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Gruselrunde zur Geisterstunde

Push cardboard ghosts through the slots of a lightbox villa and peek to see if the right two met in the ballroom.

Published by
Ravensburger

A cardboard villa is built inside the game box, lit from within, with cardboard ghosts sliding through slots on little wands. Each round you push two characters into the ballroom and peek through a peephole to see whether you guessed right.

Villa is built inside the game box and lit from withinPeephole reveal at the end of every roundSpatial memory instead of rules to learn

Who it's for

Families with younger kids who enjoy a game that is also an object, and anyone who likes gentle spooky themes without real scares.

Not for you if…

You want depth or replay value for adults: the core task barely varies, and the cardboard construction takes a few minutes each session. It is also hard to find outside German-speaking countries.

Vibe's take

Playful and a little theatrical, with the peephole moment as the payoff each round. Half memory exercise, half fairground attraction.

#25,588 on BGG

of over 30,000 ranked board games

Award winner

Published 2014 · 12 years ago

older than 67% of games

In 73 collections

collected more than 11% of games

2–4 players · ages 5+

Best with 2 or 3 or 4

20–25 min

shorter than 78% of games · typical 30–90 min

Complexity: light

Explained in 5 minutes · 1.7 out of 5 · lighter than 68%

Language: no text

Playable without the language

Play style: competitive

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