Horror Games
ma...@drizzle.com
I want to plan a game party for around Halloween. Can anyone recommend any
"horror" board games? (But don't bother suggesting "Arkam Horror" --
whattaya think I'm *made* of money*?)
Matthew
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Matthew Hubbard
> Hi all,
> I want to plan a game party for around Halloween. Can anyone recommend any
> "horror" board games? (But don't bother suggesting "Arkam Horror" --
> whattaya think I'm *made* of money*?)
Hi, Matt! I'm another Matt who is (currently) not made out of
money. You might consider "Give Me The Brain", a card game from the
appropriately named CheapAss Games. You and your friends can enjoy being
zombies working at a fast food restaurant, where you have to finish your
tasks so you can go home; some (but not all) the tasks require the use of
a brain, but there is only one brain which all of you have to share.
It's pretty damned funny, and if you don't like it, it only cost $5.00,
which means you are only entitled to a tiny amount of bellyaching, unlike
spending $60 on a game you play only once or twice.
MattH
James D. McIninch
I concur, also: Lord of the Fries (Zombies filling out fast-food orders
as best they can), and Parts Unknown (players are body parts salesmen
hawking limbs and organs to would-be Dr. Frankensteins). Both games are
also from Cheapass Games (www.cheapass.com) and cost $5 and $6
respectively.
Also, if you have some more cerebral gamers, "Black Death" is a good
game
(though I don't recall the authors off-hand) where each player
represents
a plague with their own chosen mortality and virulence -- the player
to wipe out the largest portion of Eurasia wins. Nuclear Ware (Flying
Buffalo)
may also be approriate (not quite horror, but still fun).
Brian Bankler
> game
> (though I don't recall the authors off-hand) where each player
> represents
> a plague with their own chosen mortality and virulence -- the player
Black Death is by BTRC. I wouldn't really call it a
cerebral game. It is certainly more serious than a cheapass game,
but any game where you get to be a disease and name yourself
(and the names tend to get gruesome ... like 'Exploding Herpes')
can't be all that serious.
> to wipe out the largest portion of Eurasia wins. Nuclear Ware (Flying
> Buffalo)
Nuclear Ware! Play radioactive kitchen utensils!
Nuclear War is pretty good, too.
(Couldn't help myself).
John Fiala
>Hi all,
>
>I want to plan a game party for around Halloween. Can anyone recommend any
>"horror" board games? (But don't bother suggesting "Arkam Horror" --
>whattaya think I'm *made* of money*?)
>
Atlas has 'Cults Across America', where each person plays an evil
lovecraftian cult bent on taking over the country. I don't immediately
remember any positive or negative reviews on it, but just about everything
else they make is awesome.
-john
jcf...@cssltd.com
BoulderG
In Plague (B&B Games) you pick up bodies to take to the dump and try to avoid
fleas. But the game is too expensive.
jim
Wik the Mighty
: Hi all,
: I want to plan a game party for around Halloween. Can anyone recommend any
: "horror" board games? (But don't bother suggesting "Arkam Horror" --
: whattaya think I'm *made* of money*?)
If you can find a copy & have access to a TV/VCR, I'd recommend Atmosfear: The
Harbingers.
It's not the most serious game, but is guaranteed to last no longer than an
hour, and the components are good. (And it should be cheap if you can find it,
try KB Toys...)
Basic sense of the game: Everyone starts out as a numbskull and has to
accumulate 6 key-stones and return to their starting spaces. In the background
you play a video tape with 'the Gatekeeper' which commands you to do various
things and mostly annoys people. It also works as a timer - at certain times
various options are avaliable, and the game ends after an hour if noone has
won yet.
The tape is fairly well done too. We usually end up playing through this one
a time or two (if we win too quickly) late just before we wrap things up for
the night. Works best if people can 'get into' the whole Gatekeeper thing.
There is also a 45-minute advanced tape which we usually don't use so we're
not so rushed.
