Game: Ghost Stories

Thread: Re: In-stock at Boulder Games & Fair Play!

Yargo — 2008-11-22T14:19:30+00:00

As of Nov 21st, its OOS on thoughthammer and boards and bits.
However, I did see it in stock at both boulder games and cardhaus.com

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cnidius — 2008-11-22T06:41:30+00:00

miniatures, dices and other elements

Thread: Re: Ghost Stories mini FAQ in ENG

Arvias — 2008-11-21T19:53:01+00:00

Q: If i got both of the Buddha-s in my possesion and i can use them, then can i place both of them in my round?

Q: The boss with the -1 Token @ All icon in the middle, will take one token every round or just in that round, where he is placed?

Thread: Re: Haunting after Exorcism and Ghost Placement

cymric — 2008-11-21T17:04:44+00:00

Harry Plopper wrote:
1. After exorcising a ghost that has haunted a tile, does that tile remain haunted or does it get flipped to its non-haunted side?
It remains haunted.

2. When I place a ghost on a board, can I place it on any spot or do I have to go from left to right?
Any spot.

Thread: Haunting after Exorcism and Ghost Placement

Harry Plopper — 2008-11-21T16:49:52+00:00

Two questions:

1. After exorcising a ghost that has haunted a tile, does that tile remain haunted or does it get flipped to its non-haunted side?

2. When I place a ghost on a board, can I place it on any spot or do I have to go from left to right?

Thanks!

Thread: Re: My dog ate my Ying/Yang !

mandarinaduck — 2008-11-21T14:34:26+00:00

If it's a plastic token all you have to do is to give the dog more food (or a laxative ) and keep an eye on him, waiting for _that_ moment

Thread: Re: My dog ate my Ying/Yang !

Arvias — 2008-11-21T13:57:59+00:00

Try to request one from the publisher. I did that with other games and itworked.

Thread: Re: My dog ate my Ying/Yang !

MainManDetroit — 2008-11-20T20:48:44+00:00

Use a quarter and get a sharpie of appropriate color.

Unfortunately I am a completist and could not stand having a set with a missing piece. I would by a new set.

-MMD

Thread: Re: Player mats

locusshifter — 2008-11-20T14:59:29+00:00

the cardboard box insert seems rather fragile - there is room for the boards to slide around, and the insert is already torn.

I think I've seen 5 inserts I actually liked. I've probably thrown 50% of them away of my 400+ games.

Thread: Re: Ghost Stories mini FAQ in ENG

Arvias — 2008-11-19T11:56:00+00:00

Middle symbol : Lets say that the yellow board comes next, so the yallow player will be the active player. It means that regardless of who put the ghost on the yellow board, the middle symbol effect will affect the yellow player... being the active player.

Ok!

Thread: Re: Player mats

Tycho — 2008-11-19T10:32:59+00:00

No issue with the mats. The cards are thinner than I would like them to be, and the cardboard box insert seems rather fragile - there is room for the boards to slide around, and the insert is already torn.

Thread: Re: Ghost Stories mini FAQ in ENG

Nephilim — 2008-11-19T10:28:10+00:00

Effects of the cards are always for the active player.

In your example the blue player...

left symbol -> active player who enters the card in play takes the effect (no matter on wich color board he puts it)

middle symbol -> all cards in the active player area (whatever the color of the card is) with a symbol in the middle take effect on the active player.

right symbol -> active player who exorsists the ghost(s) take the effect (no matter wich color he exorsised)

Thread: Re: Player mats

Boscrossos — 2008-11-19T10:25:41+00:00

Apocryphile wrote:
I was just wondering if the player cards/mats are the cheap, thin cardboard we see so much of these days, or whether they are made of more substantial material?
TIA

Nope. Solid, 1mm thick cardboard, just like the village tiles. The production values for this game are really excellent, and should be able to keep going for many, many games.

Thread: Re: My dog ate my Ying/Yang !

ced1106 — 2008-11-19T09:29:36+00:00

Johnny_Bravo wrote:
Does he show sometimes unusual behaviour? e.g. flying in the house, glowing red eyes in the dark, hunting villagers, eating kids etc...

For my dog, I only *wish* this was unusual behavior.

*Anyway* maybe eBay would help. Sorry, I didn't see a yin/yang token in the GS images, so don't know exactly what to look for.
http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=4&cam...

