throw Bill Murray's legendary contrariness into things, it made more financial and practical sense to go with caricatures. Editor’s Note: The above doesn’t cover all of the rules found in the manual, but should give you an idea as to how the game is played. By the time you start the final mission, there’s a definite sense of ‘been there, done that’ because you’ve encountered the ghosts before. And I know there's a sequel on its way that promises to address some of the issues present in this game.

The Real Ghostbusters game a year later in 1986 follows slightly closer to "Ghost Castle" and uses a spinner and cardboard play pieces instead of plastic. This includes artwork, game tiles, sculpts, and the super awesome story that Dan and Erik worked so hard on.

You might not get as much detail as we normally have with our tutorials, but we’re gonna get a lot done today! You see, when you get the scenario it tells you where to place the enemies and, unless you interact with them, they’ll just sit there patiently waiting to be captured. As well as a Kickstarter exclusive version of the box and additional red-coloured "Impossible Mode" versions of all the core games ghosts there were a host of unique Ghostbuster figures (including female Ghostbusters, with secretary Janine and goth Kylie from Extreme Ghostbusters represented) and a bunch of new ghosts, board tiles and missions.

Once you’ve done that you add ghosts to the spirit world tile at the side of the board, look out the character sheets, grab some proton markers and ensure all dice are to hand. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. When I attempted this scenario he’d already made it to three pits by the time I’d closed all the gates, meaning seven proton streams were required to catch him. Things like ghostly possession, telekinesis and transportation also don’t get translated over into the board game, with the exception of teleportation which gets used once.In line with the story, the map tiles in the game depict buildings destroyed by earthquakes and fires, as well as collapsed streets that expose sewers infested with slime, tunnels with derailed subway cars, and ghost trains. I watched the movies a few times on TV, and even though I’d laugh and laugh, I realize now that I didn’t really know what was going on. A simple level 1 ghost just needs a single proton stream to be captured, so provided the number rolled is high enough to hit the ghost is successfully trapped and added to that Ghostbuster’s card. For me, I have moved on, and hope that I’m able to find more luck with my next heartstring-tugging board game adventure. The idea of an RPG-like game where we all got to be a Ghostbuster and watch them grow in their abilities was awesome!