15 minutes / 3–6 players / Ages 7+

Story

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Lurking behind the 32 doors are evil spirits possessing objects. Subdue them with stronger spirits. Otherwise, they’ll possess you…

When you’ve opened every door, will you still be in your right mind?

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Game Overview

• This is a horror-themed game of chicken.
• The goal is to have the fewest cards in hand at the end of the game.
• On your turn, take a card from either the table, your hand, or an opponent’s hand, and play it onto the table.
• If the card you play has a higher number than the one played by the previous player, you stack it on top; if it has a lower number, you add all the stacked cards to your hand.
• The game ends when all cards on the table have been revealed. Your Madness increases by the number of cards remaining in your hand. The player with the lowest total Madness across both games wins.

Contents

Cards: 32 (one of each number from 1 to 32)

Game Setup

• Shuffle all cards thoroughly while face down.

• Remove the following number of cards from the game. They will not be used in this game.

• Deal the following number of cards to each player to form their hand.

  Number of Players	Number of Cards Removed	Number of Cards in Hand
  3 players	5 cards	5 cards
  4 players	4 cards	4 cards
  5 people	3 cards	3 cards
  6 people	2 cards	2 cards

• Spread the remaining cards face down so they do not overlap. This is called the "Door."

• Turn over one card from the Door and place it face up in the center of the table. This is called the "Spirit."

• Determine the starting player (Starting Player, or ‘SP’) by playing rock-paper-scissors or similar.

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Example 1: Diagram for 4 players

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Game Flow