GHOST CASTLE! 👻 🏰 TRAPS! SPOOKS! Who will ESCAPE? | Show of the Weekend

[@dallydaydream]

I love how true to form everyone is in picking their teams. Andy goes for the most gothic, dramatic characters; Ellen picks the adventurers; and Mike sees someone with the same fashion sense as him and goes "yes good".

[@mikethewhizz5085]

Ellen has Grandpa Indy Jones and that one lady from Uncharted

[@Michael_Lindell]

I don't know about this Count Spooksalot, he repeatedly drops the ball...

[@danielollett9783]

I definitely see 'Count Spooksalot' as Luke's ghost name 🙂

[@paullatham8486]

Boooo! Boo...

[@simplydavemn]

He like that ghost in Adventure Time who was addicted to "drop ball:.

[@joehadari7315]

BOOOOOOOO!

[@Astro-bh7fv]

Bo0oOo0oOoo0o0oOoOooO!

[@benpoole4082]

Andy's evil laugh is A tier

[@penguingonemad]

Can we show some love for Andy? He has been on pretty much every Halloween related video on both channels this year, what a spooky legend 👻

[@AdrianColley]

He's actually dead and nobody can see him but you.

[@marhawkman303]

I figured Andy enjoys it because he loves Halloween. :p

[@penguingonemad]

@@AdrianColley He is in death as he was in life: obsessed with spooky media

[@penguingonemad]

@@marhawkman303 Oh, he really does love it. But those are a lot of streams in a row, regardless! He is 100% powered by enthusiasm and vampire crumpets this year

[@AdrianColley]

@@penguingonemad "Vampire crumpets" is my new favourite YA fiction subcategory.

[@ARKumalarkey]

Clearly Eggbert's relentless belief in the non-existence of ghosts helped Mike in this game.

[@bretth342]

God, if I'd gone to sleep in 2011 and woke up to THIS *gestures at everything* I'd be pretty mad too

[@thomaslane1547]

"Wow, looks like democracy is springing forward in the middle east! Social media platforms are becoming a real force for good in the world. I'll take a rest and see what develops from this!"

[@Tyr_Magnus]

Editors/producers deserve a special credit on this one. Very well done with the multiple angles. We need a vid highlighting you.

[@SevCaswell]

Producer Jon is mentioned quite a lot, he is usually the cameraman, and then the presenters also edit. Not sure whose turn it was to edit this one but their work was on point!

[@Tyr_Magnus]

@@SevCaswell mentioned yeah. I mean no disrespect. Just wanna acknowledge these folks. They deserve it.

[@DevilboyScooby]

@@SevCaswell Cameraman James gets mentions too and even his own series back in the early days (thematically fitting for Halloween, actually 🤔). Just had less of him over the covid times 😢

[@bdo7765]

Especially sneaking in the portrait of Vigo @21:53 ... that was amazing!

[@notoriousbmc1]

This really started with "The News" vibes, then Andy went all "Tales of The Crypt" and lightning happened.

[@zanite8650]

Can we talk about colour-inverted Andy with a blonde beard because holy shit.

[@XDarkGreyX]

He can't go without.

[@donaldgow6673]

I had this as a kid but it was a different version which used a glow-in-the-dark skull rather than a ball to trigger the traps. The player characters were Scooby-Doo-style cartoon teens / kids rather than photograph people. A quick google suggests that the Oxboxtra-ers are playing the modern version of the game, whereas I'm remembering the 1985 version... My bones hurt *so* much...

[@joshwade778]

@@jollybluecalla Me too!

[@DMRetroLP]

The glow-in-the-dark skull with red eyes is my enduring memory of this game (along with the awesome artwork that was wonderfully creepy to my five or six-year-old self in the early 90s), and it's sorely missed in this version. Frankly, I reckon most board games would be improved by the addition of a glow-in-the-dark skull with red eyes.

[@rhombanoid3873]

I had this as well, though it's been so damaged over the years that it's unplayable. You also had to go up through the house rather than down it.

[@studentjohn]

I had that same version! And there was a mechanic whereby your character became "scared" (put on a scared face mask) and could then only move one step until they managed to remove it. I loved that game! Though I feel that we're showing our age here..

[@faelirra]

Also the goal was to get to the top of the stairs, not to escape out of the castle. Also I don't remember it being teams in the original version.

