Horror Mode — Ghost Card Docs

What it is

How it works: Horror Mode is a tabletop card game played alongside your disc golf round. The app deals cards and tracks skins. Your group enforces the effects on the course itself. Play on the honor system, mess with your friends, keep the round light.

Horror Mode is a 50-card tabletop overlay that runs on top of any group round (2+ players). Enable it during card setup and a full horror deck enters alongside your scorecard. Cards are drawn and played hole by hole — your group enforces the effects on the course.

Card types

The deck has four categories:

Haunt

Played on opponents. Your opponent takes the penalty on the course.

Spirit

Played on yourself. Mulligans, lie improvements, draw bonuses.

Reckoning

Held until round end. Detonate on the final hole.

Wild

Played anytime. Burn when things get desperate.

In-round rules reference: During a round, tap RULES in the Horror Mode panel header for a quick reference card — card types, draw rules, skins mechanics, and how Reckonings resolve at Round Complete. No need to memorize this before you play.

Haunt examples

Haunt cards are played on opponents before or after specific shots. A few from the deck:

The Possession (before tee shot) — target throws their next shot with their non-dominant hand. Something else is in control now.
Banshee Scream (after any shot) — target must re-throw their last shot from the same lie. The wail forces you to second-guess everything.
Witch's Mark (anytime) — choose a hole; target scores that hole as double strokes. Marked. There's no escaping it.
The Apparition (before tee shot) — target may only use a putter for the entire hole. You thought you saw it. You were right.

Spirit examples

Spirit cards help you. Play them on yourself at the right moment:

Ghost Walk (after any shot) — mulligan. Re-throw from the same lie, no penalty. This moment gets a second chance.
The Resurrection (after scoring) — subtract 1 stroke from your score on this hole. You came back. Somehow.
Dark Vision (before tee shot) — throw twice on your drive and keep the better result. You see where it's going before it leaves your hand.
The Veil (anytime) — you are immune to the next Haunt card played against you this round. They can't touch what they can't see.

Reckoning examples

Reckoning cards are held in your hand until Round Complete, then resolved in order:

The Grimoire — subtract 2 strokes from your final score. Everything written here is true.
The Last Rites — your single worst hole of the round is negated; score it as par instead. Even the damned get one mercy.
The Harvest — for every skin you won, subtract 1 additional stroke from your final score. Winners take everything.
Dark Pact — subtract 3 strokes from your final score, but give 2 of your skins to another player. Every deal has a cost.

Wild examples

Wild cards are flexible — declare how you're playing them before use:

The Mirror (after a card is played on you) — reflect the card back at the player who played it. What you send out comes back.
The Void (anytime) — cancel any card played by any player this hole. It goes to the bottom of the deck. Some things simply stop existing.

Drawing cards

Cards are drawn when you lose a hole. The worse the hole, the more cards enter play. Drawing is automatic — the game manages the deck.

Skins

Each hole has a skin worth 1 point. Lowest score on a hole wins the skin. Ties carry over — unclaimed skins stack until someone wins outright.

Skins + Reckoning cards feed into each other at Round Complete. Several Reckoning cards interact directly with your skins total. The card game and the skins game are the same game.

Round Complete with Horror Mode

All held Reckoning cards resolve. Skins are tallied. Final horror standings are calculated alongside standard disc golf scores. Two games, one round, one winner (maybe).

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