Thread: Re: My dog ate my Ying/Yang !

toinito — 2008-11-19T08:52:58+00:00

I just woke up and I read this post, thks

Thread: Re: My dog ate my Ying/Yang !

Johnny_Bravo — 2008-11-19T08:12:14+00:00

You should observe your dog from now...

Does he show sometimes unusual behaviour? e.g. flying in the house, glowing red eyes in the dark, hunting villagers, eating kids etc...

Thread: Re: Ghost Stories mini FAQ in ENG

Arvias — 2008-11-19T07:40:08+00:00

I think this is the last question im not clear with :

If the blue player draws a ghost card what is yellow, and manages to put it on the yellow board, but the ghost has a Left Curse witch is Loose -1Qi, then who will suffer the loss? The yellow, right?

Thread: Player mats

Apocryphile — 2008-11-19T06:40:52+00:00

I was just wondering if the player cards/mats are the cheap, thin cardboard we see so much of these days, or whether they are made of more substantial material?
TIA

Thread: Re: My dog ate my Ying/Yang !

mavo — 2008-11-19T06:32:59+00:00

This story lets some cruel ideas come to my mind ...

Thread: Re: My dog ate my Ying/Yang !

UnknownParkerBrother — 2008-11-19T06:22:14+00:00

mickmick wrote:
(This was strangely out of character.)

He's probably possessed. Know any Taoists?

Thread: My dog ate my Ying/Yang !

mickmick — 2008-11-19T04:50:31+00:00

I just bought the game and love it. After just a few plays, however, my dog snatched the green ying/yang token off the table and gobbled it up. (This was strangely out of character.) Does anyone have any suggestions how best to replace it? Know of any ying/yang good luck tokens available over the internet? Can any crafty people suggest a good way of making a marker? Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Thread: Re: Curse question

Tycho — 2008-11-18T23:55:59+00:00

Luke the Flaming wrote:
Curse on the left stone = the player owning the board (as soon as the ghost is placed there)
Really? I thought the active player would suffer the left stone effect, where relevant (for example, loss of Qi).

Thread: Re: In-stock at Boulder Games & Fair Play!

Cheesechick — 2008-11-18T20:45:04+00:00

It's in-stock at ThoughtHammer now! Whoohoo my preorder just shipped!

Thread: Re: In-stock at Boulder Games & Fair Play!

smithhemb — 2008-11-18T20:17:25+00:00

not any more it isn't, LOL!

Thread: Re: Ghost Stories mini FAQ in ENG

toinito — 2008-11-18T19:26:39+00:00

Arvias wrote:
But can you move and exorcise after you used you power?

I mean can you do three steps or only two?

EG : I use my power and move.
EG2 : I use my power and move and exorcise (not including here blue's special power)

Withc one is true?

EG2 is OK for Yellow taosit power :
1- take my free tao token
2- move
3- exorcism a ghost

But you CANNOT do, with Red taosit :
1- move
2- make an action
3- use your power to move again or move another taoist
Cause Movement phase is at the beginning on the Yang phase

It depend on witch power
Yellow powers must be used before movement
Blue powers, after movement
Green powers, during all your phase
Red powers : movement phase (flying) or just after moving (other red power)

You always have to stick to the basic rules sequence :
1- move
2- action
3- bouddha / power tokens

Thread: Re: Ghost Stories mini FAQ in ENG

Arvias — 2008-11-18T18:15:44+00:00

But can you move and exorcise after you used you power?

I mean can you do three steps or only two?

EG : I use my power and move.
EG2 : I use my power and move and exorcise (not including here blue's special power)

Withc one is true?

Thread: Re: Ghost Stories mini FAQ in ENG

toinito — 2008-11-18T17:42:55+00:00

Arvias wrote:
Antoine,

By super power i was refferin to each players unique power

Like the RED can fly to any village and so on

Sorry for the misunderstanding, please tell when you got time

So you can use your power on each of your turns (when your are the active player) is your power his active (no nasty ghost on your board !)
But you must respect the power description for the timing (example : yellow taosit must take his free token / place the mantra before his movement phase, whatever he move or not)

Thread: Re: Ghost Stories mini FAQ in ENG

Arvias — 2008-11-18T16:49:38+00:00

Antoine,

By super power i was refferin to each players unique power

Like the RED can fly to any village and so on

Sorry for the misunderstanding, please tell when you got time

Thread: Re: Ghost Stories mini FAQ in ENG

toinito — 2008-11-18T16:16:00+00:00

Q. If the active player is blue and manages to kill a ghost on the green board, but the ghost upon dying will make us roll a dice, then the blue will roll the dice and the outcomming will affect him or the green player?

