How to Play Disney's The Haunted Mansion: Call of the Spirits

[@angrypickle]

Instructions unclear, living room is now haunted.

[@easytoslip]

I hear that! I am now pregnant with a ghost baby! eep

[@glennhuschke6132]

My wife bought me this game and I really want to play it, but MAN am I confused.

[@mikehauncho4874]

This looks like a very poorly designed game. The graphics look great, and of course the theme is cool... But the rules seem like they're just out of control

[@waltb2967]

a lot of common rules to turned base strategy games. The more similar. games like Villianous. Twilight Imperium, Helms Deep.

[@lrfoster87]

I am so confused, too

[@carsenyoung1746]

It's pretty straight forward. I think it sounds confusing because of all of the different scoring rules for the different types of cards, but the scoring rules are printed right on each card, so you don't need to memorize them. All you really need to know is that each turn you can either move, rotate, pick up a ghost card, or duel with another player.

[@boardgamebjornis]

It seems pretty straight forward as a medium light modern board game. If youre not used to play any modern board game, i guess it could be too much going on?

[@jasonwhitehouse8638]

Place you rotating card opposite the 3rd player but not before the secondary card has been picked and stacked on every 5th space after the spirit deck has been shuffled six times and cut then placed on each corner exactly 3/4 inches from a adjacent player.

[@jgbgw591]

Thank you. That makes perfect sense 🤣

[@proudpinaygirl101]

It was extremely confusing at first. The best way to figure it out is just to start playing and figuring out the rules as you go. Once you get it the game is fun to play and everyone starts to get competitive 😄

[@crochetwithapril]

I just can't figure out how if we start in the middle anyone is in the hallway to collect cards

[@ninamarie390]

@@crochetwithapril exactly what I was just thinking. Figure it out yet?

[@crochetwithapril]

@Nina Marie no its been collecting dust in the closet for more then a year now. I finally gave up.

[@AnthonyRocchio]

This reminds me of the gameshow Joey was going to host on Friends. "You spin the Wheel of Mayhem to go up the Ladder of Chance. You go past the Mud Hut, through the Rainbow Ring..."

[@glennhuschke6132]

My thoughts EXACTLY!!!

[@elizabethfranzone3046]

My mom said the exact same thing when we tried playing this game!!!

[@kristinev1431]

🤣🤣

[@kissingtheserpent7710]

I bought this game for my birthday bc I love haunted mansion but oh my this is very confusing :(

[@bluekirty]

I think it'll take me a couple of times watching this before I get it, but thanks for the instruction. Not that the explanation is bad, just there's so much to try to remember. Oh, and that dress is awesome! Fitting for the Haunted Mansion

[@animatorbrent]

More difficult learning curve than ‘the Cones of Dunshire’.

[@neosawyer9471]

Becca should be the only one to fill in for Dan on Nerdist News. She's not slow reading and she's a natural presenter based on this video.

[@kerrijohnson955]

2nd tutorial I watched and the players magically appear outside the middle with no explanation. It says to start by placing characters in the middle but then, during the instructional video, they appear outside w/ no explanation....

[@carsenyoung1746]

A move action moves a player to an adjacent room. The seance room is considered adjacent to ALL rooms, so you start in the seance room and use a move action to move to any other room.

[@proudpinaygirl101]

Moving out of the seance room counts as one of the three moves in the first round

[@kaptain_kuntpants123]

This is the most confusing game I’ve ever tried to learn. HAHA. Like we got it for fun and then now we’re stuck. How do you magically get outside into the hallway? Because all the tutorials I’ve watched today they end up in the hallway with zero explaining of how they got there. How do we know what room to go to? And we can move the thing as many times as we want. I’m confused 🥴

[@ChrisNeill]

It explains moving as an action, move to any adjacent room as 1 action. Rotate the hallway as many spaces as you'd like for 1 action. You have up to three actions per turn.

