Happy Halloween, everyone! What are your favorite games to play for Halloween?

A little bit about Skulls of Sedlec: Sedlec Ossuary (an ossuary is a room where bones are placed) is an actual place in the Czech Republic. Estimates are that tens of thousands are skeletons are buried there. In the ossuary, the bones are arranged "artistically," so that's why you're stacking skulls in the card game. It's all thematically related. If I'm not mistaken, the designer visited Sedlec when he was traveling through Europe and then entered a Button Shy contest where entrants were asked to design a game around a real-world place. (Monique, the original solo version of SoS is called Monstrance and it's quick and fun. There's also a later expansion called Crown of Bones that I haven't tried yet. There are also expansions that introduce other characters such as poets, castle guards, merchants, etc.) Since I'm on the topic of Button Shy games, I think you and Naveen would enjoy Circle the Wagons, a quick-playing two-player classic. I also like Sprawlopolis and Death Valley. I've played Jekyll vs. Hyde a few times. It's such a thematcially and mechanically clever game. I have won as Dr. Jekyll but it is hard because Mr. Hyde just has to have one blowout round to pretty much ensure a victory. We always play twice, giving each player the opportunity to play both characters.

As always is great that you include reviews from older not always mainstream and newer games. Thanks for all you guys do. #NinjaStar

Appreciate all that y'all do for the board game community! You guys have so much positive energy and are a joy to watch. #NinjaStar

Dulce looks to me like a far more fun solo puzzle. Skulls of Sedlec is great also has a solo expansion.

I love the positive energy y’all bring every time! Really puts me in a good mood. Thank you #NinjaStar

Happy Halloween guys! Thanks for covering my game along with these other cool games. It really just made my day.

Your reviews are always fun to listen to, and definitely do a great job of letting us know the vibe of the game! Thanks! #NinjaStar

Happy Halloween to my favorite channel! Y'all's playthrough of Vinhos is basically my comfort YT video that I will watch whenever i need some peace #NinjaStar

Happy Halloween!! Long time listener, first time caller! Thank you for your thoroughly amazing reviews and playthroughs!! #NinjaStar

I absolutely love all the content you guys produce. I get so excited when I see you put out a new video. Keep up the good work! #NinjaStar

You guys are great! I get excited each time I see a video from you guys come out #NinjaStar

You guys have been feeding my board game hobby!!

Love your videos- always my first stop “before I play” a new game. Thank you! #ninjastar

Skulls of Sedlec is a great game. If you can get hold of the expansions I'd recomend them. Lots more variety in the scoring and a really good solo mode with some additional challenges. Would make a good solo segment for Monique!

Naveen once again you are absolutely crushing it with your t-shirt game!

I enjoy playing Halloween theme games this time of year. Thank you so much for sharing these with us. Love your content. #ninjastar

Happy halloween! I’m currently on a cruise, but taking a break from the sun to catch up with my favorite channels. #NinjaStar

Happy Halloween, love watching your videos. You both have helped me get into board gaming a couple years ago. #NinjaStar

So glad I found you guys on Watch It Played. I love watching your play throughs. #NinjaStar

Really enjoy all your content. Your playthroughs and reviews are both very thorough and well thought out! #NinjaStar

So funny to hear you guys explain how to play Yahtzee. I played this with my parents and grandparents when I was a wee boy. That’s now almost 40 years ago. Geez, that makes me feel really old, although I am not yet 50.

I’ve only been watching you guys for a short while, but have already bought / backed on Kickstarter a number of games. Thanks for always showing cool games! #NinjaStar

Thanks to you for hosting and #NinjaStar for providing the prizes!

Jekyll vs Hyde is so dang good and I’m falling down the trick-taking rabbit hole.. Happy Halloween! #ninjastar

I am enamoured by you both!

Thank you for the fantastic energy and insights as always, you two! Been desperately wanting to try Yokai Septet (and Cat in the Box), so fingers crossed for this bundle! #NinjaStar

These reviews are always so helpful when I'm trying to find new board games to purchase. Skulls of Sedlec looks interesting, I may have to look into that one. Thanks for the video! #NinjaStar

Fun video! Always love seeing your recommendations as a new person to the hobby #NinjaStar

My friends and I play games at bars all the time, Skulls of Sedlec looks like a must have! You've been doing so many giveaways lately, we are too blessed! #NinjaStar

#NinjaStar I love you both! You have such calming voices and helped me learn a lot of games I own! Keep up the amazing work!

