The Possessed

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In the shadows of a desperate ritual, you can’t trust the person holding the holy water—or even the one standing right next to you. The Possessed is a dark, high-stakes social deduction game for 6-10 players. A demon has inhabited one of you as a host, and the Clock of Doom—the Demon Track—is ticking. As a team of Exorcists, you must navigate a two-stage nightmare. First, you must investigate to identify which of the nine ancient demons is active; get it wrong, and the demon grows stronger. Once identified, you must gather the precise ritual components to cast it out. But here’s the twist: The Cultists are already among you. They know the demon, they know the ritual, and they are masters of sabotage—lying about research, discarding vital components, and sowing enough doubt to ensure the ritual fails. Meanwhile, Infiltrators know who the Cultists are but must stay hidden to guide the Good Team from the darkness. It all culminates in The Exorcism, where the player with the most Trust performs the final act. If you’ve placed your faith in a secret Cultist or an overzealous Infiltrator, the ritual fails, and the world plunges into darkness. Do you have the intuition to find the truth, or the silver tongue to unleash Hell? The Possessed also includes a solo mode and a cooperative mode for 2–5 players. —description from the publisher

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