Ghost Glory is a cooperative card game for 1 to 4 players. The cards represent the creatures that can be possessed during battle.

The following words are used with specific meaning.

Zones
During the game, creatures will be placed into 1 of 3 zones: Possessed, Defender, and Wilds. Each creature has a different effect based where they are located.

Damage
Creatures will be damaged during the game. Track the amount of damage a creature has taken with an indicator on the card, even if the card moves or turns face down.

Heal
When a creature heals, remove that much damage from them. Healing cannot remove more damage than they have. If the creature has no damage when an effect would heal them, they do not trigger healings effects.

Discarded
As you play, cards will be discarded. Choose a space in reach on the table to place discarded cards. This pile remains face up and may be viewed at any time. When discarded, any damage and other effects on the card are removed.

Replaced
When a creature is replaced, they are discarded, and a new creature is put into their place. Unless otherwise specified, draw the new creature from the top of the deck. If a creature is replaced during an effect that would cause it to trade positons or turn face down, complete that part of the effect with the new creature.

Revealed
A creature becomes revealed any time they are added to the table from the hand or deck or when they are turned face up.

Each creature is represtented by a card which has 3 base traits and 3 zone effects that determine what they do during the game.

Might: Ranges from 1 – 4.
The amount of damage the creature deals when attacking.

Nurture: Ranges from 1 – 4.
The amount of damage removed when the creature uses soothe.

Endure: Ranges from 8 – 10.
The amount of damage thast will cause the creature to regain control and leave the battle.

Each creature has a Controlled, Wild, and Defender effect that is active only while the creature is in the corresponding zone on the table.

Wild and Defender effects have a background color based on when the effect takes place to help identify which creatures to look at as effects trigger.

Attacking and damage

Healing and revealing

Trading places

Leaving and replacing

Prepare to play the game by following these steps: To begin the game, players work together to determine a deck of 25 cards to use during the game. You may choose the cards any way you want, including randomly. Then shuffle the deck and place it face down on the table within reach. You may increase the difficulty of the game by placing less cards in the deck.

The creatures in the deck are those you have dragged to the battlefield, but they are in too much of a daze from the ordeal to notice what is happening yet.

Randomly determine a player to be the first player. Players take turns clockwise around the table, starting with the first player. The player who is currently taking their turn is called the Turn Player.

Each player draws 2 cards from the deck to become their hand.

Set up the battlefield by placing cards into the 3 zones as shown here. This may trigger effects immediately as shown in the next section. During setup, the first player counts as the Turn Player.

To play the game, players take turns making choices until the game ends, with each choice causing effects to occur. If part of an effect is prevented for any reason, simply skip that part while the rest of the effect still apply if possible.
Everything that happens during the game has a chance to trigger effects from creatures. If there is a choice to make for a Wild, Defender, or Defender Support, the Turn Player makes that choice.

The face down Wild cannot be chosen or affected in any way unless the effect specifies it affects the face down Wild. As a creature is turned face down for any reason, turn the face down Wild face up at the same time.

After each action and effect, each of the following events occur in order:

1. Trigger any applicable Possessed effect from each Possessed, beginning with the Turn Player and continuing in turn order
2. Each face up Wild triggers any applicable Wild effects clockwise from the face down Wild
3. The Defender triggers any applicable Defender effect from themself
4. The Defender triggers any applicable Defender effect from the Defender Support

Each of these may also cause other effects to trigger in the same way. When they do, complete the intial effect, then complete each triggered effect in the order they were triggered.

If a creature has already escaped, been replaced, or turned face down at the time their effect would occur, that effect does not occur. If a creatue is triggered while waiting for their effect to complete, the new trigger replaces the pending trigger.

If at any point the damage on a Possessed or face up Wild equals or exceeds their Endure, they escape and are replaced. You may choose to use a card from your hand to replace your Possessed instead of taking from the deck.

If your Possessed or a Wild escapes and there are no cards in the deck to replace them, instead replace them with a card from your hand, placing your Possessed before any Wilds. If you cannot, you are removed from the game.

If a Wild has not been replaced, then the next player must immediately replace them with a card from their hand, and if they cannot, they are removed from the game, continuing until a new Wild is placed or no players remain.

There are 3 actions that every creature can use: Attack, Command, and Soothe.

• Attack: The creature deals damage equal to their Might to the Defender. Then the Defender deals damage equal to their Might to the attacker.
• Command: Choose 2 adjacent face up Wilds and have them trade places.
• Soothe: The creature heals themself or a Wild damage equal to their Nurture. The defender heals damage equal to their Nurture.

On your turn, complete these 4 phases in order: Draw, Play, Action, and Swap.

Draw Phase
If you have less than 3 cards in your hand, you may draw 1 card from the deck to your hand.

Play Phase
If you have any cards in your hand, you may play 1 card from your hand by choosing Defender Support, a face up Wild, or your Possessed. Replace the card in that position with a card from your hand.

Action Phase
Your Possessed creature uses an action of your choice.

Swap Phase
Either discard 1 card from your hand or your Possessed trades places with a Wild who is not adjacent to the face down Wild, then turn them face down.

At any time, if the Defender has damage that equals or exceeds their Endure x 6, they are defeated. Complete any effects that have been triggered, and then the game is over.

If at any time there are no players remaining, the game ends and all players lose.

To win the game, your group must score at least 25 Glory. Glory can be gained by the results of your actions and the effects of creatures. Player begins the game with 0 Glory. It is possible to lose Glory and you can drop below 0 if you are not careful.

Each of these events change your Glory:

• Gain 1 Glory each time you damage the Defender.
• Gain 1 Glory each time you heal another player’s Possessed or a Wild.
• Lose 2 Glory each time a Wild escapes.
• Lose 3 Glory each time a Possessed escapes.