[@DrakeAurum]

That's a nicely put-together game, and kudos on the excellent camerawork and editing that really showcased the whole experience.

[@marhawkman303]

for extra fun you could make a print-and-play version that doesn't need all the mechanical parts. for the move dice 5=4 and 6=ghost. To figure which trap just roll a d4.

[@inklespot]

“Grandpa Indiana Jones” So… just Indiana Jones then.

[@TheAmazingTachan]

Adoring Ellen’s seasonally-appropriate yet fashionable top! Also the artwork on this board game :O Also Mike’s “Ellen!” every time Ellen rolls a ghost.

[@MrFutago87]

But no love for Andy's Halloween shirt?

[@TheAmazingTachan]

@@MrFutago87 I see many comments giving Andy love for his shirt; I wanted to give Ellen some love. And Mike’s….ghastly…white…..grey…off-white…spooooky shirt?

[@Paplefication]

I can't believe the ghost of Luke murdered iCarly like that!

[@Ceece20]

They probably killed him for winning in Mario party yesterday.

[@FatherAxeKeeper]

The first version of this came out in 1970 as Which Witch. This is an interesting remake of the one from the 80s. in the 80's one you travel to the top of the castle to close a ghost in a coffin and win, but in this one you start at the top and try to make your way down to escape. i guess it's a sequel?

[@danielcharland1374]

This whole time I was just picturing them as their Blades in the Dark characters and thought it was perfectly fine that Lilith the Whisperer kept rolling so many ghosts near the start.

[@VoraciousRdr]

Reminds me a bit of 1313 dead-end drive, the main difference being you're trying to off the others for an inheritance along with escaping

[@markrm4921]

I loved that game as a kid, so many traps!

[@BlandoGaming]

That game was one of my favorites.

[@guyjackson1839]

27:47 this is how you could tell a board game is getting intense, everyone is standing up lol.

[@bilbo_t_baggins2762]

I felt sorry for Andy and his petard. What a pain in the axe that must of been.

[@elafimilo8199]

A petard is a kind of early grenade.

[@ricoaioa]

16:40 Oh Mike's "stick together" strategy backfired LOL RELOAD THE GHOST!!!

[@emmaiblass]

Nice touch, editor, with the addition of the Wilhelm Scream and other sound effects upon the ghostening. Wonderful production value as I’ve come to expect

[@Reject101Personal]

With how much Monty Mole gets picked on, I am happy to see Mike win this!

[@stormy7745]

This was so much fun! Genuinely enjoy when you guys do board games together, and Andy's spooky voice acting is top notch. Congrats to Mike for the win, and good game all (Andy definitely secretly wanted to be stuck in the haunted mansion)

[@AFLoneWolf]

21:53 Mega props to the editor for making that transition as slick as it is.

[@kr0159]

I like how literally after the second turn they forgot if someone went on the stairs to trigger Count Spooksalot

[@timhutchinson8485]

“It doesn’t say the “mwa ha ha”, no..” 😂

[@Becktastic01]

Andy deadeyes the camera, 'Luke died.' Farrantula would never lie. RIP Westawhat.

[@raziel4435]

The ball was a skull in the version I had in the 80s, but it wouldn’t roll very well so I’m not surprised they changed it.

[@Louise.Lola.815]

I just got this game a few weeks ago myself, so cool to see you guys play it! Although you were supposed to “trigger” the ghost every time a character landed on the stairs ;) because of that my friend and I were stuck in that first room for a long time haha Also, if you roll the ghost and no one is in the danger zone, you get to roll again!

[@caiholroyd178]

You're a kid now, you're a squid now. Luke's a host now, Luke's a ghost now

[@nobledonkey17]

"Alright Ellen it's your channel" you heard the man Luke Ellen is now your boss rofl

[@QueenOfTheSea101]

this comment just does not have enough likes! count me as the first!

[@Jennysand81]

I have the version of that game from about 86-88. The look of it was a raw ruin with no fancy decor but loads of creepy atmos and spooky critters. You had to get Into the castle attic and close a coffin to calm the ghost. Ther were Fright masks you'd have to punt on your charecter when you landed on Fright space, because you had a spining board with and arrow instead of a dice, and you'd have to spin a new mask befor you could move again. Also it was a skull not a ball going down the shoots, and because 80's it was a glow in the dark skull/footsteps/bats and creepy-eyes on the board. I must have spend days playing this game in youthclub or at home.

