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Good & Bad Ghosts

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Good & Bad Ghosts, also sold as Ghosts! and known in German as Geister, is a two-player supernatural board game designed by Alex Randolph and published by Milton Bradley in 1982. It is played on a six by six grid that represents a haunted castle, with an escape exit at each of the four corners. Each player has eight ghost pieces, four good and four evil, set out in two rows of four. A dot on the back of each ghost shows its alignment to its owner, but from the front all ghosts look alike, so neither player knows which of the opponent's pieces are good. Each turn a player moves one ghost one square, and capturing an opposing ghost reveals its nature. A player wins by capturing all four of the opponent's good ghosts or by walking a good ghost out through an exit on the opponent's side, but loses by capturing all four evil ones. The game won the 1986 Arets spil Best Family Game Award and was recommended for the 1982 Spiel des Jahres.

Facts
Origin Year
1982 1
Playing Time
15 2
Designer
Alex Randolph 2
Publisher
asmodee 2
Publisher
Bütehorn Spiele (Buchholz Verlag) 2
Publisher
Drei Magier Spiele 2
Publisher
Estrela 2
Publisher
Granna 2
Publisher
Istituto Del Gioco (IDG) 2
Publisher
Kärnan 2
Publisher
Kirjalito 2
Publisher
Kod Kod 2
Publisher
Litor 2
Publisher
Milton Bradley 2
Publisher
Möbius Games 2
Publisher
Noris Spiele 2
Publisher
Oliphante 2
Publisher
Schmidt Spiele 2
Publisher
Venice Connection 2
Publisher
Waddingtons 2
Publisher
놀이속의세상 2
Game Category
Abstract Strategy 2
Game Category
Bluffing 2
Game Category
Children's Game 2
Game Category
Deduction 2
Game Category
Horror 2
Game Mechanic
Grid Movement 2
Game Mechanic
Player Elimination 2
Game Mechanic
Point to Point Movement 2
Game Mechanic
Secret Unit Deployment 2
Game Mechanic
Square Grid 2
Game Mechanic
Static Capture 2
Minimum Players
2 2
Maximum Players
2 2
Classification
Player Count
Two-Player 1
Sport
Game Type (category)
Board Game 1
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Source Milton Bradley Company (Wikipedia)Lead paragraph
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Milton Bradley Company, simply known as Milton Bradley (MB), was an American board game manufacturer
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1. Good & Bad Ghosts (Wikipedia)
  • Lead sentence
    published in 1982 by Milton Bradley
  • Lead sentence [player-count]
    designed by Alex Randolph for two players
  • Lead sentence [game-type-category]
    is a supernatural horror board game designed by Alex Randolph
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2. Good & Bad Ghosts (BoardGameGeek)
  • Playing Time: 15
  • Designer: Alex Randolph
  • Publisher: asmodee
  • Publisher: Bütehorn Spiele (Buchholz Verlag)
  • Publisher: Drei Magier Spiele
  • Publisher: Estrela
  • Publisher: Granna
  • Publisher: Istituto Del Gioco (IDG)
  • Publisher: Kärnan
  • Publisher: Kirjalito
  • Publisher: Kod Kod
  • Publisher: Litor
  • Publisher: Milton Bradley
  • Publisher: Möbius Games
  • Publisher: Noris Spiele
  • Publisher: Oliphante
  • Publisher: Schmidt Spiele
  • Publisher: Venice Connection
  • Publisher: Waddingtons
  • Publisher: 놀이속의세상
  • Game Category: Abstract Strategy
  • Game Category: Bluffing
  • Game Category: Children's Game
  • Game Category: Deduction
  • Game Category: Horror
  • Game Mechanic: Grid Movement
  • Game Mechanic: Player Elimination
  • Game Mechanic: Point to Point Movement
  • Game Mechanic: Secret Unit Deployment
  • Game Mechanic: Square Grid
  • Game Mechanic: Static Capture
  • Minimum Players: 2
  • Maximum Players: 2
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