I love how true to form everyone is in picking their teams. Andy goes for the most gothic, dramatic characters; Ellen picks the adventurers; and Mike sees someone with the same fashion sense as him and goes "yes good".

@mikethewhizz5085

Жыл бұрын

Ellen has Grandpa Indy Jones and that one lady from Uncharted

Can we show some love for Andy? He has been on pretty much every Halloween related video on both channels this year, what a spooky legend 👻

@AdrianColley

2 жыл бұрын

He's actually dead and nobody can see him but you.

@marhawkman303

2 жыл бұрын

I figured Andy enjoys it because he loves Halloween. :p

@penguingonemad

2 жыл бұрын

@@AdrianColley He is in death as he was in life: obsessed with spooky media

@penguingonemad

2 жыл бұрын

@@marhawkman303 Oh, he really does love it. But those are a lot of streams in a row, regardless! He is 100% powered by enthusiasm and vampire crumpets this year

@AdrianColley

2 жыл бұрын

@@penguingonemad "Vampire crumpets" is my new favourite YA fiction subcategory.

I don't know about this Count Spooksalot, he repeatedly drops the ball...

@danielollett9783

2 жыл бұрын

I definitely see 'Count Spooksalot' as Luke's ghost name 🙂

@paullatham8486

2 жыл бұрын

Boooo! Boo...

@simplydavemn

2 жыл бұрын

He like that ghost in Adventure Time who was addicted to "drop ball:.

@joehadari7315

2 жыл бұрын

BOOOOOOOO!

@Astro-bh7fv

Ай бұрын

Bo0oOo0oOoo0o0oOoOooO!

God, if I'd gone to sleep in 2011 and woke up to THIS *gestures at everything* I'd be pretty mad too

@thomaslane1547

2 жыл бұрын

"Wow, looks like democracy is springing forward in the middle east! Social media platforms are becoming a real force for good in the world. I'll take a rest and see what develops from this!"

Andy's evil laugh is A tier

Clearly Eggbert's relentless belief in the non-existence of ghosts helped Mike in this game.

“Grandpa Indiana Jones” So… just Indiana Jones then.

I can't believe the ghost of Luke murdered iCarly like that!

@Ceece20

2 жыл бұрын

They probably killed him for winning in Mario party yesterday.

Editors/producers deserve a special credit on this one. Very well done with the multiple angles. We need a vid highlighting you.

@SevCaswell

2 жыл бұрын

Producer Jon is mentioned quite a lot, he is usually the cameraman, and then the presenters also edit. Not sure whose turn it was to edit this one but their work was on point!

@Tyr_Magnus

2 жыл бұрын

@@SevCaswell mentioned yeah. I mean no disrespect. Just wanna acknowledge these folks. They deserve it.

@DevilboyScooby

2 жыл бұрын

@@SevCaswell Cameraman James gets mentions too and even his own series back in the early days (thematically fitting for Halloween, actually 🤔). Just had less of him over the covid times 😢

@bdo7765

2 жыл бұрын

Especially sneaking in the portrait of Vigo @21:53 ... that was amazing!

This really started with "The News" vibes, then Andy went all "Tales of The Crypt" and lightning happened.

@zanite8650

2 жыл бұрын

Can we talk about colour-inverted Andy with a blonde beard because holy shit.

@XDarkGreyX

2 жыл бұрын

He can't go without.

27:47 this is how you could tell a board game is getting intense, everyone is standing up lol.

That's a nicely put-together game, and kudos on the excellent camerawork and editing that really showcased the whole experience.

@marhawkman303

2 жыл бұрын

for extra fun you could make a print-and-play version that doesn't need all the mechanical parts. for the move dice 5=4 and 6=ghost. To figure which trap just roll a d4.

“It doesn’t say the “mwa ha ha”, no..” 😂

I felt sorry for Andy and his petard. What a pain in the axe that must of been.

@elafimilo8199

3 ай бұрын

A petard is a kind of early grenade.

I had this as a kid but it was a different version which used a glow-in-the-dark skull rather than a ball to trigger the traps. The player characters were Scooby-Doo-style cartoon teens / kids rather than photograph people. A quick google suggests that the Oxboxtra-ers are playing the modern version of the game, whereas I'm remembering the 1985 version... My bones hurt *so* much...

@joshwade778

2 жыл бұрын

@@jollybluecalla Me too!

