Ghostbusters: Blackout

Fit

Teach 2.3

Teaching signal

Replay 4.0

High replayability

Interaction 3.8

Highly interactive

Scaling 4.4

Scales well

Strategy 4.5

Deep strategy

Control 2.2

Luck-sensitive

Table feel

Moderate level of interaction with a good balance between direct and strategic confrontation. Players need to pay attention to each other's actions frequently, but cooperation is not a major focus in the game.

Replay value

Ghostbusters: Blackout offers a high degree of variability with its gameboard, expansions, and strategic depth. The game scales well with different player counts and has a moderate learning curve. Overall, it provides a solid replayability experience.

Luck profile

The final luck score for Ghostbusters: Blackout is 4.33, indicating a moderate influence of luck in the game. Random elements such as dice rolls and card draws have a notable impact on the game outcome, but players have some ability to mitigate the effects of luck through strategic decisions. Overall, the game relies on a balanced mix of luck and strategy.

Overview

After a major power outage struck New York, the Ghostbusters must set out to capture all the ghost escaping from their containment unit. With the whole city suffering from a blackout and an onslaught of ghost rampaging around, it’s up to the Ghostbusters to quell the chaos and get those ghosts busted! Ghostbusters: Blackout is a fully co-operative board game for 2-4 players. In it, players roll dice and allocate them to move around the city, capture ghosts, and buy upgrades for their ghost-busting tech, all while trying to keep the city from collapsing from the ensuing chaos! —description from the publisher

Mechanism

1

Cooperative Game

Family

2

Creatures: Ghosts Movies: Ghostbusters

Media