2016D. Brad Talton, Jr.
- Videos
- 54
- Creators
- 37
2 - 5 players80 - 120 minHeavy weight

2025D. Brad Talton, Jr.
Mainly reviews. Spooktacular is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 25 reviews, 6 how-to-play guides, 3 recorded sessions, 8 unboxings, and 4 other videos.
From BoardGameGeek
It's Halloween night, 1986, and the all-night Spooktacular Film Festival is running in full swing in the midst of a wild thunderstorm. Suddenly, lightning strikes, overloading the theater's power circuits and releasing a hundred years of cinematic monsters from the silver screen. As one of those monsters, YOU are now free to wreak havoc. Terrify and devour unsuspecting moviegoers in a race to become the most terrifying monster of all time! In Spooktacular, play as one of twenty movie monsters, each with their own way of playing the game. Easy to understand rules are the base of the game, and everything else you need to know is right on your monster board. Tons of variability and devious monster abilities to discover will keep you coming back to the theater. Spooktacular is played over a series of rounds. Players perform the turn steps on their monster in order, then pass the turn to the player to their left. Playing cards, adding guests, moving, spooking, devouring, and interacting with your monster's unique abilities are common things you might do on a turn As soon as any player reaches 50 points OR there are no more tickets to take, this signals the end of the game. All players gain points equal to the points showing on any tickets they may have. The player with the most points wins.
Spooktacular has 46 videos from 36 creators: 25 reviews, 6 how-to-play guides, 3 playthroughs, 8 unboxings and 4 other videos. They date from 2024 to October 2026.
To learn the rules, start with "Spooktacular - When 20 Original Monsters Escaped Cinema Screen" by Meeple University, which runs 6 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Spooktacular Review: Groovy Ghoulies" by The Dice Tower. 22 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Spooktacular Gameplay - Level Up Live!" by Level 99 Games, one of 3 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Millennium Blades, Dead by Daylight: The Board Game, Guilty Gear: Strive – The Board Game and BattleCON: Devastation of Indines, also by D. Brad Talton, Jr.. It appears in convention videos from Gen Con 2026.
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2016D. Brad Talton, Jr.
2 - 5 players80 - 120 minHeavy weight
2023D. Brad Talton, Jr.
3 - 5 players30 - 60 minMedium weight
2024D. Brad Talton, Jr.
2 players15 minHeavy weight
2013D. Brad Talton, Jr.
1 - 5 players45 minHeavy weight
From BoardGameGeek:
It's Halloween night, 1986, and the all-night Spooktacular Film Festival is running in full swing in the midst of a wild thunderstorm. Suddenly, lightning strikes, overloading the theater's power circuits and releasing a hundred years of cinematic monsters from the silver screen. As one of those monsters, YOU are now free to wreak havoc. Terrify and devour unsuspecting moviegoers in a race to become the most terrifying monster of all time! In Spooktacular, play as one of twenty movie monsters, each with their own way of playing the game. Easy to understand rules are the base of the game, and everything else you need to know is right on your monster board. Tons of variability and devious monster abilities to discover will keep you coming back to the theater. Spooktacular is played over a series of rounds. Players perform the turn steps on their monster in order, then pass the turn to the player to their left. Playing cards, adding guests, moving, spooking, devouring, and interacting with your monster's unique abilities are common things you might do on a turn As soon as any player reaches 50 points OR there are no more tickets to take, this signals the end of the game. All players gain points equal to the points showing on any tickets they may have. The player with the most points wins.
Designer
D. Brad Talton, Jr.
Artist
Javier Roa González
Publisher
Level 99 Games
Categories
Mechanics