@DMRetroLP

2 жыл бұрын

The glow-in-the-dark skull with red eyes is my enduring memory of this game (along with the awesome artwork that was wonderfully creepy to my five or six-year-old self in the early 90s), and it's sorely missed in this version. Frankly, I reckon most board games would be improved by the addition of a glow-in-the-dark skull with red eyes.

@rhombanoid3873

2 жыл бұрын

I had this as well, though it's been so damaged over the years that it's unplayable. You also had to go up through the house rather than down it.

@studentjohn

2 жыл бұрын

I had that same version! And there was a mechanic whereby your character became "scared" (put on a scared face mask) and could then only move one step until they managed to remove it. I loved that game! Though I feel that we're showing our age here..

@faelirra

2 жыл бұрын

Also the goal was to get to the top of the stairs, not to escape out of the castle. Also I don't remember it being teams in the original version.

I like how literally after the second turn they forgot if someone went on the stairs to trigger Count Spooksalot

This whole time I was just picturing them as their Blades in the Dark characters and thought it was perfectly fine that Lilith the Whisperer kept rolling so many ghosts near the start.

Adoring Ellen’s seasonally-appropriate yet fashionable top! Also the artwork on this board game :O Also Mike’s “Ellen!” every time Ellen rolls a ghost.

@MrFutago87

2 жыл бұрын

But no love for Andy's Halloween shirt?

@TheAmazingTachan

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrFutago87 I see many comments giving Andy love for his shirt; I wanted to give Ellen some love. And Mike’s….ghastly…white…..grey…off-white…spooooky shirt?

You're a kid now, you're a squid now. Luke's a host now, Luke's a ghost now

Reminds me a bit of 1313 dead-end drive, the main difference being you're trying to off the others for an inheritance along with escaping

@markrm4921

2 жыл бұрын

I loved that game as a kid, so many traps!

@BlandoGaming

2 жыл бұрын

That game was one of my favorites.

Ah the spiritual sequel to mousetrap has finally arrived

@QueenOfTheSea101

2 жыл бұрын

'spiritual' being the key word there...

@FatherAxeKeeper

5 ай бұрын

It finally arrived 54 years ago*. Ghostcastle was originally called Which Witch and released in 1970, then re-released as Ghostcastle in 1985, and now we have the modern version.

16:40 Oh Mike's "stick together" strategy backfired LOL RELOAD THE GHOST!!!

Andy deadeyes the camera, 'Luke died.' Farrantula would never lie. RIP Westawhat.

With how much Monty Mole gets picked on, I am happy to see Mike win this!

"Alright Ellen it's your channel" you heard the man Luke Ellen is now your boss rofl

@QueenOfTheSea101

2 жыл бұрын

this comment just does not have enough likes! count me as the first!

The first version of this came out in 1970 as Which Witch. This is an interesting remake of the one from the 80s. in the 80's one you travel to the top of the castle to close a ghost in a coffin and win, but in this one you start at the top and try to make your way down to escape. i guess it's a sequel?

I like Ellen's theory that Andy subconsciously WANTS to live in Necropolis-on-Sea forever, haha.

Andy: Would you like the hear the lore? Ellen: YES!!! Mike: ...keep it brief. 😂🤣

21:53 Mega props to the editor for making that transition as slick as it is.

Nice touch, editor, with the addition of the Wilhelm Scream and other sound effects upon the ghostening. Wonderful production value as I’ve come to expect

The reason Luke became a ghost is everyone finally went and killed him for winning in Mario Party last night

The ball was a skull in the version I had in the 80s, but it wouldn’t roll very well so I’m not surprised they changed it.

Whoever edited in all those Wilhelm screams is an absolute champion XD

I was expecting Ellen to lose, given that she had Julianna from Deathloop.

I'm amazed The Ellen finished, considering she got nothing but ones and ghosts for the first half of the game.

@mar_speedman

2 жыл бұрын

*The Ellen??* XD

@jamesherb4384

2 жыл бұрын

just shows how bad Andy's luck was on the traps. it took him forever to get out of the library

@nathanjmartucci7849

2 жыл бұрын

@@mar_speedman there can be only one! I definitely meant to type "that", but I will stand by this one!

I just got this game a few weeks ago myself, so cool to see you guys play it! Although you were supposed to “trigger” the ghost every time a character landed on the stairs ;) because of that my friend and I were stuck in that first room for a long time haha Also, if you roll the ghost and no one is in the danger zone, you get to roll again!

Andy missed a perfect opportunity to call the Ball Randomizer the Ball Twister.