Active player roll the die (blue in your example). He will loose 1 QI / all his tokens if the die shows this sides...

Q. When can a player actually use he's super power? I mean can he move and use power? Or do the both? Can he ask for village aid and use power and exrocise?

Yin-Yang can be used before the mouvement, after mouvement/before action, after action, after a Bouddha is placed. For example, you can use your YY to put a token on the circle of Prayer and then exorcise a Ghost using this new placed token...
Yin-Yang use is additional : you play your normal turn + YY

Q. The player can use he's super power every round when he is the active player? (surely if the power is avaible)

super power = yin-yang for you, that's right ???
If you got it, you can use it anytime during your turn. But to do that each turn, you must regain it !

I already asked Antoine but he might be busy right now and we'd wish to play tonight

Sorry, kind of busy, indeed

Thread: Re: Ghost Stories mini FAQ in ENG

Arvias — 2008-11-18T14:40:25+00:00

Can anyone help me with these three Q/A-s?

Q. If the active player is blue and manages to kill a ghost on the green board, but the ghost upon dying will make us roll a dice, then the blue will roll the dice and the outcomming will affect him or the green player?

Q. When can a player actually use he's super power? I mean can he move and use power? Or do the both? Can he ask for village aid and use power and exrocise?

Q. The player can use he's super power every round when he is the active player? (surely if the power is avaible)

I already asked Antoine but he might be busy right now and we'd wish to play tonight

Thread: Re: Curse question

edubvidal — 2008-11-18T10:18:16+00:00

MainManDetroit wrote:
who rolls for that curse?

You.

MainManDetroit wrote:
who takes the punishment of said curse?

You.

Thread: Re: Curse question

Luke the Flaming — 2008-11-18T09:29:19+00:00

Same here.

Curse on the left stone = the player owning the board (as soon as the ghost is placed there).
Curse on the middle stone = the player owning the board (at the start of each of his "evil phases").
Curse on the right stone = the active player that just killed the ghost (unless the Witch or Buddha did it, of course).

Thread: Re: Ghost Stories mini FAQ in ENG

toinito — 2008-11-18T08:57:58+00:00

MainManDetroit wrote:

Lets say I am Blue and I fight an enemy on a green board and defeat that green enemy.
If the enemy had a dying curse, who rolls for that curse? Me or the green board?

The active player roll the die.

Thread: Re: Curse question

Boscrossos — 2008-11-18T08:10:43+00:00

Arvias wrote:
Hmm you got me there.

We played a 2 player game and we always rolled for the neutral board (that being green and im being blue). The effect of the dying ghost was activated on me because i killed it.

I hope i did not do it wrong... if the curse die is on middle, and the card is on the green board that its affecting the green board.

I hope sombody can enlighten us

My English version of the rules says: "Player must roll the curse die". I read it the same way you have, making the active player (who made the exorcism) roll the die and receive the effect (well, since we left those ghosts for the lean green no-curse-die-rolling machine we never rolled for them, but the idea was there).

Thread: Re: Curse question

Arvias — 2008-11-18T07:10:28+00:00

Hmm you got me there.

We played a 2 player game and we always rolled for the neutral board (that being green and im being blue). The effect of the dying ghost was activated on me because i killed it.

I hope i did not do it wrong... if the curse die is on middle, and the card is on the green board that its affecting the green board.

I hope sombody can enlighten us

Thread: Re: Mini-expansion to Ghost Stories in Spielbox no. 6/2008

lorna — 2008-11-18T03:20:54+00:00

Not to rain on anyone's parade and maybe the Repos folks will answer the question here but check out this thread http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/351049
I suspect the reason the bonus cards are available now was because of this printing error. My concern is that some of the games had base decks of different sizes. In the 2 copies that came across my path, the expansion cards were the same size but they did not match the decks which were of slightly different (but noticeable) size. So if the problem was not with the expansion, but was with the base decks there may still be some problem. I do not know if they reprinted the base decks also or if the lots sold at Essen were different than the ones sent out.

Thread: Curse question

MainManDetroit — 2008-11-18T03:09:37+00:00

Lets say I am Blue and I fight an enemy on a green board and defeat that green enemy.
If the enemy had a dying curse, who rolls for that curse? Me or the green board? And consequentially, who takes the punishment of said curse?

