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 A narrative role-playing game inspired by The Horde of the Counterwind. A collective journey through a world of wind. 
  • French
  • From 14 years old
  • 3 to 4h, 2 to 3h, 4h and more
  • 4 to 6 player(s)

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Rafales – Role-Playing Game in a World Battling the Wind

Cross. Resist. Tell the tale. Begin again.

Rafales is a narrative role-playing game that immerses you in a collective odyssey through a world swept by merciless winds. Loosely inspired by the cult novel The Horde of the Counterwind by Alain Damasio, Rafales is not an adaptation but a radical and poetic reinvention through play.

You play as a Horde: a group of individuals shaped by a single mission — to journey to the Farthest-Upstream, the mythical and unknown origin of the Wind.

What You’ll Experience

  • A shared storytelling experience, without a game master, shaped by the collective and by chance.

  • Distinct Hordier roles (Tracer, Aeromaster, Scribe, etc.), each with unique mechanics.

  • An emergent map, built step by step, populated with strangeness and wind-borne peoples.

A Unique and Organic System

  • Structured improvisation inspired by PBTA and Forged in the Dark systems.

  • Narrative rogue-like: each Horde is an attempt; each failure enriches the next.

  • Dynamic wind: at every stage, it shapes the stakes and influences the story.

Game Content

  • A 137-page full-color core book

A Richly Illustrated Universe

With dozens of original illustrations by Gabriel Amalric, Zariel, and Emmanuel Weill, Rafales offers a powerful imaginary realm, blending science fiction, myth, and graphic poetry.

Your Role in the Horde

Each role (Scout, Birdmaster, Prince...) influences the narrative and decisions. The Horde moves forward together — or falls together.

A World to Explore, a Wind to Understand

The Fréoles, Obliques, Sheltered… are all peoples shaped by the Wind. And the winds themselves — Zéfirine, Furvent, Crivetz — are more than elements: they are unique scenes to build.

Rafales is for you if…

  • You enjoy collective and improvised storytelling

  • You seek an intense, poetic, and demanding game experience

  • You want to tell stories, lose, pass them on… and begin again

A final word: don’t hope to “win” in Rafales. Hope to move forward, together. Hope to tell the tale for those who come after. And above all, hope to begin again.

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