[@BlankNameless]

I was expecting Ellen to lose, given that she had Julianna from Deathloop.

[@nathanjmartucci7849]

I'm amazed The Ellen finished, considering she got nothing but ones and ghosts for the first half of the game.

[@mar_speedman]

*The Ellen??* XD

[@jamesherb4384]

just shows how bad Andy's luck was on the traps. it took him forever to get out of the library

[@nathanjmartucci7849]

@@mar_speedman there can be only one! I definitely meant to type "that", but I will stand by this one!

[@maxlittlewood]

Ah the spiritual sequel to mousetrap has finally arrived

[@QueenOfTheSea101]

'spiritual' being the key word there...

[@FatherAxeKeeper]

It finally arrived 54 years ago*. Ghostcastle was originally called Which Witch and released in 1970, then re-released as Ghostcastle in 1985, and now we have the modern version.

[@timhutchinson8485]

Andy missed a perfect opportunity to call the Ball Randomizer the Ball Twister.

[@GriffinWolf]

They all missed it. I am sad now.

[@timhutchinson8485]

@Jmt1000 the Mario Golf SuperRush videos.

[@markj3169]

Andy would be great hosting a kids spooky Halloween show

[@jasonhammock2111]

Everyone's effort really shows in this video, seriously impressive and entertaining stuff. The angles, the dramatic zooms and slow-downs, the sound effects, add so much to the already fun time you are guaranteed to have with these beautiful souls. Thank you!

[@bdo7765]

I like Ellen's theory that Andy subconsciously WANTS to live in Necropolis-on-Sea forever, haha.

[@BigRich898]

God i missed that opening title so much

[@irishbob26]

I'll be singing that all day

[@IkhwanRidzwan]

Hell yeah

[@matthewgroves2081]

Sometimes when I don’t have time to watch the whole video I make sure to just drop a like and catch the “Show of the Weekend” opening song for the nostalgia serotonin release

[@AvinashSreemadhav]

Really like how they got the kids and the old people out first.

[@dsmiley53]

Andy: Would you like the hear the lore? Ellen: YES!!! Mike: ...keep it brief. 😂🤣

[@revo1verrock]

I’m confused, does staircase count as a danger zone and require an activation? Or was it decided that watching 50 turns of people falling down stairs would be no fun?

[@Amaritudine]

It doesn't have red footprints, so I figure it's not a danger zone. The players are certainly IN danger while they're on the stairs, but it doesn't require anyone to unleash the spooky marble.

[@andrewhardman3216]

I think it is its just whoever produced this game didn't print the red zones on the plastic or were going to include stickers but the stickers never got made

[@dallydaydream]

I think the staircase has a red outline in lieu of red footprints because it's made of plastic rather than cardboard.

[@marhawkman303]

@@Amaritudine Yeah, the original 1970 version didn't have the rule to trigger the ghost when landing on a red space. But it's highly different, as in the original... you go the other way. Yeah the 1970 version the goal was not to escape the ghost but to seal it away. so you went through a similar board layout, but in the opposite direction. Hmmm I don't think we can fully extrapolate without a copy of the rules to the 2020 version. Which I could not find when I tried looking.

[@NotKyleChicago]

From what I remember having looked at a PDF of the rules, if anyone ends on the stairs, they need to trigger the ghost. Additionally, it seems that only one of your characters can be moved while the other is on the stairs. "The Stairs are old and crumbling so your first pawn must make it all the way down the Stairs and onto a space on the Laboratory floor BEFORE you can move your second pawn from behind the white Start line. • If your pawn ends its move on a space that is already occupied by another pawn, it jumps forward to the next available space. • If your pawn ends its move on a step on the Stairs or on a Red space (the ‘Danger Zone’ spaces) then you must immediately drop the Ball into the Chimney as part of your turn - see DROPPING THE BALL. "

[@zachfoster1847]

I totally missed out on this game growing up but I'm 100% getting this to play with my kids.

[@Ceece20]

The reason Luke became a ghost is everyone finally went and killed him for winning in Mario Party last night

[@makahiya]

God, that “Wait, there’s more” picture is actually scary

[@MtMooncards]

I vaguely remember finding this in a charity shop presumably incomplete, all I really remember is the plastic staircase honestly

[@stephenchanda7580]

That scream at the start as Ellen's piece got hit was hilarious!!

