About Unlock! The Ghost Stone
Listed as “The Stone” on the Space Cowboys demos page, this short adventure is credited inside the file to Licki, Mana and Franfran, with artwork by Cyrille Bertin. It runs on the Unlock! system designed by Cyril Demaegd. As soon as you enter the mansion, an entity tells you: “Avenge me! Steal the gem from Beckett! I will help you. Keep in mind that the mirror shows the truth!”
With 22 cards, a lobby, a small living room and a safe, it plays like a compact haunted-house heist. The welcome card explains gray, blue, red and green cards in a few lines, so it works as a first game too. Of the four free demos, it is the one with the most atmosphere, and a good pick for a Halloween evening with teens.
How to play in one minute
- Print the 12 pages, cut the 22 cards and keep them in a face-down pile; install the free Unlock! app.
- Read the introduction card and start the scenario’s timer in the app.
- Gray cards are places: look for numbers in the picture and flip those cards.
- Blue and red cards combine by adding their numbers; green cards are machines whose codes you enter in the app.
- Some cards tell you to discard others, so follow the instructions. Lock the stone in the safe before time runs out.
What’s in the PDF
- 12 pages with 4 cards per page, A4-sized (print on Letter with “fit to page”).
- Colour printing is needed for the card colours; card stock recommended.
- No rulebook: the first cards teach the rules as you go.
- The free Unlock! app (iOS and Android) is required; download it before you start.
In the PDF
- 22 numbered cards, four per page
- welcome card with the short rules
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