A card game.
On top of your round.

Overview

Horror Mode is an optional card game that runs in parallel with a normal disc golf round. You still score every hole, the leaderboard still updates, GC Rating still gets calculated. Horror Mode adds a second layer on top of all of that — a deck of 50 cards that players draw from, play on each other, and hold until the end.

The goal isn't to replace disc golf. It's to make your playing partner throw a grenade shot on hole 7 when they're already two over.

Enabling Horror Mode

In the Setup screen, once you have 2 or more players on the card, a Horror Mode toggle appears below the field difficulty selector. Tap it to enable. The toggle shows purple when active and displays "Card game active — 50-card horror deck" as confirmation.

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  Add 2+ players to your card — Horror Mode requires real players. Ghost opponents count toward scoring but don't participate in the card game.
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  Toggle Horror Mode on — The purple toggle appears below Field Difficulty in Setup. Tap to activate. The 50-card deck is shuffled automatically.
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  Start your round normally — Tap ENTER THE FIELD. The Horror Panel appears in the Playing screen alongside the standard scorecard.

The four card types

The 50-card deck is divided into four types. Each type has a distinct color, purpose, and timing. Cards are drawn automatically — you lose a hole, you draw a card.

Haunt cards — played on opponents

Haunt cards are the offensive half of the deck. When you play a Haunt card on another player, they must comply before their next shot (or at the timing listed on the card). Examples from the deck:

There are 20 Haunt cards total. Other notable entries include: Graveyard Shift (throw from 10 feet behind your lie), Shallow Grave (forced roller drive), The Apparition (putter only for the whole hole), Witch's Mark (double strokes on a chosen hole), and Séance (steal a random card from an opponent's hand).

Spirit cards — played on yourself

Spirit cards are defensive and advantageous. You play them on yourself to claw back strokes, improve your lie, or draw more cards. Examples:

There are 15 Spirit cards total. Others include: Spirit Guide (draw 2 extra cards immediately), Possessed (take the best lie on the hole), Dark Vision (throw twice on your drive, keep the better), Unholy Ground (throw from any tee on the course), and The Shield (negate a card played on you and return it to the deck).

Reckoning cards — held until round end

Reckoning cards are not played during the round. You hold them in your hand until Round Complete, where they resolve and adjust your final score. They don't interact with the live leaderboard during the round — they hit at the end.

There are 10 Reckoning cards total. Others include: The Last Rites (your worst hole scores as par), The Harvest (subtract 1 stroke per skin won), Lich's Crown (subtract 2 if you won the most skins), Soul Ledger (subtract 1 stroke per Haunt card you played), and Midnight Bargain (subtract 1 per opponent you haunted this round).

Wild cards — played anytime

There are 5 Wild cards in the deck. They are the most powerful and least predictable cards. They can function as either Haunt or Spirit, copy effects, cancel anything, or force everyone to draw.

The other Wild cards are Chaos Specter (declare Haunt or Spirit, play as either) and Coven (all players draw 1 card, you draw 2).

Skins

A skins game runs automatically alongside Horror Mode. Each hole has a skin worth 1 point. The player with the best score on that hole wins the skin. If two or more players tie, the skin carries over to the next hole — carryover skins are added to the pot and won by the next player who wins a hole outright.

Situation	Result
One player has the best score	They win that hole's skin. Pot resets to 1.
Two or more players tie	Skin carries over. Next hole pot is worth 2.
Carryover chain	Pot keeps accumulating until someone wins outright.
End of round	Skins leaderboard shown at Round Complete alongside Reckoning card results.

Skins are tracked in the Horror Panel during the round. You can see the live skins leaderboard at any time while playing. Several Reckoning cards — The Harvest, Lich's Crown, Dark Pact, and The Reckoning — interact directly with your skins total, so the skins game feeds into the final score resolution.

How a Horror Mode round works

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  Deck is shuffled — The 50 cards are shuffled at round start. No one starts with cards in hand.
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  Draw when you lose a hole — After each hole is scored, the player(s) who did not win the hole draw a card from the top of the deck. Win the hole — no card. Lose it — draw one.
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  Play cards from your hand — Open the Horror Panel to see your hand. Tap any Haunt, Spirit, or Wild card to play it. Reckoning cards cannot be played — they stay in your hand until the end.
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  One card per hole — Only one card can be played per player per hole. The Horror Panel tracks whether you've played this hole.
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  Comply with card effects in real life — Horror Mode effects are physical — you actually throw non-dominant hand, actually close your eyes for the putt. The app tracks what was played; the course enforces it.
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  Skins resolve hole by hole — The skins pot updates automatically after each hole based on the scores entered.

Round Complete — Horror Mode results

When the final hole is scored, Round Complete displays a Horror Mode results section alongside the standard finish screen. This is where Reckoning cards resolve.

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  Reckoning cards resolve — Each player's Reckoning cards are revealed and applied. Stroke subtractions, score swaps, skin transfers — all happen here in order.
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  Skins leaderboard shown — Final skins count per player is displayed. The player with the most skins wins the skins game. Ties are possible.
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  Horror Score — If you played The Reckoning card, a combined Horror Score is calculated: your field position plus your skin count. Lowest combined score wins.
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  Save to history — Horror Mode rounds save normally. The disc golf scores are what's stored — the card game results are shown at Round Complete but are not persisted separately.