I always have the most fun writing this blog when it gives me an excuse to Halloweenify simple things...like board games.
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When I decided I wanted to host a series of micro parties for my friends, I decided a game night for my coworkers would be perfect.
But…what games would we play?
Of course, there are classic games like Clue which are made for Halloween. (Solve a murder mystery!) There are also plenty of games rebranded with beloved Halloween characters (Nightmare Before Christmas Uno, anyone?), but I couldn’t stop at the obvious.
So I asked my Treats Not Tricks subscribers for their recommendations…and they had plenty! As a result, I ended up building a list of more than 50 games with some seriously spooky vibes.
Today, I’m sharing 13 of my favorites.
13 Games for Halloween Game Night
Game descriptions from amazon.com

1. The Death Deck
You think you know your friends and family, right? But do you know their thoughts on the most universal yet rarely talked about topic of all? With a playful tone and a sense of humor, The Death Deck is both a game and tool that allows friends and family members to open up and share thoughts, stories and preferences about life and death in a non-threatening and surprisingly fun way. Players of The Death Deck partner up to guess answers to deep, funny, and sometimes weird questions on the topic of death. With 112 cards and numerous ways to play, The Death Deck encourages lively conversations and life-changing dialogue. BUY IT HERE

2. Zombie Dice
Zombie Dice is a quick game for any zombie fan (or the whole zombie family). The 13 custom dice are your victims. Push your luck to eat their brains, but stop before the shotgun blasts end your turn! Includes 13 custom dice and dice cup, to carry the game in. Fast to learn, games are 15 minutes or less to play. BUY IT HERE

3. Clearing Coffins
Shove your coffin away from yourself — but you can only move a coffin when the conditions are just right. To start, shuffle the coffin cards, then deal four face up to each player; each coffin card features a charming-looking vampire as well as a symbol (bat, moon, skull) on a yellow or purple circle. A garlic card is placed in the center of the table, and the remaining cards stacked to the side. On a player’s turn, she rolls both the color die and symbol die. If the combination of dice matches a coffin card in front of you, slap the garlic card as quickly as you can; if you’re the first to do so, you turn that coffin card face down; if that coffin card was already face down, show it to others, set it aside, then draw a new coffin card and place it face up with your other cards. If you slap the garlic first when someone else has a matching vampire, then you keep that player from advancing. If the exclamation mark shows up instead of a color, then what you do depends on the symbol: With the bat, you want to slap the garlic first to turn over or clear any one of your cards; with the moon, you can slap first to swap two cards held by other players; with the skull, you don’t want to slap at all! BUY IT HERE

4. Betrayal at House on the Hill (highly recommended by you guys!)
Take a deep breath before you enter. It might be your last. Your fear will grow with each tile you place as you investigate a house filled with dreadful monsters and deadly secrets. With 50 fiendish scenarios (including seven new haunts) and dozens of danger-filled rooms, you’ll return to the house again and again – as often as you dare – and never face the same game twice. BUY IT HERE

5. Zombie-opoly
Zombie-opoly allows players to buy favorite zombies and increase the rent by buying Boxes of Flesh and trading them in for a Screaming Human. Its all fun and games until someone gets sent to buried and is under ground and clawing their way to the surface for three turns! Choose your token and shamble to RRrrrrrr! You may soon be re-animated…or you may just be blood spewed and bitten. BUY IT HERE

6. It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown playing cards
Celebrate the love of Halloween with this time tested nostalgic favorite, It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown. This deck of full-color playing cards features multiple images taken directly from the show. BUY IT HERE

7. 13 Dead End Drive
A motley crew of Aunt Agatha’s friends and employees are gathered at her Mansion for the reading of her will. Only one of these 12 specially invited guests will inherit her loot. Who will it be? Old Hickory her gardener? Her best friend Lulu? Poopsie her fluffy Cat? Or, one of Aunt Agatha’s other nearest and not-so-dearest? BUY IT NOW

8. Halloween Dominoes
It’s an easy game to play! This Halloween Dominoes set displays your favorite Halloween characters and items for an easy, not so spooky game! The game is so easy, entertaining, and great for kids 3 years old to adults! Just match the spooky images until you finish your set and you win. BUY IT NOW

9. Ghosts and Candy
Use your team of ghosts to haunt costumed trick-or-treaters as they pass. Scare them a little and you get their treats! But scare the kids too much, and they run away – that means less candy for you! Oh, and pay attention to the kids’ unique powers; each one is themed to their Halloween costume. The phantom with the sweetest loot is the winner! BUY IT NOW

10. Gloom
In the Gloom card game, you assume control of the fate of an eccentric family of misfits and misanthropes. The goal of the game is sad but simple: you want your characters to suffer the greatest tragedies possible before passing on to the well-deserved respite of death. Play horrible mishaps like Pursued by Poodles or Mocked by Midgets on your own characters, while trying to cheer your opponents’ characters with marriages and other happy occasions. BUY IT NOW

11. Werewords
In Werewords, players guess a secret word by asking yes or no questions. Figure out the magic word before time runs out and you win! However, one of the players is secretly a werewolf who is not only working against you but also knows the word. If you don’t guess the word in time, you can still win by identifying the werewolf. BUY IT HERE

12. Boooo-opoly
It’s creepy! It’s ghoulish! It’s a scream! Boooo-opoly is a classic property trading game made for celebrating Halloween. Players buy favorite Halloween properties, collect haunted houses and trade them in for full moons. Sounds easy enough, but add fright fees, bats in your belfry or get caught soaping windows, and it becomes a little more difficult and a lot more fun. You may win the jack-o-lantern carving contest or you may end up eating slimy spider tacos at the Monster Mash! BUY IT HERE

13. One Night Ultimate Werewolf
One Night Ultimate Werewolf has so few rules, everyone will be up and playing in just minutes. Each player is given a single card, which they secretly view, giving them a special power to help the villager or werewolf team. Press a button on the free app, and it walks you through the night phase in minutes. Then you have five minutes to discuss what happened at night, and figure out who the werewolves are! If you find a werewolf, you win. ..but if you don’t, they win! BUY IT HERE
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Which one of these Halloween games would you play?
Or, better yet, what would you add to the list? Share your recommendations in the comments!
Happy haunting,

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