Desperation: Dead House

A card-based gothic storytelling experience steeped in actual history, Desperation is a dark, lyrical game designed by Jason Morningstar of Bully Pulpit Games, about people pushed far past their limits.

Desperation asks you to assume an unusual point of view: instead of deciding what people say and do, you decide who says and does the things that must happen. The sense of dread is palpable with each card reveal, because in these games, the things that must happen are a gradually escalating kaleidoscope of unimaginable horror. 

In this scenario set during the great blizzard of 1888, we’ll meet the people of the tiny town of Neola, Kansas, who find themselves unprepared in the teeth of the storm. As supplies and sanity dwindle in equal measure, who will live and who will be added to the dead house?