You are a supernatural ghost-hunter tasked with confronting horrors.

Wraithound is a tabletop role-playing game designed for 1-3 players¸ where you embody a unique ghost hunter endowed with supernatural abilities as part of an ancient order. Your adventures take you through haunted properties like ancient manors¸ desolate castles¸ and abandoned mansions¸ each steeped in mystery and spectral phenomena.

As you step into these eerie settings¸ you must investigate the underlying causes of the supernatural occurrences that plague these locales. Through careful exploration¸ you gather clues and insights into the hauntings¸ confronting any horrors or threats such as ghostly apparitions¸ monstrosities and other unsettling entities.

The heart of your task is to resolve these disturbances¸ struggling to banish¸ capture¸ or eliminate the spectral presence. After each haunting is put to rest¸ your journey leads you to the next troubled site¸ continuing your life's dedication as a Wraithound to shielding the living from the echoes of the spectral world. Highlights

• Solo or coop: play it solo or with up to three players. You don't need a game master; the procedures will guide your gameplay smoothly.
• Zero-prep¸ rules-light: grab 2d6¸ a deck of cards¸ and you are all set. You learn the rules in five minutes and set out to your ghost-hunting mission.
• Multiple variations: a full set of tables for locations¸ rooms¸ secret rooms¸ curiosities¸ threats¸ horrors¸ and boss monsters¸ together with a myriad of character options¸ ensuring that you'll always have a unique session every time you play.
• A peculiar oracle: ask the oracle to create prophecy/riddle-like sentences full of mystery that you can use to come up with your conjectures about the ongoing investigation.
• All you need to play Wraithound is two six-sided dice of different colors¸ a standard deck of cards (jokers included)¸ up to 2 friends (optional) and about 2 hours for a full mission.
• Here's an overview on how to play:
  • Create your character by rolling or picking on 5 d66 tables for a name¸ a drive¸ a talent¸ a style¸ and a trinket.
  • Create your mission by rolling on 2 d66 tables to get a location and the nature of the haunting.
  • Set up your play space by distributing a few cards on a 3x3 grid¸ representing each room of the manor you'll investigate.
  • Reveal the first cards to learn about the room you just entered¸ a curiosity you may investigate¸ and a threat or horror you must face.
  • Ask the Oracle if you want help envisioning the scene or coming up with your theories about the haunting.
  • Get into action to overcome the challenge in front of you. Time to roll some dice!
  • Evaluate your performance¸ update your notes¸ and you may even find a secret room!
  • Move on until you find and face the final boss.
• It is a deceptively simple framework¸ but you'll be surprised how well it fosters emergent stories of supernatural investigation through the interplay of evocative prompts¸ oracle rolls¸ your character details¸ and your personal interpretation.