Mayhem: Havenscar Edition
How to Play
Your first game in five steps. One shared screen, everyone else on their phones, and a realm that will not stay quiet.
1 · Put the realm on the big screen
One player is the host. Open Havenscar on a TV or laptop everyone can see, enter your access code, and create a new session. The shared screen becomes the board: the provinces, whose turn it is, and every chaos event as it lands.
2 · Everyone joins from their phone
The host screen shows a six-character join code. Each player opens the join page on their phone, enters the code, and picks a name — no app install, no account. The host deals everyone into a faction: the gilded High Council or the wild-oathed Wildsworn.
3 · Take your turn
On your turn, play one card from the hand on your phone — tap it to hear its narration, then press "Play this card". A replacement is drawn automatically. Then, if you choose, claim or release one province on the board. When you are done, the host presses End Turn.
4 · Fight for the Ring of Power
Six of the realm’s provinces form the Ring of Power, and controlling them is how your faction wins. Claiming a province strips it from whoever held it — and every round, each province you control pays you gold. Watch your Corruption if you sit on the Council: at ten, the Tribunal convenes and turns on its own.
5 · Survive the Bag of Mayhem
Each round the host draws a Chaos Token. Its effect hits every screen with full narration — it may rescue you, ruin you, or rewrite the board. There are twenty tokens in the bag; when the last one is drawn, the final round begins. First faction to hold four Ring provinces — or the strongest when the chaos runs out — takes the realm.
The real game is at the table
The app is the arbiter — it deals, tracks, narrates, and never miscounts. But cards that target other players are played out loud: negotiate, bribe, and threaten in character. Havenscar is at its best when the table is louder than the screen.
Ready for the details? The full rulebook covers setup, resources, the Tribunal, and victory — or get answers in the FAQ. To acquire your copy, head to the pricing section.