[@floodkevin4716]

In the instructions

[@Coral-Oc]

Same

[@kingrichardsfaire_1485]

This is supposed to be a 30-minute game and it looks like it will take about that long just figuring it out and setting it up. I was interested in purchasing this but my head is spinning 😵 There's a lot going on here.

[@joannsoda2250]

Same thing with me after watching this I decided not to purchase it

[@carlosverajr2544]

@@joannsoda2250 just got the game, it’s a bit confusing at first but once you get it. It’s pretty fun

[@Belushi87]

it sounded like a fun game, but its confusing. i was lost after 30 seconds.

[@LocoJandro]

I'm here for dem stripes!

[@user-vi4xy1jw7e]

I'm here because host is cute

[@TheKesslerFoundation]

It would have been nice if the player movers were doombuggies.

[@Duweeadyale]

That would Be fire

[@daniaguinaga1754]

But if we all start in the seance room, and the hitchhiking ghosts are moving around the outside of the board, then obviously none of us were in the room they traveled through.... I'm so confused 🤔

[@crochetwithapril]

I'm stuck at this same problem. I wish they'd just play a round to show the actual gamepkay

[@smccabe2012]

@@crochetwithapril my girlfriend and i had the same issue with the game haha. we’ve decided that for the first round the hitchhiking ghosts don’t affect anyone since everyone is in the seance room. in the following rounds, they’ll affect certain people who moved out and stayed in the halls in the first round :)

[@jgbgw591]

I just want to say how cute and wholesome it is that a bunch of us are confused enough by this game to commiserate on youtube 🤣 I'm still confused but relieved that I'm not the only one.

[@spaydthesuperhero]

(Not at Nerdist, but at Funko) Why is this so needlessly complicated? Why couldn't it just be a gameboard with spaces where you roll dice and land on a space and maybe take a card or something?

[@spaydthesuperhero]

I'll make my OWN Haunted Mansion Game. With blackjack and hookers!

[@aaronveegee]

2 minutes in and I'm already confused. Setting up card decks shouldn't be that complicated. Damn, was looking forward to buying this for my son who loves the haunted mansion.

[@carsenyoung1746]

The deck set up for all the decks except the event deck is "shuffle and place face down around board." The event deck set up involves removing the same number of cards as there are players and shuffling the final round card into the bottom three. Which part is confusing to you?

[@jcar82]

I found this game to be very simple. A family favorite for sure.

[@Punisherfan123]

I'm lost at 2:39. Player movers are just sitting in the seance room still, how can they be in the endless hallway?

[@crochetwithapril]

This the same problem I'm having!!!

[@Saturnusification]

Ha ha ha! What's ironic it's that the hallway is endless. How can they move out of something endless in the first place?

[@jamesdarkride7588]

I feel like you need to be some kind of genius to play this game. I’ve attempted gameplay several times with no success. I don’t know if I’m too old and unwilling to learn new things, or if this is just beyond my capabilities. Kudos to anyone who has successfully figured out and mastered this extremely confusing and complex game.

[@saroshencore3727]

Thought it wouldn't be easy but it's confusing!

[@mikehauncho4874]

Just shuffle the cards and divide it by the number of players. Then put three cards, plus two remaining extra cards on the bottom. Shuffle each deck once, for each player, and then put the game in the trash.

[@aloysiusdevanderabercrombi470]

@@mikehauncho4874 🤣

[@Jasmineholmes12]

I am still so confused on how to play

[@thesaltycrocodile5153]

You know what would have been helpful? Actually showing how the game was played instead of TELLING US how it’s played.

[@rapdavid1]

Right!!

[@CamaroBabe]

Exactly, with all this craziness, I need to see the game played to understand it. It's like instructions are being given to someone who already knows how to play.

[@reynahsullivan7270]

This video helped me learn the basics so thank you so much

[@emperorblade]

Yes! How to play is back! Really need more G&S.

[@jgbgw591]

I've been trying to figure out this game since Christmas.

[@nood1ez]

Can you please explain the rules for the Madame Leota card? Can you collect 13pts if you do not have haunted cards at the end of the game? Or do you have to have at least 1 haunted card but with the lowest value compare to others?