I don't actually have a Halloween tradition game, maybe I need to start one! Thanks for doing the giveaway, and thanks #NinjaStar for sponsoring it

You guys are awesome! Always love your videos. Thank you guys for giving back to the community and good luck everyone. #NinjaStar

Great video! I love having games available to be played during Halloween. Thank you for highlighting these fun looking games. I've added all of these to my wishlist! #ninjastar

My husband and I actually started playing more boardgames because of your channel!! Love that you are growing and offering so many different themes now! I've been trying to figure out the name of the wallet games for a while.. Now I know it's buttonshy. #NinjaStar

Fun video! Would love to see a Christmas-themed one too, bit maybe ahead of Christmas, as I'm wanting to find Christmas/winter themed games to play over the holiday season. #NinjaStar

I love these videos, my favorite game during Halloween is Betrayal at house on the hill! Thank you for all that you do! #ninjastar

Always enjoy watching both of you. Can't wait for more on the Uwe series. #NinjaStar

Love some trick taking. Grew up in a family that played Euchre on the regular so it's always been a love. #NinjaStar

We had our Halloween game day on Saturday. Hey, I was put in charge of the candy bowl on Halloween! Our street in this small town is a popular trick-or-treat destination. The kiddos were awesome and we had a great time. So, no time for Halloween night games. On Saturday two of the games played were Creature Feature and Mysterium Park. Nice episode, thank you.

Love watching you guys, and specially 2-player games! Jekyll vs Hyde looks so fun! #NinjaStar

I really enjoy watching your Play Throughs and Overview of New Games. I have backed or purchased many games after watching. You remind me so much of my wife and I. Keep up the great work. Favorite Halloween Board Games - Mysterium and Betrayal at The House on The Hill #NinjaStar

Right there with you on Yahtzee, M-dawg... I played it once as a kid and never liked it; got into on BGA earlier this year and I have played it close to 500+ times since then. So addictive

You just reminded me of how badly I’ve been wanting to play Fury of Dracula! Also really need Skulls of Sedlec, it would be great to take camping. Great video! #NinjaStar

Absolutely love Skulls of Sedlec. Mythic Mischief has really hit the spot this year for the two of us here in our household. #NinjaStar Great selection of games.

Call to Adventure is always a goodie, it's basically role playing so it fits in nicely with the costume vibes #NinjaStar

Happy Halloween 🎃 Thanks for your reviews and the #ninjastar giveaway👍

Thank you for all the wonderful playthroughs and teaches. #NinjaStar

Always love learning about new games. And playing the even more. #NinjaStar

My favorite Halloween game would be Horrified. Thanks for all the content guys! #NinjaStar

Heck yeah guys! We played My Father's Work, Villainous, and The Bloody Inn! #NinjaStar

#NinjaStar Love your videos, happy I found you both. Just got back into board games, have found a lot of great games watching your videos.

Thanks for the great content. I really enjoy all of your videos specially the top 10 list’s , it would be very interesting to see your top 10 of most played games of this year. Congratulations on your channel ! #NinjaStar

#ninjastar Happy Halloween!!! Thanks guys, always look forward to these videos. 🎉🎃

Love love your videos! Thank you for the fun and helpful play throughs and reviews. Hope I can snag a bundle!! #NinjaStar

#NinjaStar You guys are the people who inspired and started my love for board games.

Hello! Just recently started getting back into board games with my wife and discovered your channel. What I like about your channel is, one, that you two have great tastes in board games, and two, that you two have a nice non-competitive playing for fun energy. #NinjaStar

Thanks for the giveaway, it’s been fun watching your channel grow 🎃 #NinjaStar

Love the Halloween vid! Hopefully we'll get more holiday themed videos. #NinjaStar

Thanks Monique, Naveen, and #NinjaStar for the awesome giveaway! Love the video as always!

I played Mysterium for the first time this month, which was a lot of fun. And also some Zombie Dice. Thanks for another great video! #NinjaStar

When I was little, my aunt taught me this dice game called Yan. I wasn’t aware of Yahtzee until I moved to the US (9 years ago). Yan was similar to Yahtzee, but it was more strategical. You had four columns: normal (3 rolls), Up, Down and “dry” (you score without re rolling). The rows are similar to Yahtzee, 1s, 2s, etc, straights, but also full house. The Up and Down column were interesting, because you could get stuck. You had to do the rows in asc or des order. The Dry column is also a cool decision. Sometimes you get an okay roll with your first roll, and you can decide to score that. My aunt would just draw everything in a notebook, and she would fill pages and pages of Yan games… she played solo a lot. I was always impressed how fast she was able to add the numbers up 😂! She was the same aunt that taught me fun card games, including many trick taking games.

