Escape from the Hidden Castle

Escape from the Hidden Castle, also sold under the title Midnight Party, is a children's-style board game published in 1989 by Ravensburger together with Fisher-Price. The setting is a ghost's birthday party in a haunted castle. Each player steers a set of party guests who are trying to get out of the building, while the ghost moves about and tries to catch them and shut them away in the wine cellar. That makes the game a light chase and escape contest, with the guests racing for the exit and the ghost acting as the common threat. Reviewing it as Midnight Party for Games International magazine, George Crawshay scored it seven out of ten and called it not one to shake the world but certainly recommended for some light hearted entertainment. The game also appeared on the 1991 Games 100 list in Games magazine, which marks it as a well regarded family title of its period.