One of the many, many downsides (many) of having a trusted comrade BETRAY you by shrinking you and your fellows down to Lilliputian sized test subjects whilst exploring a giant poorly designed haunted house, is that inevitably  they release their hungry (albeit playful) feline friends to hunt you down while you try to escape their slavering maws and sharp claws.  Another downside is that your plans don’t always work out near as well when faced with poor dice rolls.  Also crappy plans don’t help.

As a child I remember fondly the days leading up to Halloween, the anticipation of all the future dental bills that the sudden and vast influx of sugary treats would bring. These days I run towards the simpler, less tooth decay causing activities, usually just long for a night where I can play some of the many zombie, Cthulhu, ghost or other horror themed board games I have collected since my discovery that such things exist.  And this year it finally happened.  Enough at least to satiate my desires for another year and perhaps urge me towards completion of my own games in the genre.

We played Betrayal at House on the Hill, Cthulhu Gloom, Ghost Stories and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.  All great games and very enjoyable.  Maybe this year I can clean off my desk enough to try a solo game of Arkham Horror on Halloween night unless that might be too much for the Old Ones ones to overlook….

-v- out.