgment of the Ancient Ones
• Metamorphosis

Choose one of the three Special Events or select it at random, without revealing it to the players.

Place it face down at the bottom of the Event Deck.

Shuffle the normal Events and place them on top of the Special Event.

The Special Event will therefore be the last Event of the game and, once revealed, it starts the final phase.

4. Recognising the Cult

Only in games with 6 or more players, perform the initial recognition.

All players close their eyes.

The Cultists raise their hand and the Veil Mage opens their eyes.

The Veil Mage thus identifies the Cultists, while the Cultists know neither the other Cultist nor the Veil Mage.

Next, the Cultists lower their hand and the Veil Mage closes their eyes.

Finally, all players open their eyes.

5. Starting the game

The player wearing the most black clothing starts.

Play proceeds clockwise.

Each turn is made up of 4 phases.

1. Draw:

Draw 2 cards from the Action Deck.

2. Play Cards:

You may play as many cards as you wish.

The cards you hold in your hand also represent your survival.

When another player forces you to discard cards and you are obliged to discard your Role Card, you are eliminated.

Played cards are placed in front of you.

3. Event:

Reveal the top card of the Event Deck.

Read the effect aloud and resolve it completely.

When an Event involves several players, resolution always starts with the active player and proceeds clockwise.

4. Discard Phase

The hand limit is 8 cards.

Discard all excess cards.

Then place all the cards played in front of you on the discard pile, face down.

Some cards can be used during another player's turn.

Cards played this way stay in front of you until the active player's End of Turn and are then discarded as normal.

When an effect or a player makes you discard cards, always place them face down on the discard pile.

If an effect requires you to discard a specific type of card, the cards must be revealed before being discarded, so that everyone can verify their type.

If the Action Deck runs out:

• Shuffle the Action discard pile.
• Form a new Action Deck.

• Role cards cannot be exchanged or stolen.
• Discarded cards are always placed face down.
• Events are always resolved starting from the active player.
• If an effect is impossible to complete, resolve as much of it as you can and ignore the impossible part.
• Victory conditions always take priority over card effects.
• The Roles of eliminated players remain face up in front of them until the end of the game.