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1999 Ranked #16,498

Haunted Castle

A visual-recognition card game has players spot which character is missing from each revealed card and call it first. Every correct call claims the card, so the largest pile after the deck ends wins.

Children's Game Deduction Pattern Recognition Series: Mini (Ravensburger)

Players

2-4

Play time

Not listed

Age

5+

Complexity

1/5

Rating

5.79

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.1/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.4/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.7/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

There are 8 characters a knight, an owl, a ghost, a witch, a pumpkin, a cat, a bat, and a vampire. Each player has a small board in front of themselves with all 8 characters on it.

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There are 8 characters a knight, an owl, a ghost, a witch, a pumpkin, a cat, a bat, and a vampire. Each player has a small board in front of themselves with all 8 characters on it. There is also a deck of cards each showing only 7 characters at a time. Flip a card and whoever calls out the missing character first gets the card. The person with the most cards when they are all gone, wins. Recomended for 5 years of age and up.

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All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
2–4
Best with
2–3
Play time
10 min
Age
5+
Complexity
1.0/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Lucien Geelhoed

Artists

1
Joachim Krause

Publishers

1
Ravensburger

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