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Ghastly Games: 12 Sinister Board Games Invented Designed, and Drawn for Your Pleasure
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SOLVED: Children's/YA > SOLVED. 1980s Children's Game/ Activity book, where the book unfolds on each page to be a separate board game; the book is cartoonish monster-themed

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message 1: by Parker S Waite (new)

Parker S Waite | 4 comments This book was purchased around 1986-1988, in Missouri, USA.

The cover featured a cartoonish Dracula/vampire, and a couple of other monsters.

This was a larger hardcover (though thin) book. It was designed to fold out completely, and each pair of pages became a board game children could play. The book did not come with dice or tokens, and children were encouraged to use pieces from other games, pennies, etc. to use as token and move around the "board" that each pair of pages formed.

The book was roughly 9"-12" wide and 12"-18" tall. as mentioned above, it was a hardcover but relatively thin, so it could lay flat on a table to be used as a board game. There was roughly 30 pages (15 games).

The content was board games for children to tweens, and was monster themed (though generally safe/cartoonish monsters; nothing scary in the least)

(as this is my first post, please let me know what additional information is needed, or if this is the wrong forum).


message 2: by CorkyNSam92 (new)

CorkyNSam92 | 210 comments It seems to me that you have quite a bit of information, but a moderator will likely let you know if more information is needed. do you know if the book was published around the time you bought it?


message 3: by CorkyNSam92 (new)

CorkyNSam92 | 210 comments Possibly Ghastly Games by John Astrop?


message 4: by CorkyNSam92 (new)

CorkyNSam92 | 210 comments Some things seem to fit your description.


message 5: by Parker S Waite (new)

Parker S Waite | 4 comments It is 100% "Ghastly Games" by John Astrop!!

That was amazing, CorkyNSam92!!

Thank you so much!


message 6: by Rainbowheart (new)

Rainbowheart | 28619 comments Ghastly Games for the clicky.


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