I'd also recommend Slasher: The Final Cut.
It's a card game where you seemingly direct a horror film, playing actions, a
and changing those that others play. at first, noone knows who the slasher is,
then 'clues' are played on peoples characters, and after a point, they become
the slasher. This can bounce around as more clues are played on another
character. You win by killing the slasher, or by killing everyone else if you
are the slasher.
It's a bit confusing, and cheaply produced, but definately fits in with the
Halloween theme.
Fnord:
Captain Nemo reinforces the humming jukebox and the extraterrestrial cyberdeck.
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sah
If the envoy side wins, they all win. Only minions win on their own.
Random creature determined the playing deck (if you know the game well
enough it helps determine what you need to kill it). I love the game,
but I never could stand being on of the good guys. Shared victory my
eye.
Steve Hancock
GBRyder
How about these:
Lets Kill! (Sancho Games)
- A cardgame for2-6 players (best with 4-6) where players pretend to be a
homocidal maniac and kill people.
Plague & Pestilence (Hillary's Toybox)
- Wage War on your enemies, lead a holy crusade, prepare for the coming of the
plague!
City of Chaos (Monocle Games)
- Free a city from the strange, entropic forces that threaten to tear it apart.
Kind of expensive, but it is a very cool game.
Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (Games Worksop)
- Players sneak around in a pyramid trying to get to the tresure at the top
while avoiding the mummy. I'ts out of print now, but you can usually find it
for sale/auction over in rec.games.board.marketplace it does however suffer
from the same problem that Arkham Horror does.
The Fury of Dracula (Games Workshop)
-Players try to hunt down Dracula as he sneaks around Europe. I'ts out of print
now, but you can usually find it for sale/auction over in
rec.games.board.marketplace it does however suffer from the same problem that
Arkham Horror does.
Crisis: A Twisted Laugh at Life (Uain Bros)
- Survive "Real Life"! Your parents have kicked you out of their basement and
you have to try to make it. AAARRGH!
Ron Magin
Adam Kopczenski
Atmosfear is the sequel to an older (and highly entertaining) game called
Nightmare, with the same premise. This is from back around 1990, when VCR
board games were trendy. The idea is the same: Collect six keys, then get to
the center of the board for a chance to stop the tape and win the game.
Meanwhile, the tape shows a one hour timer, interruppted by the Gatekeeper
throwing setbacks at you. Allegedly, they intended to prduce a series of
tapes for the game (it was packaged with one), but I never saw any. Hope
this helps.
~~Adam >+O|3
Brandon Freels
> Hi all,
>
> I want to plan a game party for around Halloween. Can anyone recommend any
> "horror" board games? (But don't bother suggesting "Arkam Horror" --
> whattaya think I'm *made* of money*?)
GOLEM: The Game of Mad Scientists, Monsters, and Mayhem
GOLEM is a card game where each player is a mad scientist out to prove
himself by creating golems which will rampage across the countryside. Golems
can range from traditional Frankensteins to statues of clay to robotic
automatons (or a combination thereof). Build your golem before the other mad
scientists get the chance, and if they manage to cobble one together, send
yours out to destroy theirs!
The main game has been selling well, and I look forward to having Bride of
GOLEM available sometime in the future.
Please check out the GOLEM web slab at http://www.rhinoventures.com/golem/
Thank you for your time.
--
Domo. Ja na.
Brandon Freels
(bra...@rhinoventures.com, ICQ#: 2695168, Online-Gaming: Spittledung)
"I'm witty naturally. I don't need quotes!"
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Matt Williams
Matthew Hubbard wrote in message <6ur10d$5lf$3...@nnrp1.crl.com>...
>ma...@drizzle.com wrote:
>> Hi all,
>
>> I want to plan a game party for around Halloween. Can anyone recommend
any
>> "horror" board games? (But don't bother suggesting "Arkam Horror" --
>> whattaya think I'm *made* of money*?)