-MMD

Thread: Re: Mini-expansion to Ghost Stories in Spielbox no. 6/2008

MainManDetroit — 2008-11-18T01:15:11+00:00

I was so excited I ordered and paid through PayPal. WIll the forst person to get theirs post here so we know when to be looking for it?

-MMD

Thread: Re: Ghost Stories mini FAQ in ENG

MainManDetroit — 2008-11-18T00:53:00+00:00

One additional questions.

Lets say I am Blue and I fight an enemy on a green board and defeat that green enemy.
If the enemy had a dying curse, who rolls for that curse? Me or the green board?

-MMD

Thread: Re: Mini-expansion to Ghost Stories in Spielbox no. 6/2008

maelic001 — 2008-11-17T20:48:21+00:00

Rules are available here:

http://www.rprod.com/files/ghoststories_guardhouse.pdf

Thread: Re: Ghost placed on the board

Luke the Flaming — 2008-11-17T18:29:07+00:00

Arvias wrote:
So then :

The middle icon on the card with the black figurine states only the fact, that this card will summon a ghost figurine and no other purpose does the icon has.

If it has the left icon with the figurine moves to first circle upon arrival of the card on the board, that IT IS LOGICAL that it will have a black figurine on the middle circle.

Aaa.. right ?
Right.

Thread: Re: Green taoists eat tormentors for breakfast?

Luke the Flaming — 2008-11-17T18:28:17+00:00

Yes, Tormentors (and using the graveyard) are no issues for you. The game is still hard and challenging (try "Nightmare" level for the true thrill! ).

Aldie wrote:
I wouldn't say they are immune, you may choose to re-roll but you have to take the result.
That's one side (of the green board). The other one grants one more die in combat and immunity to Curses.

Thread: Re: Ghost Stories mini FAQ in ENG

toinito — 2008-11-17T17:33:11+00:00

I added the FAQ directly in the rules (and Repos Team banished the horrible blue )
French version is available here (standard and printer-friendly) :
http://www.rprod.com/fr/GS-rules.html
English and German versions are coming soon...

Thread: Re: Green taoists eat tormentors for breakfast?

Aldie — 2008-11-17T17:02:51+00:00

I wouldn't say they are immune, you may choose to re-roll but you have to take the result.

Thread: Green taoists eat tormentors for breakfast?

Boscrossos — 2008-11-17T14:34:46+00:00

Hey all,

Bought the game last week, played it three times over the weekend, once with three players, and twice with 2. Only lost once to a deck that was severly stacked against us. Next time: normal difficulty!

I had a question, though. If the green taoist is using his extra tao die/never roll curse die power, does this effectively make him immune to tormentors on his board? This sure takes the bite off what I thought to be the nastiest type of ghost in the game (a title now reserved for those sneaky bastards that remove tao dice, especially if they come together with their little friends who block the use of all tao tokens... *shudder*). And can he freely resurrect others with impunity at the graveyard?

And they say it ain't easy being green...

Thread: Ghost Stories mini FAQ in ENG

Arvias — 2008-11-17T13:28:01+00:00

I love this game

I will update this as soon as i get more info.

Hope it will be helpfull If anyone has any question we are going to try to answer them.

Q: How many ghosts are present at the start of the game?
A: None. The first player’s first move is to draw a new ghost card from the deck.

Q: Ghost figurines?
A: There are specific ghost cards in the game that has a Ghost Figurine on the middle of the card. Only those cards require ghost figurines on them and none other. When you draw a card with a ghost figurine in the middle circle, place on of the figurines on it. There are several other cards that don’t have this mark on them so they won’t require a figurine, and thus can’t go and haunt a village.

Q: What is the movement order of ghost figurines?
A: When the card is placed down with the ghost figurine then put on of the figurines on it. Wait for the next turn then move it up to the first circle above the card. Then again on the next turn move it again forward and haunt the first (or next is the first is already haunted) village. After the haunting happened move back the figurine on your card. (note that there are specific ghost who got an entering move witch allows them to get right to the first circle above the card!)

Q: How many villages can be haunted by ghosts?
A: In the basic game, after the third village is haunted, and in the next move there is another haunting, the game is lost. So no more than 3 villages can be haunted.

Q: If I want to exorcise two ghosts at the same time, how will that happen?
A: Go to a tile where this is possible and roll the dices. You roll once for both of them and decide witch one you want to kill. It is possible to kill both ghost if you rolled enough (still you can use your tokens also!).

