The Haunted Clock Tower
The Haunted Clock Tower Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Materials
- 24 ghost tiles: three kiddy ghosts each in eight different colours
- 2 clock hands
- 1 metal pin with screw
- 1 game board
Aim and Idea of the Game
Players try to put the kiddy ghosts to bed together by finding the three matching ghost tiles of the same colour. You will need a good memory and the help of the other players to finally see the little ones off to bed.
You will all win the game together if you succeed in this challenging task. If not, just try again another night!
Preparation
The game board is placed in the middle of the table.
Before you play for the first time you will need to assemble the clock by inserting the clock hands, metal pin and screw as shown below.
Assembling the clock:
A) Insert the metal pin from behind through the little hole in the game board.
B) Then slip the clock hands – first the long one then the short one – over the metal pin.
C) Finally, attach the screw to the metal pin and tighten it only so far that the clock hands can still be easily moved.
One of you now sets the clock to 10 o'clock. Somebody else shuffles all 24 ghost tiles and places them face-down (i.e. the night sky side up) around the game board. Whoever can make the spookiest noise will be the starting player. Turns are taken in clockwise direction.
How to Play
Let's go! You all work together to try and find three kiddy ghosts of the same colour by revealing ghost tiles one after another.
The player whose turn it is turns over a ghost tile of his choice and leaves it on the table face-up for everyone to see. Then it's the next player's turn to reveal a ghost tile.
Now two things can happen:
If the two ghost tiles are not of the same colour, you will have to move the (long) minute hand of the clock forward 5 minutes. See illustration below: The minute hand moves forward one number from "12" to "1". The two different ghost tiles are turned face-down again. The next player starts the search for kiddy ghosts of the same colour by revealing a ghost tile of his choice.
Note: When moving the minute hand forward, make sure the (short) hour hand is not accidentally moved along with it (unless the hour has come full circle).
If you have revealed two tiles of the same colour, the next player may reveal a third tile.
- If the third tile shows a different colour from the two tiles already revealed, you must move the long hand of the clock forward 5 minutes. All three tiles are then turned face-down again.
- If all three revealed tiles are of the same colour … well done! You have found and caught the three kiddies of one of the ghost families. Put the three ghost tiles on top of each other and place them in the room of the same colour on the game board.
The player whose turn it is next then starts a new chase for kiddy ghosts of the same colour by revealing the next ghost tile.
Working Together
You may help each other by pointing the player whose turn it is to the correct tile. During the game you will quickly come to the point where a tile is revealed that you already know. Then you should all work together in trying to remember where the other tiles of the same colour are so the next players can reveal them. In this way you will all manage to catch the kiddy ghosts more quickly – and well before the old clock tower strikes midnight.
If you cooperate like this the kiddy ghosts can each be sent off to bed with a loud cheer!
Game End
If all 24 kiddy ghosts have been caught and sent off to their rooms until (or before) midnight and none of them remain chasing around the game board, you all win the game together.
If, though, the clock tower strikes midnight before you were able to catch all kiddy ghosts, you all lose the game. But don't let this get you down: You'll just have to start another chase right afterwards!
After your first game you will see how well you can memorize the position of each tile. Therefore, you may want to adjust the starting time of the clock accordingly, e.g. by moving it to earlier or later than 10 o'clock – and then start a new ghost hunt!