>
>money. You might consider "Give Me The Brain", a card game from the
>appropriately named CheapAss Games. You and your friends can enjoy being
>zombies working at a fast food restaurant, where you have to finish your
>tasks so you can go home; some (but not all) the tasks require the use of
>a brain, but there is only one brain which all of you have to share.
>It's pretty damned funny, and if you don't like it, it only cost $5.00,
>which means you are only entitled to a tiny amount of bellyaching, unlike
>spending $60 on a game you play only once or twice.
>
Hi Matt,
I'm also another Matt! IF you can find it anywhere or know anyone who has
it, I can heartily
recommend Fury Of Dracula. It's on old Games Workshop game for 2-4 players.
1 player is Dracula who moves around the board in secret leaving vampires
and/or hazards wherever he goes and the other players (the hunters) have to
try and locate him by deduction, second guessing and luck.
As I say though, it's out of print now but you might find it in a 2nd-hand
gameshop somewhere.
Matt Williams
Mat...@forfree.at
Magnus Lundgren
>
> Matthew Hubbard wrote in message <6ur10d$5lf$3...@nnrp1.crl.com>...
> >ma...@drizzle.com wrote:
> >> Hi all,
> >
> >> I want to plan a game party for around Halloween. Can anyone recommend
> any
> >> "horror" board games? (But don't bother suggesting "Arkam Horror" --
> >> whattaya think I'm *made* of money*?)
Not that I think you can find it but the minature game "Vampire"
is fun, or at least I thought so the last time I played it
years ago.
The game board (made of paper) has two sides one where you go
around the country side in Transylvania (spelling?) picking
up useful stuff, finding coffins and fighting evil monsters.
The other part of the game, think it starts when someone has
found three coffins. Is on the other side and it has a map
over the Dracula castle. The players now try to find Dracula
and kill him. Especially the second part of the game has a
very good feeling because the dangers in the castle makes it
hard to stay alive. A nice feature here is that when playing
in the castle it will be come night if you don't make it
quickly and then the evils are much stronger.
If you find a copy or someone offers to sell it to you
it might be what you are looking for. Shouldn't be very
expensive - but then I don't know anything about the
market value of it.
Magnus
Steve Hilby
>
> Matt Williams wrote:
> >
> > Matthew Hubbard wrote in message <6ur10d$5lf$3...@nnrp1.crl.com>...
> > >ma...@drizzle.com wrote:
> > >> Hi all,
> > >
>
> Not that I think you can find it but the minature game "Vampire"
> is fun, or at least I thought so the last time I played it
> years ago.
>
> The game board (made of paper) has two sides one where you go
> around the country side in Transylvania (spelling?) picking
> up useful stuff, finding coffins and fighting evil monsters.
> The other part of the game, think it starts when someone has
> found three coffins. Is on the other side and it has a map
> over the Dracula castle. The players now try to find Dracula
> and kill him. Especially the second part of the game has a
> very good feeling because the dangers in the castle makes it
> hard to stay alive. A nice feature here is that when playing
> in the castle it will be come night if you don't make it
> quickly and then the evils are much stronger.
>
> If you find a copy or someone offers to sell it to you
> it might be what you are looking for. Shouldn't be very
> expensive - but then I don't know anything about the
> market value of it.
>
> Magnus
Y'know, I always liked that one, too...
Steve H
bagh...@my-dejanews.com
ma...@drizzle.com wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I want to plan a game party for around Halloween. Can anyone recommend any
> "horror" board games? (But don't bother suggesting "Arkam Horror" --
> whattaya think I'm *made* of money*?)
>
Here is the major complication:
Horror is a very popular theme. So popular in fact that many people consider
it HIGHLY collectable. So, any good horror games will likely be on any
horror collector's list.
That being said, here is Jae's list of awesome horror games to play on
Halloween:
Ka-Bala(Ideal?) - glowing floating eye tarot game...good for that midnight
seance!