[@KellFendry]

Whoever edited in all those Wilhelm screams is an absolute champion XD

[@jamesanthony8438]

6:45 Grampa Indiana Jones reliving the giant boulder scene from his first movie.

[@SkeletonDrums1]

I remember the 80's version having a glow in the dark skull in place of a ball. Not sure you'd be able to play in the dark and the skull definitely got stuck in the shoot 60% of the time, the ball is a definate improvement!

[@adambicknell9185]

disapointed in Andy, of all people, for missing the spooky potential in the fact that when there's just one it's a DIE

[@thembill8246]

In British English, it's still a dice.

[@AlmightyPolarBear]

@@thembill8246 I didn't know that. It annoys me that in Super Mario Party they are called a dice block. I guess that is why they never reacted when playing it.

[@adambicknell9185]

@@thembill8246 I am British, it's a die

[@thembill8246]

@@adambicknell9185 it's either, in fact. The OED says that the word dice can be singular or plural. In fact, it says that the usage of die as singular is becoming increasingly uncommon. Dictionary definitions are based on usage, and the usage is that dice as singular is not only acceptable, but becoming the standard.

[@adambicknell9185]

@@thembill8246 I'm going to sort of thank you and sort of apologise. I think my previous reply was needlessly blunt and actually a little rude. Obviously, like most people, I don't check up on what the dictionary's are saying with any frequency but I would have to assume that the OED decided Dice as a singular was acceptable relatively recently (with the term relatively recently here being almost meaningless)

[@PrimeGlaz]

I have a feeling if Jane played this she would have purposfully rolled for a ghost to kill all the players

[@martyvendetta2743]

3:12 his deal is "Voodoo Pimp".

[@hilelkars8468]

26:11 Ellen's ring is beautiful

[@Michael_Lindell]

24:55 Oh no, there's been a terrible Axe-ident!

[@cearnicus]

👻 booo!! 👻

[@Zoso14892]

That was really fun, thanks everyone! PS Ellen, my wife loves your top.

[@The-Underbaker]

I've still got my original version of this! Obviously this looks a lot fancier than the 80's version, but only a ball to set off the traps?! In the original there was a coffin on the top which you dropped in a glow-in-the-dark skull! This version is different, in the original you had to make it to the top of the castle, not start at the top and try to escape.

[@Selawen]

I used to absolutely adore this game!!! So happy it's making a resurgence

[@micahnewby7964]

Ellen putting all that Fear Academy training to good use rolling all those ghosts🤣

[@JunpakuKarasu]

The Wilhelm Scream when Grandpa Indiana got knocked down the stairs XD The sound effects were really fun

[@nolongerzombiedoe4729]

ellens constant vine references is one of the reasons i love this channel so much

[@kytamura]

I love the board game videos! They're a nice change of pace

[@someguysittindown5974]

I had idea this game existed! It's brilliant!!! I would have loved it sooooo much has a kid!!!! Thank you guys for playing this, I loved this sooo much!!!

[@myrojyn]

Luke's ghost watching zombie Luke do zombie things is a mood.

[@ktheretrogamer]

Andy's shirt is just *Chef's Kiss*

[@notoriousbmc1]

No, it's pumpkins and ghosts

[@situpeutparlemoi]

I love these board game shows! I hope we might see another for Oxboxmas. :3 Congrats Little Mike and iCarly! Hope the Madame enjoys her stay. 👻

[@Galvamel]

This was SO much fun, PLEASE do more old board games. The Green Ghost Game, or The Slime Monster Game would be the best!

[@frodobaggins7710]

No wonder Count Spooksalot is so angry, I'd be annoyed too if I had to spend every day with a ball up my chuffwagon

[@Max-ps9mg]

this has become one of my comfort videos to rewatch, but the wolf howl sound used is the exact same one at the start of wolf by exo and my brain immediately goes CHOGIWA every time i hear it

[@weasel_in_a_tophat]

Count Spooks-a-lot should sell coffee and call it Count Spooks-a-latte.

[@psyraven76]

So, Luke is trapped in a castle? Thus is his metamorphosis into Princess Peach complete...

[@roguedogx]

11:50 nice "manor caretaker voice" Andy.

[@valcian1]

I vaguely remember playing a much older version of this, but I'm sure you occasionally put little 'scared' masks on the counters for some reason.

