Customer Reviews

Goth Trivia Board Game

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4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

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.

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!

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.

I've had this since 2003 (bought for $26). I'm a HUGE horror movie/book fan. So I HAD to have a horror movie trivia game. Unfortunately I don't have anyone to play it with. I did get to play it 2-3 times and pulled out and read most of the trivia cards, and I wasn't impressed. There didn't seem to be many current horror movie questions. A lot of them were about rock & roll and silly things like that. If your looking for a game based solely on horror movies/books. Don't bother with this one. Especially for the $75 its going for right now as I write this.

Got this for my cousin for Christmas. She is a big horror movie buff. She absolutely loved it.

Admittedly, I'm easily swayed by spooky gimmicks. I have 3 boxes of count Chocula in the cupboard right now. So a game that features tiny tombstones is going to charm me immediately whether or not it has substance.

Well I cracked the game open this weekend and was pleasantly surprised. It was easily to follow with just a few twists to make it interesting but not a ton of special rules. The trivia questions spanned a wide variety of topics.

I know there are other gother-than-thou Amazon reviewers complaining about the content, and to them I say lighten up! Goths (and non-goth fans of the macabre) come from all walks of life, and we all have different tastes that make up our spooky little worlds. The literature questions based on vampire novels were a total mystery to me. The ones about Elvira were super-easy. I'm sure there are people out there that know tons about vampire novels and have never watched Elvira. Such is the way of the world. Just play along and learn something new.

My family, friends and I just loved this game! The questions are amazingly well put together, drawn from every imaginable genre and source, and are often surprising. These brain teasers span decades of folklore, pop culture, urban legends, supersitions, classic horror and modern myth. No matter what the question or the source, it's all GOTH, and it's fantastic!

So much fun was had with this game. The board is small and simple but looks exactly like a Goth board game should. If you're anything like our family, you'll be more interested in the trivia and how much you didn't realize you know about Goth info than the board and the asthetics.

We bought this as a Halloween friends and family game, but I can tell we're going to be playing this game all year round. It's that good! If Goth, horror, and things that go bump in the night are your thing, you'll love this game!

This was a Christmas present for my daughter. My husband and I played this game with her and her boyfriend as we thought we knew a lot about Horror. Boy were we wrong. This has some very obscure facts and is interesting though a long game for unless you know these obscure facts. It takes a bit of getting use to as everything is backwards from a regular board game, but very enjoyable. This is a must have for those that like games and horror.

I've played alot of board games, but this one takes the cake. True, I didn't know very much to start with, but now I know a bit more than once before. It may be useless information, but if it ever comes up on a TV game show, you'll know it.

The questions are too hard. I'm a horror fanatic and I couldn't even answer the questions, let alone play it with my friends. A few examples:

-What English poet and heavyweight died on his 52nd birthday? William Shakespeare.
-What is the scientific study of the skull shape and contours and how they affect behavior and personality? Phrenology.
-What did serial killer Albert Fish once dub his own bundle of murder weapons? Instruments of Hell.
-What thrash band covered Motorhead's song 'Iron Fist' on their album 'Persecution Mania'? Sodom.
-Nick Cave wrote two poetry books published under Henry Rollins publishing company. Name one. "King Ink 1 and King Ink 2."


Unless you live, breathe, and poop horror, I wouldn't recommend it.