{"id":82961,"date":"2015-10-30T11:30:36","date_gmt":"2015-10-30T09:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=82961"},"modified":"2015-10-30T11:39:09","modified_gmt":"2015-10-30T09:39:09","slug":"devil-dice-the-best-board-games-to-play-this-halloween","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/82961-devil-dice-the-best-board-games-to-play-this-halloween","title":{"rendered":"Devil dice: the best board games to play this Halloween"},"content":{"rendered":"

As Halloween casts its ominous, slightly tacky shadow over us, we think it\u2019s the perfect time to go all out. That means costumes, scary video games<\/a> and cheesy horror movies. Oh yeah, and we can\u2019t forget creepy board games.<\/p>\n

Want to throw the most Halloween-riffic games evening this weekend? Here are a few of our favourite tabletop terrors.<\/p>\n

Dead of Winter<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Seen the latest episode of The Walking Dead<\/em> yet? Great. Now imagine living through it yourself. That\u2019s Dead of Winter<\/em> in a shambling nutshell.<\/p>\n

This game of survival, betrayal and difficult choices is the perfect way to ramp up the tension this Halloween.<\/p>\n

For maximum roleplay, dress up as a ragged survivor and eat tinned beans as snacks.<\/p>\n

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Dead of Winter<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

Ancient Terrible Things<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Imagine yourself as an explorer making your way through a thick jungle. You\u2019re struggling to move under the oppressive heat when suddenly you\u2019re face to face with some eldritch abomination looking to consume you.<\/p>\n

Ancient Terrible Things<\/em> is a great local game with Cthulhu-themed flavour that has you slowly (or unnervingly quickly) going insane. Can you keep your sanity?<\/p>\n

One Night Ultimate Werewolf<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Someone among you is a werewolf. Worse still, it\u2019s you. And your fellow villagers are looking very suspiciously at you.<\/p>\n

One Night Ultimate Werewolf<\/em> is either a game of logic \u2013 if you\u2019re a human \u2013 or deceit \u2013 if you\u2019re one of the werewolves.<\/p>\n

Like many social games with traitor mechanics, the scariest part of it isn\u2019t necessarily the supernatural flavour, it\u2019s the fear of getting caught in web of your own lies.<\/p>\n

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Ancient Terrible Things<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

Letters from Whitechapel<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Sometimes, the scariest things aren\u2019t ghosts and zombies but the things that are liable to actually exist.<\/p>\n

Letters from Whitechapel<\/em> sees you play as either Jack the Ripper or the detectives trying to catch him.<\/p>\n

As with One Night Ultimate Werewolf<\/em>, it\u2019s more nerve-racking to play the bad guy, especially in the later stages as the coppers close in on your location.<\/p>\n

Ghost Stories<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Ever wanted to be the Ghostbusters? Well, forget about it because ghosts are nasty mofos and will probably utterly destroy you.<\/p>\n

Ghost Stories <\/em>drops you in a haunted village and spams spirits at you like Zergs on a raid.<\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t a game for those who want a chilled Halloween: this is an intense game of overwhelming odds.<\/p>\n

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Mysterium<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

Betrayal at House on the Hill<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The best way of playing Betrayal at House on the Hill<\/em> is to do it after watching a few campy horror movies from the \u201850s.<\/p>\n

You know the type, a group of straitlaced heroes spend a night at a haunted mansion for some poorly defined reason, and bad things happen.<\/p>\n

Betrayal <\/em>follows the same playbook, throwing in every horror clich\u00e9 you can image.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re the kind of person to decorate your house with plastic skeletons and fake spider-webs, you\u2019ll love the game.<\/p>\n

Mysterium<\/strong><\/h3>\n

What would happen if the murder victim in Cluedo came back as a ghost and spoke to you through mysterious dreams?<\/p>\n

Mysterium<\/em> answers this question by placing players in the role of a group of psychic investigators looking to solve a murder.<\/p>\n

Your only clues will be some very surreal cards representing the dreams. This game isn\u2019t particularly scary, but it is loads of fun \u2013 and isn\u2019t that what Halloween is ultimately about?<\/p>\n

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More from our resident board game nut<\/strong><\/h3>\n

A Gamer\u2019s Guide to Board Games \u2013 Part 5: FPS, Racing and Survival Horror<\/a><\/p>\n

A dicey proposition: why video gamers should also get into board games<\/a><\/p>\n

GPUs killed the videogame star: has 3D graphics eliminated originality in gaming<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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