Are you dreaming about taking an adventure in a haunting house, or becoming a magician dominating the match using magic stage props? Start an exciting and funny chasing competition right here!
This is a game about an adventure in a haunting house and a solo project. It takes players on an adventure through a spooky, old house. As the unlucky tenant, you will discover magic props and traps, encounter a yelling boy, a smiling lady, a tip-toeing politician, a bad-tempered decapitator, and run to the attic through gloomy stairs. While as the house owner, you can play tricks on your friends and perform intense chase battles in the game.
This is a game that players take very different perspectives, actions, and experiences with each other. Only one of the players explores the house, while the other designs the game map for him. Players chase each other and reveal the hidden surprise or frightening in the house. As for the magician, he can witness how his traps take effect. But sometimes, the situation could be beyond his expectations.
| Date: | 2019-2020 |
| Genre: | Board game |
| Method & Material: | Paper, Adobe PS, AI, Id |
| Visit: | Game Map |
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The idea came from a scene in "How I Met Your Mother", where Micky, the old owner of the big house, messing with Marshall who just moved in on his way to fix the fuse boxes through the intercom system.
I got to know some well-known magicians such as Zati Sungur and Houdini from a website. I also browsed a few other vintage posters for famous magicians circa 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. Those posters convey that the magic of which a magician performs is technically an “illusion” creating visual spectaculars as he seems to be able to use some invisible force.
These inspirations brought an idea to my mind that in a game, one player experiences being tricked by "magic" and entangled with ghosts in the game, exploring in a large double-storey house; another player will become a magician whose "superpowers" often exceed the other player's expectations.
The two players have different goals. The Tenant player who escapes from the house or the Magician player who scores 36 points wins the game.
I collected feedback from over ten people, most of whom are college students.