Seance(???) - a mini-record player game where items are spoken out and you
collect them from your dead uncle's house (this game is REALLY cool, and
if you find a copy let me know...especially if you can't afford it ;)
Green Ghost(Transogram) - Glow in the dark game of ghost hunting. Find
Green Ghost's lost niece Kelly and win! This is a very touchy feely
game that requires either absolute blackness or (my fave) a decent blacklight.
Which Witch?(Parker Bros) - three witches haunt a house full of traps and
what not. traps are set off by a little marble placed in the chimney set
in the middle of the board. It randomly rolls down and hits one of the traps.
Good game, overvalued though.
Ghostbusters 3D(parker bros) - basically this is Which Witch themed as
Ghostbusters.
Barnabus Collins(???) - based on Dark Shadows...I think you are building a
hung skeleton, but it's been a LLOOOOOOOOOONG time since I have played this
Voice of the Mummy(???) - I don't know much about this one
Arkham Horror(Chaosium) - monster hunting in 1920 america (cthulhu mythos)
Fury of Dracula(GW) - I don't personally like this game, but it is pretty
neat. It basically (imho) is like gothic Scotland yard.
Curse of the Mummy's Tomb(GW) - Watered down talisman in a pyramid
I vant to bite your finger - really stupid, I'd skip it
Curse of the Cobras(Ideal) - this was my favorite childhood game. The
premise is that you have some ankhs which you place into holes in a
sarcophagus. At one end is a pair of cobras, on the other is the head of the
sarcophagus which a mummy head pops out from. If you place an ankh in the
wrong hole, the snakes grab your arm, the box "hisses" and the mummy head
pops out. The player who misplaces the piece takes all the annks in the
coffin and resets the game and play continues...the winner is the one who
places all of his/her ankhs. (if you can't tell, this is my fave game to this
day :)
Disney's haunted Mansion(disney) - if you can't afford arkham horror, you
DEFINITELY cannot afford this. It's based on the popular disney ride...has
very cool graphics.
Vampire(TSR mini-game) - don't know much about this game
The Keep(Mayfair) - based on the movie of the same name
Ghost Party(Ravensburger) - run and hide from the ghost *children's game*
Haunted Mansion(Ideal or Transogram?) - I'm not sure of the premise of the
game, I've only seen the 3d board which is pretty cool, but not quite as cool
as the Disney game.
Ghosts(MB/PB?) Checkers with g-i-t-d ghosts...looks cool, but I wouldn't
personally shell out more than $5 for it. (which is why I don't own it.)
Pit and Pendulum(???) - take bones out of a pendulm setup...weird game
Skwoorms(???) - kids game nuff said
Goosebumps(???) - see above
Gravedigger(???) - see above
anyotherpopularkidshorrortoygamerightnow(???) - see above
non-horror games which are good for halloween parties:
Electronic D&D
Shadowlord
Dark Tower (especially good since it makes a nice halloween centerpiece)
Talisman
Dungeonquest
Heroquest(Return of the witchlord and undead expansions of course!)
Pentacle
WizWar
Operation (decorated accordingly also you want to put the pieces IN, not
take them out (particularly hard with charley horse :))
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are both vampire games - Mayfair's Transylvania and Steve Jackson Games'
Undead. The former is really too simple to be interesting, the latter is
supposed to be pretty good (it's Van Helsing & Co. vs. Dracula in London),
but moderately complex and not something I'd bring out at a Halloween party.
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Matthew,
Actually, I have I copy of TSR's Vampire if you are interested.
Another game I own that didn't make the list is Chill: Black Morn Manor by
Pacesetter. The game is for 2-6 players and the board is built with tiles
during game play with one player acting as the minion for the 'Master' building
the mansion and the other players advancing to the manor from the surrounding
yard. The 'Master' is randomly drawn from 12 selections each game and the
players must first determine who this fiend is so they can find the key item
that will destroy it. For example, if your group is attacked by 'Wolves, bats,
and rats,' then the Master is probably either the Vampire, Werewolf, or
Batlord. Better hope you don't only have the silver bullet though when the
Batlord attacks (unless you're facing the dreaded 'Batlord and Friend' Master
card!) It does create an excellent mystery as you try to determine what evil
you're battling. Hey, even my wife likes playing this one!!!