[@HoseDoctor69]

I remember the original version of this board game with the glow in the dark skull that you dropped through the top....happier times! Great video as always, thank you for the Halloween spoops!!!

[@andregordon2599]

I was JUST thinking I hoped I would see some more board games on the channel! Yay!

[@Amaritudine]

So... a team of paranormal investigators are inspecting a haunted dwelling, then have to flee for their lives when the resident spirit locks them in and tries to harm them? This game's lore is very Phasmophobia-esque.

[@albertgreene313]

The sound editor/music person killed it with this video

[@rayv3r]

Getting mouse trap vibes from ages ago! Always great to see you guys play boardgames. Could you possibly play something for christmas?

[@randyotte9599]

Very similar game called Which Witch was sold in the US years ago, the ball you dropped was called the whammy ball...haven't thought about it in years

[@langdon7x]

Petition for an Andy short where he recites Haunted Mansion quotes at us.

[@Giga-lemesh]

“My strong son icarly” 😂😂

[@maryyram5039]

I love watching the boardgame playthroughs - more of these, please! Also kudos to Andy for being in nearly every Halloween video this year - hopefully he gets a little downtime come November.

[@cozy_kelpie]

This was great! Ooh, you guys should do Betrayal at House on the Hill next year.

[@GhengisJohn]

This is adorable and I did not know I could watch adults play a children's board game that's apparently from 20 years ago (if Icarly's attire is any indication) with so much tension.

[@cearnicus]

They're playing the re-release. I and apparently some others here still remember this from the mid-80s (yes we're old). And apparently the first version is from 1970!

[@OverlordMMM]

I loved this. I hope you all do a little more board game stuffs in the future. :D

[@SirBuncey]

This board game brought back so many memories!

[@Oculas2003]

I had the original of this as a kid - the ball was originally a skull. Clever idea making the box lid the base.

[@Arcadio89]

20:00 The Danger Zone! 🎶 (I can't help hearing Archer's voice...)

[@tuntemon]

Haha, I got a really old version of this in Swedish. Spökslottet, which is Ghost Caslte directly translated. So this is an updated version. I prefer just a die instead of the die and spinner. However the old version's art style is better in my opinion. Since I prefer the less cartoony style. Still nice productions for a classic game from my childhood.

[@sarawilliams3190]

Soothing spookenings. Love you guys so much. Thanks for all the festive content!

[@Separator_zoi]

I loved this game when I was a kid, but I had completely forgotten about it until I saw this video. The ball used to be a skull though... I guess a ball is less likely to get stuck in the mechanism. Less spoooky though.

[@thorild69]

This was extremely silly and even more fun! Thanks.

[@kevinmoore5674]

The gameplay is entirely different, but visually it gave me SUCH strong 13 Dead End Drive vibes. I loved playing that game SO MUCH as a kid, It was a pseudo social deception game and i was a small child so I sucked, but i still loved it.

[@QueenOfTheSea101]

you mean 1313 dead end drive..... i had it ..... actually played it BY MYSELF as multiple 'characters' as a kid cause child raised as an only kid because siblings are so much older that THEIR kids could be your cousins/siblings only they were too far away most of childhood to play with. it's an excellent game and if someone has a really good imagination, they realistically can play by themselves, which is rather rare in board games even for such people.

[@TheRedAvenger100]

Can’t believe they added a Wilhelm Scream to the traps getting someone 😂😂😂

[@rocstormmc]

Trap is sprung....Andy gets knocked over... Andy/Mike: NOOO! Ellen: YAAAAAY! Ruthless.

[@mr.jglokta191]

I had a slightly different version of this game as a kid so this was an enjoyable blast from the past for me

[@davidleonardflanagan]

I'd forgotten about this game! So much nostalgia 😅😅

[@HavocHounds1988]

Ellen's female pawn character reminds me of Julia from Deathloop.

[@LJay_1985]

On the topic of board games, did anyone else have the utterly incomprehensible Knightmare board game? Only vague references to the TV show that spawned it, and rules that required at least an IQ of 150 to really grasp. To add insult to injury, to win you must answer a riddle from the enclosed book, all of which baffled nine-year-old me (and probably would continue to baffle my current 36-year-old incarnation).

[@andrewhardman3216]

IQ? The TV show IQ hosted Stephen Fry it does have a licensed board game but I've never played it

[@katfromthekong414]

The retro vibes this spooktober are warming my quadragenarian heart ❤