This campaign was successfully funded
and the game is now available for purchase at:
https://capacle.itch.io/wraithound
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
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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.
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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.
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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:
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Create your character by rolling or picking on 5
d66 tables for a name, a drive, a talent, a style, and a trinket.
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Create your mission by rolling on 2 d66 tables to
get a location and the nature of the haunting.
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Set up your play space by distributing a few cards
on a 3x3 grid, representing each room of the manor you'll investigate.
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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.
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Ask the Oracle if you want help envisioning the
scene or coming up with your theories about the haunting.
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Get into action to overcome the challenge in front
of you. Time to roll some dice!
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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.
You can play with physical cards and dice, or online with a
dedicated VTT
Here's an example actual play, showcasing the rules and the use of the virtual tabletop:
I envisioned this crowdfunding campaign as a very low-profile one. The
game is 80% done, the layout is already figured out, I have all the
art I need for the game (by the amazing Kim Holm).
I want to raise some money while I finish editing the game, and offer it at a discounted price as I do so. As such, here's a quick rundown of what you can expect from it:
- The game text is fully written, apart from the examples of play.
After that is done, I'll enter the editing phase.
- The layout is defined, as you can see from the mockups. Once the
text is revised, it won't take long to put everything in place.
- The VTT and the oracle tool are almost done, just need some polishing.
- The game will be released
regardless of the campaign reaching its funding
goal. You will get the game no matter what.
- There are only two reward tiers:
for €10, you get the PDF for the game and a
coupon for an optional purchase of the print-on-demand version on
Lulu at cost, by yourself. The PoD version will be made available
when the revised edition of the game is finished. If you want the
VTT access with the automated oracle tool, grab the €13
tier.
- You can also top off your pledge to generate community
copies of the zine for folks who can't afford it.
- There are no stretch goals. I don't want to over-promise and under-deliver. The more I get from this campaign, the better I'll be able to cover my monthly expenses.
Your reward includes:
For the €10 tier
- ~60–80-page, full-color, totally hyperlinked and bookmarked PDF
- Printer-friendly version of all the tables
- At-cost print-on-demand coupon for the 6 x 9 in (US Trade) book, perfect bound, full-color interior (estimated price between $9 to $12 + shipping, via Lulu)
For the €13 tier
- Everything above, plus:
- Access to a dedicated VTT using the playingcards.io platform, with fully automated actions for a seamless online experience, even with a group, including a custom dice roller and a single-click prophecy/riddle oracle
 | Cezar
Capacle is a Brazilian tabletop game designer, currently based
in Madeira Island. |
Career highlights
- Winner as 'Best Solo Game of the Year' on the Crit Awards 2023
- Finalist as 'Designer of the Year' at the Tabletop Awards 2022
- Winner of the 18-card RPG Challenge by Button Shy, resulting in I guess this is it, a 2-player game about saying goodbye, featured on Dicebreaker.
- Named one of 10 Indie TTRPG Designers To Watch In 2022 by CBR
- Winner of the Solarpunk DIY Game with the game Scraps, on the SadPress Solarpunk Game Jam
- Author of Push SRD, a system with more than 2,500 downloads, 70 games made, and translated into 7 languages
Credits
This game was made possible by the support of my amazing
patrons. Join
today and get all my future games for free!
All art by Kim Holm.
Perks
You get the full game in PDF format, fully illustrated and bookmarked, as well as a printer-friendly version of the tables.
You also get a coupon for an optional purchase of the print-on-demand version of the zine at Lulu [US Trade 6x9, full color, estimated at around $9 to $12 (paperback)+ shipping]
- 60–80-page, full-color, totally hyperlinked and bookmarked PDF
- Printer-friendly version of all the tables
- At-cost print-on-demand coupon for the 6 x 9 in (US Trade) book, in paperback (~USD 9–12+shipping)
You get the full game in PDF format, fully illustrated and bookmarked, as well as a printer-friendly version of the tables.
You also get a coupon for an optional purchase of the print-on-demand version of the zine at Lulu [US Trade 6x9, full color, estimated at around $9 to $12 (paperback)+ shipping]
AND, you also get a dedicated VTT with fully automated functions to play online (using the playingcards.io platform) with a tool to roll the prophecy-generator oracle with a single click!
- 60–80-page, full-color, totally hyperlinked and bookmarked PDF
- Printer-friendly version of all the tables
- At-cost print-on-demand coupon for the 6 x 9 in (US Trade) book, in paperback (~USD 9–12+shipping)
- Dedicated virtual tabletop platform, fully equipped with automated actions for seamless online gameplay
- Custom function to roll the prophecy-generator oracle with a single click
Highlights
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Actual Play and Final Days!
Hello, there!
While editing and layout proceed in full speed, I have two (well, three) pieces of news to share with you:
- I've recorded an actual play
of Wraithound! In it, I showcase the main mechanics of the game, a
preview of the book, and how to use the Virtual Tabletop to play
online. Check it out!
- We have 10-ish days left on the campaign! We are fully funded, but
we still have time to get some people on board. If you can, I'd love
if you could spread the word to people that might enjoy this game.
Every bit counts to help an indie designer keep the lights on!
- I decided to go ahead and offer the custom deck of cards as a print on demand option as well! The purchase link may arrive a week or so later than the rest of the game, because I need to reformat the layout to meet the specifications of the printer (I'll use The Game Crafter, in case you're wondering). Oh, and the deck will be available for all backers!
That's it for today! As always, thank you for your continuous support, and see you soon, Wraithounds!
-- Cezar
You get the full game in PDF format, fully illustrated and bookmarked, as well as a printer-friendly version of the tables.
You also get a coupon for an optional purchase of the print-on-demand version of the zine at Lulu [US Trade 6x9, full color, estimated at around $9 to $12 (paperback)+ shipping]
- 60–80-page, full-color, totally hyperlinked and bookmarked PDF
- Printer-friendly version of all the tables
- At-cost print-on-demand coupon for the 6 x 9 in (US Trade) book, in paperback (~USD 9–12+shipping)
You get the full game in PDF format, fully illustrated and bookmarked, as well as a printer-friendly version of the tables.
You also get a coupon for an optional purchase of the print-on-demand version of the zine at Lulu [US Trade 6x9, full color, estimated at around $9 to $12 (paperback)+ shipping]
AND, you also get a dedicated VTT with fully automated functions to play online (using the playingcards.io platform) with a tool to roll the prophecy-generator oracle with a single click!
- 60–80-page, full-color, totally hyperlinked and bookmarked PDF
- Printer-friendly version of all the tables
- At-cost print-on-demand coupon for the 6 x 9 in (US Trade) book, in paperback (~USD 9–12+shipping)
- Dedicated virtual tabletop platform, fully equipped with automated actions for seamless online gameplay
- Custom function to roll the prophecy-generator oracle with a single click
