❤️ Hearts & Haunts 👻

You are SPIRITS OF THE DEAD who have been disturbed by recent activity at your resting place. Your goal is to FRIGHTEN AWAY or BEFRIEND tonight's interlopers so you may return to your rest—or, make use of the interlopers to further your ghostly goals.

What happens next? Play to find out!

Hearts & Haunts is a quick-play roleplaying game, based on John Harper's popular and eminently hackable Lasers & Feelings.

This product includes a simplified text version for accessibility.

Number of Players: 3–6 (one Gamemaster [GM])
Age of Players: 10+ to 18+ (depends on the tone agreed during set-up)
Length: 2–4 hours per game session (15–30 minutes for set-up)
Materials Required: A standard six-sided die (or a dice-rolling app), paper to print the instructions (or a document viewer app), scratch paper and pencil (or a notes app).
Optional Materials: note cards, a virtual tabletop, three six-sided dice per non-GM player.
Page count: 2
Release date: 2020

Updates: 

• November 7, 2025, Version 2.0 for FLAG Con 2025.
• November 15, 2025, minor update to fix hyperlinks.

Submitted to Fluffy Horror Jam.