In Cultistorm Face 2 Face one player takes on the role of the investigator, whereas the other player assumes the role of the cult leader. The goal of the cult leader is to summon a Great Old One by holding dark rituals using a secret combination of elder signs to call forth and protect 4 cultists, whose job it is to complete the ritual. The goal of the investigator is to prevent this by defeating the cultists that join the dark ritual each round. The investigator must keep on defeating them until there are not enough (fewer then 4) cultists left to complete the ritual. The investigator must deduce the elder signs connected to each cultist in order to defeat them. A game consists of several rounds in which the cult leader and the investigator take alternating turns playing their cards. If there are 4 cultists in play simultaneously, a Great Old One is placed at the end of the row. If the investigator cannot deduce all the remaining face-down ritual cards in his next turn right away (without revealing a card) the dark ritual is complete and the cult leader wins the game. If the investigator manages to defeat 5 cultists by deducing all the ritual cards allocated to them, the cultists will not have enough power to summon their master and the investigator wins. Face-2-Face was specifically designed with Essen Spiel ‘19 in mind.