Halloween: The night where the moon shines a little too bright, and the darkness feels a little too thick. What better way to celebrate the most wicked night of the year than with a horror-themed board games’ marathon? If you’re gathering friends for a spooky game night, these chilling games will have your crew on edge. Forget candy corn—these board games are the real treat for Halloween!
Dead of Winter: The Long Night
Players: 2-5
No Halloween is complete without zombies. In Dead of Winter: The Long Night, you find yourself in a colony under siege. With undead nightmares waiting outside, your group needs to scavenge for supplies, fortify the base, and, worst of all, keep the colony from
Plum Island Horror
Players: 1-4
Looking for a game with a little bit of tower defense and a whole lot of horror? Plum Island Horror makes surviving a full-on outbreak an unforgettable experience. You and your team control different factions, each with unique strengths and weaknesses. Your goal? Evacuate Plum Island and prevent a pandemic from spreading. The teamwork and tactical management make it a gripping challenge. It’s not just about surviving the night—it’s about saving the world.
Unmatched Adventures: Tales to Amaze
Players: 1-4
First up, Unmatched Adventures: Tales to Amaze takes you on a wild ride into pulp fiction madness. Mothman and Martian Invaders? Yes, please! You and your friends must team up to stop them before they finish you off. It’s cooperative, but you’ll need every brain cell (and maybe a bit of luck) to fend off their terrifying minions. The Jersey Devil, Skunk Ape, and The Blob are just waiting to mess up your night. You get to play as heroes like Nikola Tesla—frying enemies with electrified coils. The perfect addition to your Halloween game roster.
tearing itself apart. There’s also a sinister twist—will you dare explore the Raxxon location, knowing it’s filled with horrific experiments? The choices you make could mean survival or doom. And if the zombie horde doesn’t get you, internal conflict might.
A Touch of Evil
Players: 1-8
Step into a gothic horror world with A Touch of Evil. This game lets you and your friends become monster-hunting heroes. You’ll be racing against time to hunt down the ultimate villain lurking in the shadows. Will you hunt solo to claim victory, or team up for a cooperative fight? Either way, the night will be filled with dark secrets, haunted locations, and epic showdowns. Plus, the 10th-anniversary edition adds even more supernatural villains, like the Spectral Horseman. Saddle up—evil awaits.
Arkham Horror
Players: 1-8
Talking about Board Games for Halloween, let’s take a walk in the dark streets of Arkham in the 1920s. Arkham Horror lets you battle ancient cosmic entities that threaten to break into our world. Your team plays as investigators, and it’s up to you to close dimensional gates, face off against grotesque monsters, and gather enough resources to fight the Ancient Ones. If you fail, the apocalypse is certain. This game, based on H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos, will test your wits and leave your group fighting for sanity. Perfect for fans of cosmic terror.
Pandemic: Reign of Cthulhu
Players: 2-4
If you enjoy the original Pandemic, prepare to have your mind warped by Reign of Cthulhu. Instead of diseases, you and your friends will race against time to seal portals and stop the Old Ones from escaping their prison. Madness lurks around every corner, and as you try to hold it all together, you’ll need to rely on strategic thinking and luck. Cultists, monsters, and doom are always at your heels. Can your group stop the chaos before it’s too late?
Mr. Jack
Players: 2
For something a bit more intimate, Mr. Jack is a perfect game for two players. One player is Jack the Ripper, hiding among eight characters, while the other is the detective trying to catch him. It’s a thrilling game of cat-and-mouse, filled with deception, strategy, and heart-pounding moments. You’ll switch between light and shadows, using special powers to outwit your opponent. The pressure never lets up until the very end.
Mysterium
Players: 2-7
A séance-themed game, Mysterium makes for a captivating Halloween experience. One player takes on the role of a ghost, trying to reveal clues about their untimely death through haunting visions. The other players are mediums, working together to solve the mystery of who killed the ghost, where it happened, and what weapon was used. The ghost can’t speak—only show strange, dreamlike images to guide them. If your group loves solving mysteries and unwrapping the unknown, this is the game to break out on Halloween.
Dead Men Tell No Tales
Players: 2-5
What’s Halloween without a good pirate story? Dead Men Tell No Tales places you and your crew on Skelit’s Revenge, a haunted pirate ship. Your mission: steal as much treasure as possible while battling fire, fatigue, and skeletons. It’s a race against time as the ship slowly burns, and enemies get stronger. Will your team make it out alive with the loot, or will you all perish in the fiery depths? This cooperative game is a high-stakes, adrenaline-pumping addition to your Halloween lineup.
Ready for the most unforgettable Halloween board games’ night? These games bring out the best (or worst) in everyone. Make sure you’re prepared—once you start playing, the only thing scarier than the monsters is how fast the hours will disappear. Get your friends together, dim the lights, and let the games begin!
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