The Bestiary (2025)

Your Role:You and your fellow players take on the roles of Assistants to Jean-Marie Duvalier, the Curator of a rediscovered Goetia—the legendary Bestiary of Abramelino the Wizard. As Assistants, you must encode and decipher magical symbols, while the Curator tries to understand their hidden meanings What You Will Do:Encrypt Magical Symbols – Each Assistant creates a personalized cipher and use it to encode drawings into secret runes. Decipher Your Rivals' Codes – While cooperating with the Curator, you must ensure that your rivals do not crack your code. Strategize and Adapt – The more complex your encryption, the harder it is to guess, but the Curator must still be able to understand it How You Win:Assistants earn points based on how well they encode their messages—strong enough to deceive opponents but still understandable to the Curator. The Curator scores by successfully deciphering the codes created by the Assistants. At the end of the game, the player with the highest score wins. If there is a tie between the Curator and an Assistant, the Assistants win