Description
This bundle includes:
- Grind House Core Game
- Carnival and Cthulhu Expansion
You receive an invitation to take part in a mysterious contest at the “Grind House,” an old mansion that once stood as the largest slaughterhouse in the state. The invitation is signed simply by an individual known as “The Host.” The letter promises you the opportunity to play a game to win a reward greater than you could possibly imagine. You arrive at a decaying mansion on a hill along with five other strangers. A tall, narrow man in a tuxedo opens the huge ominous doors to usher you inside. “Thank you for attending this evening...” The Host says in a deep, ominous voice. “The entertainment will be… to die for!” The Host bursts into a sinister echoing laugh. Behind you, the door slams shut and the sound of a heavy deadbolt clicks into place. You and your fellow guests are trapped at the mercy and whims of The Host. “Shall we play a little game?”
Grind House is a narrative horror game for 2-6 players where you would be considered lucky if survival only costs an arm and a leg. While survival is the ultimate goal, each player has a classic archetype with a secret motive. Some characters like the Doctor may try to keep everyone alive, while the psychopath with surely attempt to split everyone apart. Others, like the Pianist, just want to keep their hands intact.
For those unfortunate souls who do perish in the house, the game is not over. Players may return as ghosts to haunt the remaining survivors as they try to make it through the Grind House unscathed. After exploring all 5 randomized rooms in the house, any survivors left total up their score to determine the winner.
Carnival Expansion
Do you have what it takes to survive under the Big Top? Confront your fears in the hall of mirrors, the Wax Museum, the Freak Show and more as you are mercilessly chased by the Carnival’s own Gingersnaps the Clown!
New Thematic Mechanic: Collect Tickets and use them to help you survive the fun house of horrors in... the Grind House: Carnival!
Cthulhu Expansion
Create your own Lovecraftian night of horror with the Cthulhu expansion. Try to survive horrifying rooms inspired by classic Cthulhu mythos stories like Dreams in the Witch House, Shadow over Innsmouth, The Mountains of Madness, and of course The Call of Cthulhu. A brand new Insanity mechanic will ensure your night becomes a true Lovecraftian nightmare that you will never forget!
New Thematic Mechanic: gain madness and watch the world warp around you as things go horribly wrong... as they always do...in Grind House: Cthulhu.