[@tman3311]

The directions are like Rose's spatula game on Golden Girls

[@oSo2033]

Super helpful explanation, thank you!

[@szenderb]

Cones of Dunshire with a Ouija board.

[@froggy4132]

Its all about the spooky cones

[@ED-ew7vy]

I had an easier time understanding trigonometry (which I almost failed) than I did understanding how to play this game.

[@ericschryver73]

Does every player move the hitchhiking ghosts on their turn?

[@froggy4132]

Well I am so glad I am not the only one confused af too much stuff happening and I don't get it... Nice to look at but I cant understand this

[@ilovemycat333]

I watched it and I'm still confused......

[@BLynn]

Becca Scott your hair turned our really nice.

[@taurnguard]

When you choose to rotate and stop a player's piece on the hitchhiking ghosts, do they have to take a haunt card at that time or when it's their turn?

[@smccabe2012]

im a bit late but no they dont have to take a haunt card :)

[@Ninjaeatingataco]

Awesome game, played tonight and was a blast!

[@nightcatarts]

This looks a lot more interesting than that slew of other reskinned Funko games. Hopefully they'll keep branching out with new concepts.

[@etcktryd]

As confusing as this seems to be, it would have been more helpful to actually SEE a round played as an example. Still a great video though.

[@Adn71271]

How do we get out of the seance room??? And how do we get ghost cards? Played it and ended with 1 card or none. Missing some clarity

[@SplashEazy]

I think you need to use a move action to get back and forth from the hallway and seance rooms. You get ghost cards by using a collect action in a room with a ghost card present. Only 1 ghost card per collect action.

[@markshumate5377]

so as the defender one should always bid 3 to ensure the active player never wins

[@stevenlewis5809]

❤Awesome thank you so much 😊

[@slinger0083]

Great to see ya back.

[@serenasmith510]

I miss tabletop and Wil

[@tman3311]

I've watched this twice and have read the directions five times and still am very confused how to play

[@garyk5277]

Great explanation. Giving Rodney a run for his money! Looks like an interesting game. Perfectly thematic for right now too. Hopefully you have a Game the Game video on it, I'd like to see how this game unfolds!

[@Big_Dai]

HAHAHA, your stupid comment was a good joke.. better than Rodney, haha

[@dancingangel95]

Okay but if the goal of the bidding is to bid higher why wouldn’t you just put 3 regardless?

[@carsenyoung1746]

Because you gain the same number of haunt cards as your bid. Taking on 3 haunt cards (a possible 9 haunt points) is a pretty big risk considering the most haunted player at the end of the game loses their most valuable stack of ghosts. I've only been able to play two player because of COVID, but at least in a two player game, doing whatever you can to not be the most haunted player seems to be the winning strategy.

[@1LivingCuriously]

Hey a How To Play with Becca! Woot, missed ya.

[@ttgjdearman]

Reminds me of that VCR game that Abed and Annie played on Community...🤔😉😂

[@KarenAMathis]

I'm having flashbacks to the Cones of Dunshire.

[@scottwaggoner223]

I now have to go to Nerdist to watch Geek & Sundry videos? Not really interested in a far majority of Nerdist content. Hopefully Geek & Sundry gets some attention soon - been missing the originals!

[@JB-js4xi]

Wooooo! So much confusion. You did an excellent job explaining it. I really DO wish it was a little simpler though. Not crazy easy but it is a little much for a quick game with some friends. It's like whoever you manage to get the hang with is who to stick with. Lol. Awesome though

[@theparkershow2536]

Thank you for this

[@phitowns]

Is game the game coming back!?!?

[@FunkoGamesOfficial]

It's available now!

[@phitowns]

@@FunkoGamesOfficial not what I meant but love the enthusiasm it does look fun

[@FunkoGamesOfficial]

@@phitowns Whoops! But glad to hear you think that!

