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"I know I'm human. And if you were all these things, then you'd just attack me right now, so some of you are still human. This thing doesn't want to show itself, it wants to hide inside an imitation. It'll fight if it has to, but it's vulnerable out in the open. If it takes us over, then it has no more enemies, nobody left to kill it. And then it's won." R.J. MacReady, John Carpenter's The Thing
A group of archeologists has mysteriously disappeared during an expedition to the risen island of R'lyeh. As a member of the rescue team sent to aid them, you investigate the site - encountering something terrible that seeks to destroy your team from within! Who will believe you? Who's who - and who's what? Stay Away! Because you can't trust anyone - and no one will trust you! So block the doors, quarantine a suspect, reveal your identity to your 'allies', grab a flamethrower, or just run away... but, look carefully where you end up, because 'The Thing' might be closer than you think!
At the beginning of Stay Away! - A Contagious Horror Card Game, all players are 'Humans', except the player who receives 'The Thing' card in the first round. From that moment on, that player assumes the role of the entity and he cannot discard or exchange this card.
The Humans have to work together to identify which player is The Thing and "roast" it with a "Flamethrower" card, while The Thing tries to annihilate the Humans or change their status to 'Infected' by passing them an "Infected!" card - then they're now an ally of The Thing and must take care that its identity isn't revealed.
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