Watch “The Scariest Kids Board Game? | Ghost Castle, Haunted House, Ghost Busters & Which Witch,” a board game video for Ghost Castle on BoardGameVideo.
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Classic family board game Ghost Castle has had plenty of names over the years - Which Witch?, Haunted House, Mr Creepy!, even The Real Ghostbusters Game - but a few things have always be true: it uses a 3D board, dynamic traps, and the whammy ball! Oh and it's always been terrific fun!
Join me as I trace the history of this classic board game from it's 70's origins at toy powerhouse Marvin Glass & Associates to the Ghostbusters of the 80s and the paranormal investigations of recent editions.
Note: I had a few technical difficulties in the making of this video so there are a few shots that are a little blurrier than usual - sorry, it was probably all the ghosts!
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Corrections:
I mistakenly refer to the Danish version of Ghost Castle being called "Spookslot" when in fact it was called "Spogelsesslottet". It is the Dutch version of Ghost Castle that is called "Spookslot".
Chapters:
00:00 Open
00:30 Intro
01:42 Marvin Glass & Associates
03:04 Which Witch? & Joseph M. Burck
06:20 Denys Fisher & Haunted House
08:20 Ghost Castle
09:30 Real Ghostbusting
10:22 Other Haunted Ghost Witch House Castles
12:27 Summary
14:37 Glew in the Darkd Skull!
Links & Sources:
J.W. Ocker's Odd Thing's I've Seen - https://www.oddthingsiveseen.com/2015/10/board-games-and-broomsticks-which-witch.html
Cob Webbed Bedroom Blog - https://cobwebbedroom.blogspot.com/2010/11/denys-fisher-haunted-house-another.html
Old Board Games - https://www.oldboardgames.co.uk/games/haunted-house-denys-fisher-2.html
Board Game Geek - www.boardgamegeek.com
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Mostly reviews and how-to-play. Ghost Castle is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 14 reviews, 8 how-to-play guides, 2 recorded sessions, 1 unboxings, and 8 other videos.
2 - 4 players
45 min
Light weight: Learn it in minutes
About Ghost Castle, from BoardGameGeek:
Classic three dimensional haunted house race game from the seventies. Players move their pawns around the board trying to be the first to escape the house. Along the way players draw cards that either: a) turn you into a rat (can't move), b) turn you back into a child if you are a rat, or c) have you drop the "whammy" ball down the chimney. The whammy ball comes out in one of the four quadrants of the game board and makes something move (witch's broom, secret door, etc.). If a player's pawn (or mouse) is hit by the ball or moving object it is sent backwards to a "safe" spot. Ages 6 - 12.
Which Witch came out in two editions: a large box version in 1970 with an unfolded board, and a narrow box edition in 1971 with a folding board.
Finnish version known as Kummituslinna did not use cards for events but came with wheel you spin around. Kummituslinna had high quality plastic tower and staircase instead of cardboard.
Italian version of the game was published by MB and it was called "Brivido!". It came with a plastic central tower and a phosphorescent skull instead of the ball. Also, the plastic "scared guy" markers glow in the dark and the cards are replaced with a spinner (the Greek version also came with the glowing skull and the spinner).
Hungarian version of the game is known as "Szellemkastély" and also came with a plastic central tower, a wheel instead of cards and a skull which glows in the dark.
The UK version of the game, called Ghost Castle, also featured the black plastic central tower, glow-in-the-dark skull, and spinner.
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