Haunting is a two player game about a sentient House that wants to devour its Occupants.
During play, the players will work together to create their story, documenting the time that the Occupant spends living in the House and telling the tale of how the House will inevitably becomes vacant once more.
The House is waiting…
How will you play?
You'll create Occupants from prompts.
As Occupants move in they will leave their mark through adding or changing rooms. But the House will push back, twisting these rooms in spooky ways.
Player 1 (Occupant): the Gentlefolk add a ball room to host lavish parties.Player 2 (House): the guests complain of inexplicable voices
Player 1 (Occupant): the Gentlefolk blame old pipes and insist that the party continues
In turn, the House will haunt the Occupants.
Player 2 (House): every few days when the Author is in the library, the book shelves will start to shake, knocking books to the floor.Player 1 (Occupant): the Author flees from the room
Player 2 (House): as they run, the bookshelves start to tip over like dominoes, and they only just make it out
Finally, together you decide this Occupant's fate, will they Fight, Flee or Fall to the House?
As you wait for a new Occupant you'll Rest, with music on and your eyes shut, until the next Occupant moves in and you repeat the process until your story is complete.
Recording your story
The game asks you to keep a journal of the events as they unfold and record the changes to the house through a drawing of it.
You can draw one from scratch yourself or use the printable House template we've included:
Using sound
During play, you will prompted to listen to some small audio tracks as part of the game. These tracks are currently under development and are due to be released as part of a future update.
In the meantime, feel free to use the excellent audio composed for the game Artefact by Jack Harrison. These tracks were created by the talented Christopher Michael Roberts and they work well for this game.
You can find them here: https://theartefact.vercel.app
Alternatively, feel free to use your own eerie music.
What will you need?
- Two players that are feeling spooky.
- A couple of hours.
- Some eerie ambient music
- A safe place to play in dim light.
- A way to document your story in words.
- Something to draw with.
- Snacks!
Acknowledgements
Haunting is based on the Lost & Found SRD and inspired by games like:
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