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The long-awaited release of the illustrated Ghastly Affair Player’s Manual is close at hand! In a few short weeks you’ll be able to relax with a copy on your favorite chaise longue, while you imbibe an ancient vintage from the skull of a former lover. Or you could just get together with some friends and play the game instead! Until then, enjoy this preview of the cover, as well as three of the gorgeous full-page illustrations by artist Stacey Kaelin.
Ghastly Affair is the Gothic Game of Romantic Horror, where players live shocking stories of desire, death, and the supernatural against a dark and decadent backdrop of elegance, depravity, and social upheaval. Experience a time when a lady’s hand fan is a weapon in High Society, and monsters of every kind await the unwary.
Images marked “Copyright, Stacey Kaelin 2016” are used under license from the artist. See more of Stacey’s work at: http://www.sakaelin.com.
The light is more lovely for the darkness around it.
The Engine of Oracles 
I don’t know if you will even see this comment — I can’t seem to leave a comment elsewhere on this site — but I wanted you to know that this system is absolutely wonderful. I am currently using it to run a play-by-post game at the website listed below.
Thank you very much!
You are very welcome, and thank you for the kind words (and the exposure you’re giving the system). I’ve checked out your game, and I’m delighted with how you are running it. I’m especially happy to see Ghastly Affair so well adapted to Play-by-post. Your game is an exciting read, and I’m definitely keeping up with it. Kudos to you and your players! I’d like to mention your game in a future blog post as an excellent example of play, if you don’t mind.
I would be greatly honored.
Fantastic news! My players had a blast with the Ghastly Affair mini-campaign we played. They especially liked the thematically fitting abilities and weaknesses the classes had.
When it’s finally released, I’ll make sure to write about the game on my blog in more detail.
Thank you! I love to hear that others have enjoyed the game as much as my own gaming group does! I also appreciate all the support you’ve given Ghastly Affair throughout its public development. We’re doing the final proofreading of the book now, so the actual release is very close now. The illustrated version of the Presenter’s Manual will follow shortly thereafter.