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1992 Ranked #14,475

The Gothic Game

A darkly comic roll-and-move game has players roam a haunted mansion, collect weapons, and kill every rival. Torture devices, Dracula, and lethal traps turn the murder race into chaotic horror.

Horror Humor Open Drafting Player Elimination

Players

2-8

Play time

45-90 min

Age

10+

Complexity

1.36/5

Rating

6.54

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.7/5

Deep strategy

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"The object of the game is simple... to kill every other player on the board!" An odd little gem from England.

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"The object of the game is simple... to kill every other player on the board!" An odd little gem from England. It's essentially a roll and move game with a board depicting a big, spooky haunted mansion. You move about the mansion, acquire weapons to assist in your murder spree (I'm serious), suffer the horrid effects of torture devices, get chased by Dracula (and possibly drained of blood and turned into a vampire yourself), pour boiling oil on your friends, etc. It's a bit sick-and-twisted, but it's also silly fun with the right group of gamers! It has an endorsement by Terry Jones of Monty Python fame on the back of the box, so it HAS to be good, right?!?!

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Play and group

Players
2–8
Best with
4–8
Play time
45–90 min
Age
10+
Complexity
1.4/5
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Designers

2
Nigel Andrews Robert Wynne-Simmons

Publishers

1
Tolmayax Games