If you're looking for a great game to celebrate this spookiest of holidays, I enthusiastically recommend Betrayal at House on the Hill, designed by Bruce Glassco and published by Avalon Hill / Wizards of the Coast / Hasbro. I ranked BaHotH as the #3 board game published in 2004, and the company released a new version in 2010.
Betrayal is definitely an "experience game" -- that is, you cannot play if you're overly concerned about who will win and who will lose. Players work together, exploring a haunted house, but at some point one of the players (the game determines which one) will become a traitor and turn on his friends. That's when the fun begins.
If you'd like to learn more, I interviewed Glassco when the game was originally released. Here's some additional information about the 2010 edition.
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Image courtesy of Avalon Hill / Wizards of the Coast / Hasbro.
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