Jeff Johnston
Please send responses to j...@mediaone.net
The Maverick
>
> Matthew,
>
> Actually, I have I copy of TSR's Vampire if you are interested.
>
> Another game I own that didn't make the list is Chill: Black Morn Manor
I highly recommend BMM!
Also, I didn't notice TSR's Nightmare House (published in Ares.) There
was also the magazine game Slasher Flick published in Fantasy Gamer #1.
There is also the eerie Dark Cults card game but it is set up for two
players. This has to have the best creepy horror potential of all the
games listed so far.
Other games that could tangentially fit with a horror theme:
Attack of the Mutants (Yaquinto) - goofy mutants attack college lab
Bug-Eyed Monsters (West End) - take-off on 50's sci-fi alien take-over
films
Demons (SPI) - wargamey effort regarding conjuring demons
Intruder (Task Force Games) - solitaire game influenced by the movie
Alien
Necromancer (Steve Jackson Games) - armies of undead fight each other
the Mav
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jwjo...@aol.com (JWJohnst) wrote:
> Another game I own that didn't make the list is Chill: Black Morn Manor by
> Pacesetter. The game is for 2-6 players and the board is built with tiles
Is it still in print?
dkuz...@my-dejanews.com
bagh...@my-dejanews.com wrote:
> In article <19980930203154...@ng66.aol.com>,
> jwjo...@aol.com (JWJohnst) wrote:
> > Another game I own that didn't make the list is Chill: Black Morn Manor by
> > Pacesetter. The game is for 2-6 players and the board is built with tiles
> > Please send responses to j...@mediaone.net
>
> Is it still in print?
Nope. I sold/traded my unplayed copy years ago. It always looked WAY too
luck-dependent to me. Bt not having played it, I can't really comment.
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The Maverick <thema...@volcano.net> wrote:
> There is also the eerie Dark Cults card game but it is set up for two
> players. This has to have the best creepy horror potential of all the
> games listed so far.
And delivers the least I thought. I liked the story-telling concept (ala Once
Upon a Time), but it seemed completely devoid of any real gaming elements.
> Demons (SPI) - wargamey effort regarding conjuring demons
On of those games that I absolutely could never understand. Maybe I have an
early edition, but I find the rules completely incomprehensible. And the
theme seemed so cool...
John Fiala
<6v0e00$65g$1...@nnrp1.dejanews.com>...
>In article <19980930203154...@ng66.aol.com>,
> jwjo...@aol.com (JWJohnst) wrote:
>> Another game I own that didn't make the list is Chill: Black Morn Manor
by
>> Pacesetter. The game is for 2-6 players and the board is built with
tiles
>> Please send responses to j...@mediaone.net
>
>Is it still in print?
No, but I did find a copy still in it's plastic-wrap at the local game
store last weekend, which suggests that a few copies might have been found
in someone's warehouse recently.
Haven't had the chance to play it yet.
Nathan Johnson
I have a copy of both Nightmare and Vampire for sale if you're interested: $15
and $5 respectively, ppd.
Chris Johnson
P.S. Unless you live in Outer Mongolia . . .
frank_...@emtc.com
Nightmare/Atmosfear. Silly, but my wife's favorite game. The tapes are great,
and the game is ok.
The Gothic Game. Groovy British game which reminds me a bit of Dungeonquest.
You are actively out to kill your opponents and the cards are completely
hilarious. My favorite is the Rack, which makes you lose 60 HP, but gets you
an extra space on movement because your legs are longer.
Dem Bones. Horror themed Operation.
