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Your tormentors are numerous: the crushing solitude, the chaotic weather, the penal colony nearby, and a legion of unquiet dead conspire to erode your sanity until one of them claims you. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGet all of Bannerless Games' solo mystery games for a special price in the \u003ca title=\"Bannerless Bundle\" href=\"https:\/\/tabletopbookshelf.com\/products\/bannerless-bundle\"\u003eBannerless Bundle\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLighthouse at the End of the World\u003c\/em\u003e is a solo journaling game. With a die, a tower, a deck of cards, a map and a handful of coins, you will reveal why you came to be here, document the uncanny perils and numbing drudgery of life in the lighthouse, and unravel the mystery of your ghostly companions. 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