Players
4–6 around one table. Ages about 14+.
The story
Before night falls
There are nights when someone you love is torn in two — not by hate, but by an old hunger that splits a person into a winged half that flies and an earth-half that waits in the dark.
You are Anak — children of the village. You do not hunt them. You bring them home.
Each player tends one family: Inang (mother) and Amang (father). Each needs both halves — Hangin (the winged upper half) and Lupa (the earth lower half) — so they can become human again.
When both parents are complete, that family is whole once more — and the player who finished their care is done for the night, safe, out of the dark.
But someone at the table may not want the night to end. They smile. They help. They pass you cards. They are Manananggal — the hunger wearing a neighbor’s face.
The cards are scarce. Friends will help. Friends will also take what they need. Finish every caring seat before Muling-Bukad remakes the Night one time too many — or the dark stays.
