Best Board Games for Halloween: Scary Yet Funny Games to Enjoy

Most people would not consider board games to be an obvious medium for the type of heart-stopping shocks or chills that the horror genre is renowned for providing. 

Yet, there are some of the best board games for Halloween that, with their expertly created shocks and mind-numbing puzzles, recreate the fear of encountering strange things.

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Best games to play during Halloween

Avalon Hill Hasbro Gaming Betrayal at The House on The Hill

A courageous group of explorers has been drawn to an abandoned home on the hill to unravel its dark mysteries. 

Take on the role of one of those explorers and immerse yourself in the narrative! 

But the cooperative board game Betrayal at House on the Hill, Third Edition, with its 50 eerie haunts and scores of deadly chambers, will frighten even the hardest-hearted among you. 

At first, you'll collaborate, but be careful—the chaos begins when one explorer betrays the others.

 

Ravensburger Horrified

As a cooperative game, Horrified requires players to cooperate to overcome adversaries. The number of friends you have to defeat in the game depends on its difficulty. 

The rule advises starting with Gill-man and Dracula when you first begin playing. You may then add more creatures to the mix to make things more challenging as you get comfortable with the rules.

There are multiple ways to combat the monsters based on which ones are on the board, and in a family-friendly twist, none of them are actually eradicated. 

Among the objectives include finding a way to cure The Wolf Man of his lycanthropy, removing The Mummy's curse, and returning him to his tomb.

 

The Werewolves of Miller's Hollow

Enter Millers Hollow, a strange and intriguing hamlet where terrifying enemies lurk in the shadows among the residents. In this captivating party game, you will have to answer the most crucial question: Who can you trust? 

Some players assume the role of villagers tasked with rallying the locals and drawing attention to the threat that is hiding in plain sight. Finding and eliminating the werewolves is their goal before they take over the entire town. 

Your objective, if you're a werewolf, is to join forces with other monsters and eliminate each scared villager one by one. It is your responsibility to sow doubt and distrust among the community until the werewolves are the only ones in charge.

 

Betrayal at House on the Hill (3rd Edition)

Every player is given a character that has different characteristics, like speed, knowledge, might, and sanity. 

As they acquire items and partake in strange, vivid experiences—such as running into spiders or playing games with a creepy child who gets upset with his toys—they pick cards while exploring a terrifying house. 

Then, in the second phase, one player betrays the rest and has to take part in one of the more than 50 different scenarios. 

The traitor faces off against the other players in an exciting battle until one side wins.

 

Mansions of Madness 2nd Edition

As an investigator, you explore the eerie Innsmouth streets and the haunting Arkham mansions in Mansions of Madness. While playing, get ready to battle strange enemies and solve secrets.

Across 4 increasingly difficult campaigns, you'll have to employ slyness to solve puzzles and defeat the terrible forces stalking the village.

 

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Cthulu: Death May Die

As investigators, the players' mission is to destroy an Elder God. Since the summoning ceremony has already begun, they are running behind schedule. 

If they can find enough evidence to pinpoint a weakness or slightly alter the ritual to create one, they can eliminate the deity before it has a chance to take root. 

Together, the players will fight cultists, search for answers, and try to stop their already-shattered minds from shattering any further.

 

Mysterium Board Game

There is a ghost at Mysterium Manor, and no one knows why it went away. Thus, psychic game participants get together to recreate the crime. 

Their only way to learn the truth is through visions, thus they won't be able to do it without the ghost's help. There's not much further to go before the ghost disappears, though!

 

Arkham Horror 3rd Edition

One of the best Halloween party games is the cooperative board game Arkham Horror 3rd edition, in which players assume the role of investigators entrusted with ridding the world of Eldritch creatures known as ancient ones. 

There can be 1 to 6 participants in this game. 

To have any chance of eliminating the entities that lurk just beneath the surface of our world, players must find allies and tools, fight terrifying monsters, gather knowledge based on H.P. Lovecraft's writings, and find clues.

 

Clue Conspiracy Board Game

Playing as Clue characters, players take hidden roles on opposing teams—Friends vs. the Conspiracy—in this strategic game of deception and deduction. 

The Friends attempt to solve the Who, What, and Where of the Conspiracy's secret plan in addition to helping Mr. Coral. In the meantime, the Conspiracy members try to quietly undermine the Friends and murder him by using a certain weapon at a specific spot. 

Either team can share or not disclose the hints! Which group will win?