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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
missed potential, February 26, 2004
Durability:2.0 out of 5 stars Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars Educational:1.0 out of 5 stars
It was a nice idea, and the box is very pretty.
Unfortunately the name of the game bears no relation to the subject matter of a good proportion of the questions set. Someone seemed to have a real obsession with 'gansta rappers' and thought that anyone who had been killed was obviously 'goth' even if there was no corrolation whatsoever.
Because of this I think their markets are going to be severely mismatched - the people who buy this game are going to have no interest in half the questions and those who would have been interested in the questions won't pick up the game in the first place.
A real shame - not least because now no-one else can do the job properly, because the name has already been associated with this missed opportunity.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Puts the 'Fun' in Funeral!, June 9, 2005
Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars
Time to encapsulate all of that knowledge that has lain dormant in your brain like a stiffened zombie all this time, and resurrect it from its mind-grave to manifest again to your benefit. All that seemingly useless trivia put to use. Here we have six catagories - Music [inclusive of said "Goth", as well as Death Metal and Classical}, HIstory {on such topics as Jack The Ripper, Vlad The Impaler and Elizabeth Bathory, and many more}, Literature {Poe, Stephen King, John Carpenter, Dante, Milton, Rice, and much more}, Art {Dore, Giger, Picasso, Dali, and more}, films & television {Dracula, The Munsters, Addams Family, Dark Shadows, and various obscure horror movies}, Superstitions, legendry, etc.
The board itself is quite fanciful - a graveyard strewn with tombstones - it is up to the player to fill his graveyard section to win the game by answering the most obscure questions correctly. The tokens themselves are enscribed with fanciful depictions of bats and skulls, and the pieces stack like checkers. But don't let the name fool you - there is a myriad of trivia encompassing much more than the mere "Goth" genre, spreading like a black plague through the centuries to necromance true, as well as fictional information from throughout the centuries.
This does certainly provide a delightful extension to the typical trivia game. I believe it would be nicely appreciated by draclings of all ages to form an educational recreation on amusing subject matter that matters to us.
Recommendation: Accompany the game with a skull and candle, alongside brooding background musick relative to the game for optimum effect. You may also wish to employ costumes to preserve that precious Halloween mindset.
One critique, however, is that some of the information is re-used but worded in a different manner, which may be useful to those naive to the dark world of Horror and The Occult. Overall, a good practice in "occult" knowledge, to desipher if any of that "wisdom" is applicable instead of just "hanging around" inside your skull spinning cobwebs. Use your gaming instincts to prove you know more than the next ghoul.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Creepy fun to fill those boring nights, March 15, 2004
Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars
I bought this game on a whim, and have had fun with it ever since! Think of it as trivial pursuit with gothic-themed questions. The object of the game is to fill your graveyard plot with 13 tombstones. To get tombstones, simply answer the questions read to you by the "inquisitor." The questions include categories such as morbid movies, "stiffs" (deceased), gothic music, and books. A lot of the movie questions seem to deal with older horror classics including Hammer horror films, and earlier black and white silent pics like the "Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" and "Nosferatu," as well as Vincent Price and Bela Lugosi films. Much of the music questions seem to come from 80's gothic music including Souxsie and the Banshees and some other early punk, metal, and goth bands. Book questions are geared towards Anne Rice, the Marquis de Sade, Edgar Allen Poe, and horror authors such as John Saul. True, some of the questions are rather random and don't seem very "goth" related, but for the most part they actually do have something to do with the goth subculture, or at least morbid curiosity. If you are newer to the gothic subculture, then some of the questions might be more difficult, as not very many of them deal with the current scene. Newer bands and movies aren't really mentioned. I would have given this game 5 stars if it had slightly more emphasis on the more current trends in all categories, but it still makes for hours of good, clean, creepy fun! Hint: If you have read "Goth Chic" by Gavin Baddeley, then you should know much of the material presented in this game!
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