Dark Shadows. Same game as Creature Castle, and released in Germany as
Kartenrallye. Kids game, but with a few choices. Great board art.
en Teufels Keuche. Play demons trying to feed the Devil in the Kitchen of
Hell. Combat system involves a kettle.
Chill: Black Morn Manor. GREAT game from Pacesetter. Run around aspooky old
house and try to get the the bottom of a creepy mystery. Good guys play as a
team against the bad guys, and players change sides throughout the game.
Highyl reccommended.
Rattle me Bones: Simple dex game with a skeleton nailed to a wheel.
Hexentanz/Dance of the Witches: FX Schmid. Is a lot like the old aggravation
game. With ALL of the pieces hidden. PRetty torturous memory game, but another
wifes favorite.
Bewitched: (Waddington) British children's game. Has magnetic pieces where you
are trying to collect a spell book. Actually kind of cute.
I could keep going for awhile. The full list of my collection is at http://
www.neonate.org. I probably have over 100 horror themed games.
Moo
Frank
tedd...@earthlink.net
> >> Hi all,
> >
> >> I want to plan a game party for around Halloween. Can anyone recommend
> any
> >> "horror" board games? (But don't bother suggesting "Arkam Horror" --
> >> whattaya think I'm *made* of money*?)
> >
> >money. You might consider "Give Me The Brain", a card game from the
> >appropriately named CheapAss Games. You and your friends can enjoy being
> >zombies working at a fast food restaurant, where you have to finish your
> >tasks so you can go home; some (but not all) the tasks require the use of
> >a brain, but there is only one brain which all of you have to share.
> >It's pretty damned funny, and if you don't like it, it only cost $5.00,
> >which means you are only entitled to a tiny amount of bellyaching, unlike
> >spending $60 on a game you play only once or twice.
> >
> >MattH
>
> Hi Matt,
>
> I'm also another Matt! IF you can find it anywhere or know anyone who has
> it, I can heartily
> recommend Fury Of Dracula. It's on old Games Workshop game for 2-4 players.
> 1 player is Dracula who moves around the board in secret leaving vampires
> and/or hazards wherever he goes and the other players (the hunters) have to
> try and locate him by deduction, second guessing and luck.
>
> As I say though, it's out of print now but you might find it in a 2nd-hand
> gameshop somewhere.
>
> Matt Williams
> Mat...@forfree.at
Brady Severns
Lucky wouldn't bad, either...
Brady
rwbu...@gmail.com
> JWJohnst wrote:
> >
> > Matthew,
> >
> > Actually, I have I copy of TSR's Vampire if you are interested.
> >
>
>
> Also, I didn't notice TSR's Nightmare House (published in Ares.) There
> was also the magazine game Slasher Flick published in Fantasy Gamer #1.
>
> players. This has to have the best creepy horror potential of all the
> games listed so far.
>
> Attack of the Mutants (Yaquinto) - goofy mutants attack college lab
> Bug-Eyed Monsters (West End) - take-off on 50's sci-fi alien take-over
> films
> Alien
> Necromancer (Steve Jackson Games) - armies of undead fight each other
>
> the Mav
>
> --
> Maverick's "Believe it or Click on it"
> Macho Women with Guns? http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Lair/6747
rwbu...@gmail.com
> Matthew,
>
> Actually, I have I copy of TSR's Vampire if you are interested.
>
> the mansion and the other players advancing to the manor from the surrounding
> yard. The 'Master' is randomly drawn from 12 selections each game and the
> players must first determine who this fiend is so they can find the key item
> that will destroy it. For example, if your group is attacked by 'Wolves, bats,
> and rats,' then the Master is probably either the Vampire, Werewolf, or
> Batlord. Better hope you don't only have the silver bullet though when the
> Batlord attacks (unless you're facing the dreaded 'Batlord and Friend' Master
> card!) It does create an excellent mystery as you try to determine what evil
> you're battling. Hey, even my wife likes playing this one!!!
>
> Jeff Johnston