Custom Ghostbusters Game

Being a huge Ghostbusters fan, I've decided to make my own Ghostbusters Boardgame. I looked up any previous GB games and found only two. TWO? C'mon....

Anyway, one is the version I had as a kid, a 3-D version similar to Mouse Trap where you would lead the GB's through four different locales. While fun at the time (and a bitch to step up) it never really captured the GB spirit. The second game was similar to the current Marvel Heroes game, in which they explore districts throughout New York City, trying to gain the most cash for ghosts captured in addition to using the Ecto-1 and Ecto-Copter to move around the board. I had never seen or played this version, but it sounds interesting. Both games featured the same box art- but different boards.





With these two games to fuel the fire, I proceeded to look at other games I may be able to use as a template for gameplay, and more importantly, use pieces from. I found that the room tiles from Betrayal at House on the Hill along with the ghost finder figures from Horrorclix (and various monsters) would be a winning combination.


The theme of the my game would be exploring the various rooms of the haunted mansion for ghosts, capture them, and then escape. The Ghostbuster with the most captured ghosts wins. However, Death is also in the mansion waiting for you. Angry at stealing away his customers, Death will take his vengance out on you by stealing back your ghosts. Maybe even killing you in the process....(losing turns)

I'm using the same three card decks that came with Betrayal, but updating the text to reflect lines, objects, and quotes from the Ghostbuster universe- including both movies, cartoons, and yes, even one object from the Flimation Ghostbusters- just for laughs.

Here's pics of the figures (removed from their clix bases) including a Slimer which was originally a pencil topper. Enjoy....

Nothin' but Winstons. Repaints on the way....

Mock-up dice to be used in the game

The '13 Ghosts' you can encounter in the rooms. (Tomb Mummy is on the way)


This is my favorite. Death is HUGE!

I'm a M&M

Over at BecomeAnMM.com, you can create a custom made M&M candy version of yourself. Quite funny, but the options were a bit sparse. The ad I saw in today's paper (PARADE) was a tad misleading- although very good, a M&M Burt Reynolds. Here's mine...

All-new! All-different!

Hooray!!!

With the help of my friend Chris, I was finally able to 'pimp' my blog. Look for new header art every month. (Since I post every Sunday- I guess the next one would be on February 4th) This month features the Thing from Fantastic Four #380 "Faces of Doom".

Enjoy!


More Ghostbuster goodness on the way...

The Ghost Busters....dear god.

If you thought the Flimation Ghostbusters were bad- think again.

Behold, the super-crappy 1975 live action monstrosity. Yikes.




...and the slightly better animated version.




Finally, the classic- free of damn dirty apes.

Do not attempt to adjust your picture....

I'm playing around with adding an image to my header box. HTML is a cruel mistress, for which I've been battling since college. I like making pictures just not all the technical stuff. At least I got the broken icon to show up- that's a start...



So...yup. Nothing funny about that. Read the Dora comic again. I laughed 'til it hurt. The joke is more funny if you've seen 'An evening with Kevin Smith 2". Thanks Chris!



Still here?....Go visit Chris Karath's Blog, then go visit Adam and Comfort's Sketch blog. Then get some fresh air and a Coke Zero. You'll thank me for it. Or not.

Ghost Rider

I never bought the ML Ghost Rider. Not a huge fan really. But with the release of the Ghost Rider movie, toys were inevitable. So I picked one (of many variations). Didn't come with his chain- but rather some skull gun. Umm...what? Picks below. Enjoy. I did.

The all-new Fantastic Four: Hulk, Spider-man, Wolverine, and Ghost Rider.

A bad day for Xavier...

As seen in X-Men #22: First, the X-Men steal his blanket to defeat his new training robot, Colosso. Then as everyone leaves for some much needed down time (since covering robots with drapery can be very tiresome)- Xavier broods about not being able to "walk in the sunshine". You'd think with the most powerful mutant mind on the planet you'd get around that.

I'm just glad for that carefully place thought bubble. Whew!

Crystal Pepsi returns!

While at a friends house the other night, I tried an icy cold Coke Zero.

Something amazing happened. My tastebuds instantly flashed back to the 90's. I was drinking Crystal Pepsi.


It's really the after taste that reminds me of Crystal Pepsi- the wonderful beverage that died out faster than the Atari Jaguar. I liked it. Really.

I highly recommend stocking up on Coke Zero before they pull this too and we'll never see it again.

Marvel Select Thanos

Bought the Marvel Select Thanos on NEW COMIC THURSDAY!

Thanos could have been a build-a-figure as far as I'm concerned. Great sculpt, size, and shiny gold paint job. Really cool figure- comes packaged with his main squeeze- Death.

Thanos fits in well with my 'cosmic shelf' of Marvel Legends too. I bumped Doctor Strange up (from the 'street shelf') because his cape was taking up too much space for other figs. Magic is kinda cosmic, right? The shelf has fallen on several ocassions. I think I need to put in a guard rail.




Space is tight, but there are still a few missing figures I'd like to see....

SPIDER-MAN: Aunt May, Qwen Stacy, Mary Jane, Spider-girl, Black Cat, and the Slingers: Dusk, Hornet, Richochett, and Prodigy.

FANTASTIC FOUR: Awesome Andy, Diablo, Puppet Master, Psycho Man, Lyja, Mole Man, Marvel Girl (Dr. Doom armor), and She-Thing.

X-MEN: Artie and Leech, Jubilee, Polaris, Multiple Man w/multiples, Morph, Dazzler, Mimic, Cannonball, Husk, Chamber, and Holocaust.