Haunt the House

About this board game

Haunt the House is a competitive ghost game for 2–5 players that plays in about 40 minutes. Take on the role of a ghost trying to scare Ghost Hunters out of the Rooms in a haunted house and claim their exploration gear as trophies.

Each Ghost Hunter can be scared away only by a specific combination of Scares. Use the Scares in your hand carefully, deciding whether to conceal your plans or give other ghosts useful information. The challenge is to complete the right combination before your opponents do.

On your turn, choose one of two actions:

• Play Scares: place Scares face down on a Ghost Hunter so other players do not know what you have played, or place them face up to reveal information and activate the powerful ability of the Room that Ghost Hunter occupies.
• Call BOO!: point to a Ghost Hunter and reveal any face-down Scares. If more Scares are needed and you have them in hand, add them to complete the required combination and scare that Ghost Hunter out.

When you successfully scare out a Ghost Hunter, collect their gear for your personal collection. At the end of the game, the ghost with the most valuable sets of gear wins, making every successful scare an important step toward victory.

For experienced players, Haunt the House adds a variety of Phantoms. These helpful allies can be played to activate game-changing powers, introducing another way to influence the haunted house and pursue your collection.