Nightmare House

Nightmare House is a 1983 board game published by Simulations Publications, Inc.

Gameplay

Nightmare House is a game in which a gothic horror board game is intended for one to five players. Set in the cursed Darkholm Manor, players take on the role of ghost hunters who explore the house, confront supernatural 'haunts,' and engage in psychic battles on an astral map to exorcise a malevolent Entity. The game features a detailed three-level floor plan, and a unique astral combat system that uses psyche, soul, and astral body tokens to simulate ghostly encounters.[1]

Publication history

Nightmare House was designed by David Marshall and published in Ares magazine shortly before it went defunct, and came with a 16-page rulebook, 200 counters, and one 22" х 34" mapsheet.[1]

Reception

Rick Swan reviewed Nightmare House for Fantasy Gamer magazine and stated that "Nightmare House cries out for the same kind of treatment given to an earlier Ares game, Return of the Stainless Steel Rat. A similar paragraph system which generates a real mystery to be unraveled by characters searching rooms for clues and fighting 'haunts' along the way would have made for a challenging and exciting gothic horror game. As it stands, Nightmare House is little more than an underdeveloped game system with a lot of potentially great ideas."[1]

Reviews

References

  1. ^ a b c Swan, Rick (April–May 1984). "Capsule Reviews". Fantasy Gamer (5): 33.
  2. ^ "GAMES Magazine #49". March 1984.
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