Reality
- Complete tasks around the Ritual Site and spend your rewards at the Shop.
- Watch who goes where — and who is near the Blood Altars.
- Down suspects and vote to banish them.
The Ritual
The Ritual of Deceit
A fusion of dark magic and twisted science: the Game Master’s vision of an ancient legend. Beyond the infinite horizons of the Inbetween, a great evil stirs, feeding on fear, trust, anger — and most delicious of all, hope.
The master plan
A game of deception, survival and betrayal
The elusive Game Master weaves a deadly Ritual at a haunted Ritual Site — a place marked by past horrors. Nine Subjects wake there, divided into three factions, each with its own route out.
As the Ritual progresses, reality itself unravels. Periodically the players are cast into the Inbetween, a nightmarish realm where the Game Master’s influence is strongest. There the Infected gain power, and survival becomes a fleeting hope.
With shifting alliances, limited resources and the ever-present threat of betrayal, only those who outwit their foes escape alive.
The Innocent
The Good…
The largest — and most vulnerable — group in the Ritual. Their only chance of survival is to work together and expose those plotting against them.
- Complete tasks across the Ritual Site to earn items from the Shop.
- Investigate carefully to gather vital information.
- Take decisive action when someone is working against you: down your target and vote to banish them.
Escape by completing every task and unlocking the exit — or by eliminating every last enemy.
The Infected
The Bad…
The lurking menace: an informed minority hidden within the group, horror made flesh, biding their time until the moment is right to strike.
- Corrupt the Ritual by secretly activating Blood Altars, dragging everyone closer to the Inbetween.
- Unleash Terror once the Inbetween takes hold: transform, drain Sanity and banish the Innocent.
- Secure your escape by blending in, manipulating and waiting for the perfect moment.
Win by eliminating every last Innocent — or by slipping away unnoticed before the Ritual ends.
The Cursed
…and the Ugly
Neither ally nor true enemy. Twisted by the Game Master’s design, each Cursed carries a unique affliction that warps how they play — and what they want.
- Manipulate the group in ways the others can’t anticipate.
- Conceal your true purpose until it’s too late to stop you.
- Fulfil your Curse and its hidden objective before it consumes you.
Survive by outlasting your foes, or escape by completing your Curse’s secret goal.
Two worlds
Reality and the Inbetween
Every Ritual swings between the waking world and the Game Master’s realm. What keeps you alive in one can doom you in the other.
The Inbetween
- The Game Master’s influence peaks and the lights fail.
- The Infected transform into their Terror forms.
- Guard your Sanity. Light is your only weapon.