[@phitowns]

@@FunkoGamesOfficial no worries The game really does look fun and I can't wait to add it to my collection

[@lilliandonaldson8121]

This is not the 1970s Lakeside game.

[@Gmaninator10]

This looks fun as heck

[@lolopunzel4130]

Man....do you really need so much cards to play?😅

[@bryanrogers2729]

This game is impossible to understand. We bought this for our 10 year old and attempted 3 times but never got passed the first couple of moves. Definitely do not recommend this game unless you're willing to spend a 40 hour work week trying to understand.

[@GreciasWorld]

Confused

[@modes0816]

This is a very confusing game, sounds like it would be a good game though if it weren’t so confusing.

[@patrickjohnson1649]

To anyone who wants to buy this Game, *There is No Hatbox Ghost* , The Hatbox Ghost is not in the Game.

[@JamiSwanBeauty]

Most confusing board game I’ve ever seen ha

[@j.c.8371]

30 minute play but 30 years to learn how to play🙄

[@nics.9402]

It looks complicated my kids won't have that much patience and we'd get bored as adults too

[@ryanbarker5217]

just as easy as navigating your way through a di$ney trip these days. probably priced accordingly, i'm guessing. it just seems overly complicated or confusing. maybe i'm wrong, though. while i'm not a board game designer, i think it's obvious you need a card system, and i like the ghost thing, just not so much how it travels. just seems there are some missed opportunities here, and if you didn't slap 'haunted mansion' on it and borrow some aesthetics, this could have been a generic haunted house game and nothing would indicate otherwise. this thing begs for electronics and software interaction.

[@jankobrezovsky938]

I got lost after 2 minutes. Why is it so complicated? Does anybody actually remember and understand all the rules? Insane….

[@madquest8]

I want to see Becca, but I refuse to sub to Nerdist because they produce too much trash :( what a dilemma!

[@Aragorn7884]

noice

[@theenthusiast4218]

I don’t understand how people say this game is hard to comprehend

[@ethansoliz3930]

It’s not the only hard part is the scoring

[@ethansoliz3930]

How does the scoring work?

[@n.mccain5163]

Whatever... this isn’t fun to even learn to get through to even want to play afterwards. 😭The fact that it’s a Disney and it this crazy just to learn is so depressing (crying)

[@carsenyoung1746]

@@ethansoliz3930 The scoring is more complex but since scoring instructions for a card are printed right on the card itself, you don't have to memorize them or anything.

[@carsenyoung1746]

@@ethansoliz3930 On each card you'll see a number points in a frame with the scoring criteria below it. So for example, the dancing ghosts card has a "0" over top of a "x1" and a "7" over top of a "x2". Which means if you only have ONE card of that type, you get 0 points, but you get 7 points for each PAIR of that type you have. Each card has the instructions written on it this way so you don't have to memorize how all the cards score to play.

[@SwordsAndMoss]

I feel stupid 😳

[@cale115]

This is ridiculous, 8 and up my ass.

[@Coral-Oc]

What?._.

[@leewainman4928]

Far too complex and confusing to be fun .This is why Monopoly is the most successful game ever

[@cathylarsen8001]

Too confusing!

[@squidward_tortelllini]

SO CONFUSING WTF

[@thebrinksf69]

Too complicated. Make an easier version

[@Ruckus_Longhorn]

Way to confusing!!! Ugg!

[@CaliVapor]

Well the thirty minutes of “gameplay” was reading instructions then following this tutorial video and now its game over. Who thought this was a good game?? Who even can play the game?? Exactly..

[@dannymoreno86]

Blah blah blah blah ...blahhh blahhh...blahhh Im sold ill buy anything from Becca...

[@mjstory1976]

0⃣1⃣6⃣

[@staixm610]

Lost interest in this game past the 2 minutes of explanation😅

[@Big_Dai]

I wonder what it feels like to be born "good looking", and be so dull.

[@Jahallk9]

The most complicated game I've ever played! Way to many steps

[@LSS8]

I work for Funko

[@S1L3NTG4M3R]

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