Actually, please don’t — the world is enough of a mess as it is. But if you’d like to satisfy that urge by pretending to summon demons, I have just the game for you!
Like Let’s Dig For Treasure, Let’s Summon Demons relies heavily on luck… but while I suppose there’s still some luck of the draw, this game is more about luck of the dice. Allow me to explain: each player starts with a candle card, which has two numbers on it. When one of those numbers is rolled — by anyone, not just you — you get to collect a soul token. These act as a form of currency — once you have 3 souls, you may trade them for one of the five sacrifices on the Block (face-up in the middle of the table). Each of these has their own ability and activation number. For instance, the Goldfish: when activated, you may choose to discard the Goldfish and collect five souls. Like all animals (and only animals) it activates on the number 7, whereas children have a wider range. Children are also split into two categories, Sweet and Rotten. Some abilities only affect one or the other, like Sweet Destiny, who when activated lets you activate another of your Sweet children. (I had, at one point, two Sweet Destiny cards and a third Sweet child who’s ability was “Collect 2 souls.” Five was an excellent number for me.)
Each player also starts with three random demon cards, hidden from everyone else until they’re summoned. How do you summon a demon, you ask? Well it’s actually quite simple, at least in the game! (You didn’t think I’d tell you how to actually summon a demon, did you?) Just discard 3 children and/or animals from your collection, and choose which of your demons you’re summoning. Like sacrifices, demons have abilities, some of which are constant (‘other players can’t steal from you,’ for example) and some of which have activation numbers. Unlike ordinary activation numbers, however, these are only activated if their player rolls them.
The first person to summon all three of their demons and have ten souls wins!
