Halloween Board Games
October 23, 2007
The sound of crunching leaves, the crisp fall air, apples aplenty… Halloween is almost here. As the rush of sweet sugary goodness keeps us awake long after the last trick or treater comes to your door, why not take the opportunity to play a board game. Though not just any board game, it has to be a Halloween spooky, creepy or even, dare I say, scary one.
The Yehuda blog has a remakebly complete article about just these types of games. He even mentions, and provides links, for those adventurous to set-up a murder mystery party. His article is really a one stop review and link source for all your Halloween gaming needs.
Toping my own personal list is Werewolf. This is a great game for a large group of (at least 6-8 and up to 20) friends to play. Imagine yourselves as townfolk hunting down a werewolf or two among you, while a couple players try to blend in as the normal average everyday town folk.
On my wish list is Last Night on Earth. I’m a sucker for a good zombie story and this game really does a good job of placing you smack in the middle of a zombie storyline. People play as stereotypical zombie survivors and some play as the ever lovin’ mindless braineaters.
For a halloween themed game for the younger set, you should give Monster Maker a try. Be the first player to make your monster with 6 parts cards. Monster Maker is an outrageous race to create colorful Monsters by trading and exchanging “parts cards” with opponents or drawing from the “garbage pile”. A creative Monster Maker story book is also included in each pack.
As an additional touch, you may want to consider some atmospheric music. For something other than traditional spooky sounds, my favorites are the albums by Midnight Syndicate. They have themed CD’s that would fit nicely into a Halloween game session. I would recommend either their new and remastered “Out of the Darkness” or “The 13th Hour.” You can sample some of the music at their site to see if it is for you.
So any favorite Halloween games, traditional or customized, favs of yours?
Up next, Halloween Treats. I’ll give some interesting halloween recipes that I have found. Look for that post by Friday.
Please note : With Halloween just around the corner, the couple online sources I provided for purchase may be sold out, if so please ask your local game shop if they have any or can special order them quick enough for your party. Good luck and happy zombie and werewolf hunting 
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GMan 23 | October 31, 2007 at 7:01 am
Nice to see a list that has music suggestions too. Picked up out of the darkness and it was very cool. We even played some imaginiff
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fredward pete | October 31, 2007 at 7:03 am
we played scary Faces for Halloween. I went through the cards and kept the creepy and scary face ones it was fun
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Tim | October 31, 2007 at 3:51 pm
Great, glad I could help with the music suggestion and imaginiff… is a great game all year round.
Scary Faces game… very cool.
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Katie | October 29, 2008 at 10:01 pm
I’m a little late for this post, but Nightmare (old version & new) is an awesome game to play with friends. Depending on the version, you’ll need a VCR or DVD and I think and hour to dedicate to it. Very fun!! (I think it’s up to 6 players)