Thanks for all your videos! Looking forward to trying some of these out soon. #NinjaStar

Happy Halloween.. love your videos. Thank you for the great content. Just played the nightcage last night for our Halloween game. Lost but had a lot of fun. #NinjaStar

Happy Halloween! And thank you for always creating such positive and informative videos. #NinjaStar

Thank you very much for the great rundown! #NinjaStar

Appreciate all of your playthroughs/tutorials! #NinjaStar

Happy Halloween, and Happy Trick or Treating!!

I was not familiar with Jekyll and Hyde. It sounds really light and enjoyable. Thanks for the video! #NinjaStar

Thanks for the giveaway. Really appreciate the chance to win a couple new games. #NinjaStar

Happy Halloween! Being new to the hobby, I don't have specific Halloween season games, but I'm keen to try Horrified. It's fun to see a mainstream classic like Yahtzee be spoken of respectfully and not with derision. I've always loved that one. #ninjastar

#ninjastar love your vids. I'm new to the hobby and your vids help me choose games for my wishlist. Keep up the great work!

#NinjaStar Thanks for your video! Very fun to watch. I’ve never tried any of these games before.

Happy Halloween, and #NinjaStar too! I Love your channel!

Dungeon Decorators sounds really fun and a neat idea. And thanks for doing a giveaway #NinjaStar Also, you guys do the best teach and playthrough videos. I rewatched your Spirit Island videos yesterday in preparation to play Spirit Island for the 1st time in awhile

#NinjaStar Love your content. Keep it up! I just bought dune imperium because of your review. Now my favorite game. Thanks!

You introduced me to a few games I haven't heard of before. Good video. #NinjaStar

Happy Halloween 🎃 Thanks for the fun video! Great work as always. #NinjaStar

Oh my gosh! Love board and card games so much! They are truely underrated! 💕 #NinjaStar

Me and a couple of friends staked out a table at a local restaurant (we do this once a week, with permission of course) and played Horrified and The Captain is Dead. Wonderful holiday themed time! #NinjaStar

Happy Halloween, and thanks for the game suggestions! Skulls of Sedlec looks fun, and I'd like to check out Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde! #NinjaStar

Awesome games, thanks for the amazing content as always! We played Betrayal at house on a hill for Halloween which fed well into the Halloween theme. Thank you #NinjaStar

#NinjaStar Happy Halloween! I don’t have many spooky games, but I have been playing Monsters on Board for this holiday. You guys are the best! Thank you for another great episode!

Happy Halloween! We played Horrified a couple years ago before the pandemic ruined everything - it was okay. I'll have to remember DoW for next year! Love your videos and really appreciate your giveaways - thanks for everything you do! #NinjaStar

I am just exploring two-player trick-taking games, so I would love a video on ranking some of your favorites, if there are enough out there to do so! :)

Happy Halloween guys! I played Alice is missing with my game group for this Halloween and it was such a fun experience! Looking forward to more of your updates :) #NinjaStar

My favorite spooky game this year was Betrayal Legacy which we finished a few weeks back. #NinjaStar

Definitely interested in checking some of these out! Thanks for all that you do-love your videos. #NinjaStar

#NinjaStar sounds fun. Thanks for the giveaway!

Love watching your content! I always enjoy your 2 player reviews #NinjaStar

#NinjaStar Thank you guys! Great selection for Halloween!

I honestly still love betrayal - if I can ever get a group big enough for it haha! But honestly Halloween-esque games are my absolutely favorite. We love villainous, root, nemesis, unmatched: cobble & fog, and we have both Horrified but still haven't played them (trying to finish nursing school). Would love to one day get my hands on my father's work and Dracula's fury. Thanks for the post! Enjoy the holiday!

Y’all have lit a fire back in my board game soul!! I’ve gone through your top 50 games videos and picked up a few of them. My friends and myself are loving them. KanBan is a tough one to learn but I’ve had fun doing so. Also found a copy of Arboretum at my local target, it was pushed all the way to the back and it was the last copy, it wasn’t even in their system anymore, they sold it to me for $10 🎉. Loving the videos y’all, definitely going to be checking out Jekyll Vs Hyde. #NinjaStar

Dungeon Decorators sounds like a blast to play. Thanks for the recommendation! #NinjaStar

Great video! Well themed and fun games! I always appreciate your opinions and the way you present the content! #NinjaStar

Thanks for all y’all’s videos!!! #ninjastar

Happy Halloween! Love your videos. You made me get some new games, thank you!! #NinjaStar

Really enjoy your videos. You’ve introduced me to a lot of good games. #ninjastar

Hey! For two player only trick taking games, check out Violet and the Grumpy Nisse. I just got my copy, and only played it once, but it was really clever.

Nemesis has to be my favorite horror game! I have the Thing: Outpost 31 but still haven't had the chance to play it. Thanks as always for a great video! #ninjastar