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You are an Assistant Demon selling secretly cursed items to humans in Wittenberg, Germany.

A solo journaling game.

"It looks gorgeous, the theming is super fun (I love a good Screwtape Letter homage), and it plays very cleanly. I also love the idea of a demon being on a PIP." -- VintageJetpack

"...another banger of a game that somehow fits on one page and is packed full of theme and some interesting mechanics to move the story forward." -- thulhupunk

"The polish on this is incredible, and I am seriously impressed with how well the theme and mechanisms are integrated. Very inspiring!" -- GomezWritesGames

Greet new customers as they enter. Offer them an item from your inventory that seems too good to be true. Secretly twist it with a curse, and close the deal. Avoid suspicion that you are a demon. Maximize sales before your Manager returns. Avoid annihilation.

Inspired by Needful Things by Stephen King and The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis, Caveat Emptor is a solo journaling game from Exeunt Press, creator of the ENNIE-nominated Exclusion Zone Botanist.

Watch the Caveat Emptor release trailer on YouTube!

The one-page, trifold edition A4 PDF includes:

• Fully playable Caveat Emptor game
• 3 types of curses
• 26 potential human customers
• 13 powerful items

Pay $5 or more to get the Expanded Edition (A5 PDF):

• Approximately 36-pages with enhanced art and layout
• Expanded rules, including Vexation Points (VP)
• New victory conditions
• Additional customer backgrounds
• 2x the powerful items (26 total)
• Random item generator (3d12)
• Expanded rules explanation and examples

Caveat Emptor also includes these optional extras:

• Stand-alone A5 printable curse tracker
• Printable tokens
• Optional Day, Sale, and VP tracker
• Example Shop Ledger entries

WHAT YOU NEED TO PLAY: An hour in a quiet place, some paper or a notebook to serve as your Shop Ledger, three six-sided dice (3d6), a standard deck of cards with jokers removed, and three (3) tokens to track your curses.

Get Caveat Emptor in print (Pre-Order)

Get Caveat Emptor in print at the Exeunt Press Shop! Pre-orders are open now until Thursday, August 22, 2024. Details and fulfillment updates will be posted to Exeunt Omnes.

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