Game Info

Title  Ghastly Affair Presenter's Manual
Authors  Wendy Rosalsky (editorial contributions), Daniel James Hanley
Book Type  Core Rules
Rank: [ 2348 / 4196 ]
Genre  Horror / Gothic
Setting  Europe, 1765 - 1820
Edition Info  Self-published (2016)
ISBN: 978-1-5394-7744-0
System  Ghastly Affair

Game Summary

The companion book to the Ghastly Affair Player's Manual, the Ghastly Affair Presenter's Manual gives you the tools you need to run “The Gothic Game of Romantic Horror”!

Inside you will find:
- An in-depth discussion of techniques for presenting the game, including how to create Gothic scenarios and manage game sessions effectively.
- Over 100 creatures and adversaries, including wild Animals, mischievous Fairies, abominable Monsters, foul Revenants, mysterious Spirits, and a full range of Human Antagonists.
- A year-by-year chronology of the incidents and scandals of the Ghastly Age in Europe, covering the years from 1765 to 1820.
- Lists of Gothic genre conventions to inspire plots and characters.
- Rules for bringing the physical incarnations of Death, the Devil, and more into your games.
- Expanded rules for drugs and diseases.
- 27 Weird Objects drawn from from real-world lore, including the Brazen Head, Hand of Glory, and Zombi Bottle.
- A list of Human capacities and limits, to help adjudicate extreme situations.
- Alternate rules for Ability Contests, and instructions on how to run the game with Tarot cards instead of dice.

Please note: Ghastly Affair emulates the shocking world of the original Gothic Romances, and is therefore intended for mature readers.

Game Editions

Notes on This Edition
172 pages, letter size. The print on demand (via Amazon's CreateSpace), softcover was available in October 2016, with a free PDF (no art or hyperlinks) available for download on the creator's blog, here.

Game Editions

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# Title System Publisher Released Stock Status
1 Ghastly Affair Presenter's ManualGhastly Affair 1Self-published 2016 ---

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