Q: Enfeeblement Scroll usage?
A: It drops the ghosts resitence by one not to one. So if the ghost has 4 yellow resitance than it will drop to 3 yellow resitence.

Q: Can I use the middle villager help right away when we start the game?
A: Yes. Later in the game you also won’t need to leave a village and come back so you can ask for help.

Q: Who is affected by the curse of the ghost?
A: The player who got the ghost on he’s board. When there are a group effect, it will be clearly stated on the cards or dice.

Q: How long will a village remain haunted?
A: Till you broke the haunting. It wont get to normal if the ghost who haunted it dies.

Q: How long will a neutral board remain neutral?
A: If a neutral board is out of Qi then you won’t be able to use it’s powers no more in the game. The cemetery only resurrects actual players and not the board itself.

Q: How many Qi can I have?
A: As many as you can get. There is a total of 20 Qi-s in the game.

Q: How does Heavenly Winds works?
A: You can move a player or a ghost to any free spot. Now you can move the player to any village tile and you can move a ghost to any colored FREE board space. Note that you can move it to a free space where a Buddha is placed, thus it will die instantly. (if the card allows it to die).

Q: Buddha?
A: If you get a Buddha figurine then you will be able to use it your next turn. You can put it on a free space on the board that your player figurine is facing. (there are some ghost that will be not affected by Buddha!)

Q: What is the order of special powers?
A: Yellow powers must be used before movement.Blue powers, after movement.Green powers, during all your phase.Red powers : movement phase (flying) or just after moving (other red power). Note that special powers can be used every round. (mind if there is a neutral board, than the rules are not the same!)

Q: If the blue player draws a ghost card what is yellow, and manages to put it on the yellow board, but the ghost has a Left Curse witch is Loose -1Qi, then who will suffer the loss? The yellow, right?
A: No! It will affect the blue player because he is the active player.

Thread: Re: Ghost placed on the board

Arvias — 2008-11-17T10:26:29+00:00

So then :

The middle icon on the card with the black figurine states only the fact, that this card will summon a ghost figurine and no other purpose does the icon has.

If it has the left icon with the figurine moves to first circle upon arrival of the card on the board, that IT IS LOGICAL that it will have a black figurine on the middle circle.

Aaa.. right ?

Thread: Re: Three questions about unclear rules!

Arvias — 2008-11-17T06:43:22+00:00

Thank you guys!

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jmellby — 2008-11-17T05:30:55+00:00

Ghost story board as Wu Feng arrives (the game was lost)

Thread: Re: Mini-expansion to Ghost Stories in Spielbox no. 6/2008

ScottE — 2008-11-17T02:36:45+00:00

Looks like the tiles/cards are language independent. But will they be including the rules in both German and English?

Thread: In-stock at Boulder Games & Fair Play!

Cheesechick — 2008-11-17T00:38:34+00:00

It looks like Ghost Stories is in stock at both Boulder Games and Fair Play Games! Here's hoping my ThoughtHammer preorder ships soon....

Thread: Re: Three questions about unclear rules!

caesarmom — 2008-11-16T23:28:19+00:00

I'm not an official Ghost Stories answer person, but I can tell you how my group plays it:

1. Yes, you can use the same tile again without moving.

2. You roll one time and allocate dice to ghosts as you wish. So in your case, if you roll 3 yellow dice you can kill either ghost but not both (unless you have two yellow tokens).

3. Yes.

Good luck!

Edit: D'oh! Too slow!

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edubvidal — 2008-11-16T15:20:03+00:00

Won. Normal Mode. 2 Players. 32VPs.

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Carrotteer — 2008-11-16T14:42:25+00:00

Ghost Stories played at Spelgroep Phoenix

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duchamp — 2008-11-16T10:46:05+00:00

3D-promotion game closeup at the "Stuttgarter Spielemesse 2008"

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edubvidal — 2008-11-15T23:42:22+00:00

Won. Normal Mode. 4 Players.

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der_chad — 2008-11-14T11:05:13+00:00

Fancy set up at Süddeutsche splielmesse in Stuttgart, Nov 2008. I think the same one from Essen

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edubvidal — 2008-11-13T22:47:05+00:00

2 Players Win (14 VPs) after ten plays (Initiation Mode).

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Toynan — 2008-11-10T01:33:36+00:00

special die

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Toynan — 2008-11-10T01:33:13+00:00

Orange monk ready to fight