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Good & Bad Ghosts

Game ID: GID0145498
Game Info
Year
1980
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Description

In Good & Bad Ghosts!, each player has four good ghosts and four evil ghosts – but only the player who owns a ghost can see whether it's good or evil (as with the pieces in Stratego). These ghosts start the game in the back rows of a 6x6 game board with the corners removed. Each turn, a player moves one of his ghosts one square orthogonally. Moving into an opponent's ghost kills that ghost. To win, you must get rid of your own evil ghosts, kill your opponent's good ghosts, or move one of your good ghosts off the board from one of your opponent's corner squares.

Description

In Good & Bad Ghosts!, each player has four good ghosts and four evil ghosts – but only the player who owns a ghost can see whether it's good or evil (as with the pieces in Stratego). These ghosts start the game in the back rows of a 6x6 game board with the corners removed. Each turn, a player moves one of his ghosts one square orthogonally. Moving into an opponent's ghost kills that ghost. To win, you must get rid of your own evil ghosts, kill your opponent's good ghosts, or move one of your good ghosts off the board from one of your opponent's corner squares.

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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • Very light and fast
  • Appealing theme with friendly vibes
Cons
  • Availability and visibility may be limited
  • Older title, can be obscure
Thematic elements
  • Capture or avoid ghosts in a duel
  • Abstract ghost pursuit on a simple grid
  • Light, quick-strike tactic
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • capture/evade — Capture the opponent’s pieces while protecting your own.
  • Grid Movement — Two players maneuver on a grid to capture/avoid ghosts.
  • Two-Player Only — Designed for a head-to-head contest with quick rounds.
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  • "we are going back in time to before Y2K"
  • "starting with games from 2000 the year 2000 and before we call those the before times"
  • "I am obsessed with that theme like making movies"
  • "I just think it looks really really neat"
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