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Spirit Gathering is a strategic card boardgame where 3-6 players become Spirit Commander Exorcists in a cursed Vietnamese village. Capture demons, wield sacred talismans, and summon spirit soldiers to battle evil spirits and rival exorcists alike. With a unique resurrection mechanic rooted in Vietnamese reincarnation beliefs, every death is a new tactical opportunity-not the end of your story.

About the Game

Become a Spirit Commander Exorcist with the power to capture demons and use sacred talismans to fight both evil spirits and rival exorcists in a cursed ancient village. Spirit Gathering is a strategic 16+ boardgame for 3-6 players, inspired by Vietnam's mystical spiritual world.

Step into the mystical world of Spirit Gathering, where the boundary between the living and the spirit realm gradually collapses. In a cursed ancient village, evil spirits have broken free from their seals, spreading fear and darkness over all living creatures. As Spirit Commander Exorcists, players must use wisdom, tactics, and spiritual power to capture demons, deploy traditional talismans, and summon spirit soldiers to gain control of the spirit realm.

Each player possesses a unique set of skills, talismans, and strategies, creating dramatic mind games between exorcists. Players must not only confront dangerous evil spirits roaming the village, but also compete with each other to become the most powerful exorcist.

Key Features

• Law of Life and Death: Unlike many card boardgames where death means elimination, Spirit Gathering allows players to resurrect after dying. This reduces early "out of game" frustration while creating dramatic comeback moments even at the brink of defeat. Inspired by Vietnamese reincarnation beliefs, death is not an endpoint but a transitional phase-spirits can be reborn carrying karma and influence from their previous life.
• Vietnamese Spiritual Legends: Spirit Gathering brings players into Vietnam's spiritual world, where folk legend spirits and demons are vividly recreated through unique visual design, skills, and mechanics for each entity. Every demon carries its own story and cultural element-for example, Thần Trùng possesses the "Trùng Tang" effect, inspired by folk beliefs about consecutive deaths within a family.
• Spirit Commander Exorcist Roleplay: One of Spirit Gathering's standout features is its strong roleplay experience, where players become Spirit Commander Exorcists with the power to capture, subdue, and command demons. Through tactical planning, charm usage, and spirit control, players don't just fight to survive-they gradually expand their own spiritual authority.
• Deep Vietnamese Cultural Identity: Unlike many strategy boardgames inspired by Western culture, Spirit Gathering builds its world on Vietnamese folk beliefs and spiritual legends-talismans, spirit soldiers, reincarnation, and spiritual entities all developed from indigenous culture.
• High Interactive Gameplay: Designed around continuous player interaction-from disrupting opponents' strategies and competing for spirits to using talismans to shift the battlefield, every action can directly affect the entire table.

Lore & World Overview

Deep within the forests and remote mountains of ancient Vietnam lies a forgotten village where the boundary between the underworld and the living realm gradually collapses. Once protected by guardian exorcists, the village fell into chaos after a forbidden ritual accidentally shattered the seal separating the spirit world.

From that moment, vengeful souls, evil spirits, and demons began to appear, bringing plague, omens, and mysterious deaths. The dead could not transcend, while the living existed in fear of ever-growing supernatural forces.

To prevent catastrophe, exorcists summoned Spirit Gathering-an army of souls bound by talismans and spiritual contracts. But such power always comes at a price. The more they wield the underworld's strength, the more exorcists are eroded by evil energy and gradually lose themselves.

In Spirit Gathering, players become Spirit Commander Exorcists entering the cursed village to subdue spirits and command demons. But amid the battle against evil spirits, exorcists must also confront each other to seize supreme power between the two realms of life and death-and become the strongest exorcist.

Inspired by Vietnamese folk beliefs and spiritual legends, Spirit Gathering delivers a mystical world where death is not the end, but only the beginning of a new cycle of reincarnation.

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About Everjoy Publishing

Everjoy Publishing is one of Southeast Asia's leading game publishers, dedicated to bringing innovative tabletop experiences to players across the region and beyond. Their commercial partnership with Exorcist Studio marks a significant milestone in bringing Vietnamese spiritual culture to the global boardgame market.