Dread Bids

Bid on cursed relics. Survive what you win.

You sit at a candlelit table in a locked basement auction house. Across from you: a braggart, a coward and a miser, each ready to pay anything for the right relic. On the block: crowns that tighten, dolls that blink, bells that toll for whoever owns them.

The Auction

• Raise your paddle, hold, or fold. When the auctioneer calls "Once... twice...", anyone can snipe before the hammer falls.
  
• Appraise with wax rubbings. A maker's seal separates a cheap replica from a true relic, and the real value is only revealed after the sale.
  
• Read your rivals. Every bidder has a limit, and their posture gives it away as the price climbs.
  
• Dealt tools twist every lot: peek at a rival's limit, shackle their paddle, or turn a curse back on the runner-up with a black mirror.

The Curse

Every relic you win comes with its curse. Stop the bead in the gold notch, follow the doll's gaze, strike the bell only on its safe pulse. Fail, and one of your candles goes out.

The Room

The masked auctioneer is not always where you left him. Lights die. Chairs empty, and they do not stay empty. Lose your last candle and you leave the table the way your rivals do.

Features

• Six lots per match, ending in a Final Auction where value and curse are both doubled.
  
• Three AI rivals with their own bidding personalities, reactions and last words.
  
• Three curse mini-games, rare haunts and brutal signature strikes.
  
• Short, replayable matches: every lot's grade, price and danger are reshuffled each run.
  
• Only the richest survivor wins. Ties are shared.