/pic3760243.jpg)
Description from the publisher:
In Haunt the House, we are ghosts competing to scare Ghost Hunters out of the various Rooms of our haunted house, and collecting their exploration gear as trophies. Each Ghost Hunter is scared out only by a specific combination of Scares. Each player has a hand of Scares they will use to try and get those Ghost Hunters out!
On your turn, do one of two things; Play Scares, or call BOO! When you Play Scares, you can play them face down to a Ghost Hunter (so that other players won't know what you've played), or face up (which gives other players information, but allows you to activate the awesome power of the Room that Ghost Hunter is in.)
When you call BOO!, point to a Ghost Hunter and reveal any facedown Scares, then (if more Scares are needed and if you have them) add Scares from your hand to finish off the Ghost Hunter. Congratulations... you've scared out that Ghost Hunter and grab their gear for your collection!
At the end of the game, the ghost who has collected the most valuable sets of gear wins the game!
The experienced version of the game introduces a variety of Phantoms; helpful allies that you can play to activate game-changing powers.
- Fun
- Great art style
- Good for Halloween
- Glow in the dark components (Kickstarter version)
- Ghosts trying to scare off ghost hunters
- A house
- Luigi's Mansion
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Area Control — Each room has different special powers, and players play cards to a location.
- Card Drafting — Players play different cards face up or face down.
- Set Collection — Players collect equipment items dropped by ghosts.
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- For those of you that like the heavier longer games, you're going to be happy with what we recorded on Sunday.
- It's insane. Well, it's showing us here like join the live chat. We're like, "Okay, well, we're all
- I am happy to report. I won't go dive into all the nitty-gritty details, but like they tried to come after me like with the police and stuff and try to they basically they broke a bunch of community guidelines and tried to press charges against my son.
- I discovered that at Gen Con last year.
- They're like, "Hey, sorry. Hope you hope you enjoy them."
- The premise is is you are all ghost. Yeah, you're all ghosts trying to scare off uh ghost hunters out of the house.
- This is Seashells, which is new from Kids Table Board Games.
- I love Kids Table board games. Like I one of my favorites.
- The art is very like it's it's it's uniquely them, right? Like their art style is just awesome.
- The rule selection thing which is pretty cool considering it was 24 years ago
- It's I will tell you though, the game uses those clear plastic back, you know, printed on one side. I think it's UV printing. Yeah, I know. They're deluxe. I really like those kind of ponds because they look, you know, the colors are great. They're fully, you know, they're not, you know, they're painted essentially, right? You know, you don't have to deal with or cardboard ones. They're very nice. So, we end up using those. Hopefully, they look good on camera.
References (from this video)
- Unique sound-making requirement
- Fun to play
- Not a deck builder as originally intended
- Scaring visitors
- Haunted House
- Requires players to make sounds, like saying 'boo'
- The Haunting (Sega Genesis)
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Deck Building — Originally intended as a deck builder, but it did not turn out that way.
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- I just didn't want to be bored playing games with my children.
- You know what the secret is, I think, is knowing your audience.
- It's like you don't have to do so much work to pitch a game to someone there.
- I think it's the best mechanism to have in a game.
- There's got to be more games in 30 plus years.
References (from this video)
- Unique sound-making requirement
- Fun to play
- Not a deck builder as originally intended
- Scaring visitors
- Haunted House
- Requires players to make sounds, like saying 'boo'
- The Haunting (Sega Genesis)
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Deck Building — Originally intended as a deck builder, but it did not turn out that way.
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- I just didn't want to be bored playing games with my children.
- You know what the secret is, I think, is knowing your audience.
- It's like you don't have to do so much work to pitch a game to someone there.
- I think it's the best mechanism to have in a game.
- There's got to be more games in 30 plus years.