@GriffinWolf

2 жыл бұрын

They all missed it. I am sad now.

@timhutchinson8485

2 жыл бұрын

@Jmt1000 the Mario Golf SuperRush videos.

I have the version of that game from about 86-88. The look of it was a raw ruin with no fancy decor but loads of creepy atmos and spooky critters. You had to get Into the castle attic and close a coffin to calm the ghost. Ther were Fright masks you'd have to punt on your charecter when you landed on Fright space, because you had a spining board with and arrow instead of a dice, and you'd have to spin a new mask befor you could move again. Also it was a skull not a ball going down the shoots, and because 80's it was a glow in the dark skull/footsteps/bats and creepy-eyes on the board. I must have spend days playing this game in youthclub or at home.

This was so much fun! Genuinely enjoy when you guys do board games together, and Andy's spooky voice acting is top notch. Congrats to Mike for the win, and good game all (Andy definitely secretly wanted to be stuck in the haunted mansion)

That scream at the start as Ellen's piece got hit was hilarious!!

3:12 his deal is "Voodoo Pimp".

disapointed in Andy, of all people, for missing the spooky potential in the fact that when there's just one it's a DIE

@thembill8246

2 жыл бұрын

In British English, it's still a dice.

@AlmightyPolarBear

2 жыл бұрын

@@thembill8246 I didn't know that. It annoys me that in Super Mario Party they are called a dice block. I guess that is why they never reacted when playing it.

@adambicknell9185

2 жыл бұрын

@@thembill8246 I am British, it's a die

@thembill8246

2 жыл бұрын

@@adambicknell9185 it's either, in fact. The OED says that the word dice can be singular or plural. In fact, it says that the usage of die as singular is becoming increasingly uncommon. Dictionary definitions are based on usage, and the usage is that dice as singular is not only acceptable, but becoming the standard.

@adambicknell9185

2 жыл бұрын

@@thembill8246 I'm going to sort of thank you and sort of apologise. I think my previous reply was needlessly blunt and actually a little rude. Obviously, like most people, I don't check up on what the dictionary's are saying with any frequency but I would have to assume that the OED decided Dice as a singular was acceptable relatively recently (with the term relatively recently here being almost meaningless)

God, that “Wait, there’s more” picture is actually scary

God i missed that opening title so much

@irishbob26

2 жыл бұрын

I'll be singing that all day

@IkhwanRidzwan

2 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah

@matthewgroves2081

2 жыл бұрын

Sometimes when I don’t have time to watch the whole video I make sure to just drop a like and catch the “Show of the Weekend” opening song for the nostalgia serotonin release

Andy would be great hosting a kids spooky Halloween show

I have a feeling if Jane played this she would have purposfully rolled for a ghost to kill all the players

24:55 Oh no, there's been a terrible Axe-ident!

@cearnicus

2 жыл бұрын

👻 booo!! 👻

6:45 Grampa Indiana Jones reliving the giant boulder scene from his first movie.

That was really fun, thanks everyone! PS Ellen, my wife loves your top.

I've still got my original version of this! Obviously this looks a lot fancier than the 80's version, but only a ball to set off the traps?! In the original there was a coffin on the top which you dropped in a glow-in-the-dark skull! This version is different, in the original you had to make it to the top of the castle, not start at the top and try to escape.

So... a team of paranormal investigators are inspecting a haunted dwelling, then have to flee for their lives when the resident spirit locks them in and tries to harm them? This game's lore is very Phasmophobia-esque.

Ellen putting all that Fear Academy training to good use rolling all those ghosts🤣

The Wilhelm Scream when Grandpa Indiana got knocked down the stairs XD The sound effects were really fun

26:11 Ellen's ring is beautiful

Everyone's effort really shows in this video, seriously impressive and entertaining stuff. The angles, the dramatic zooms and slow-downs, the sound effects, add so much to the already fun time you are guaranteed to have with these beautiful souls. Thank you!

Petition for an Andy short where he recites Haunted Mansion quotes at us.

I remember the 80's version having a glow in the dark skull in place of a ball. Not sure you'd be able to play in the dark and the skull definitely got stuck in the shoot 60% of the time, the ball is a definate improvement!

“My strong son icarly” 😂😂

A game invented in the 70s, made of cardboard, and it has better checkpointing than a lot of modern videogames.

@QueenOfTheSea101

2 жыл бұрын

LMAO! SO TRUE! modern game designers whose games tend to feature such things REALLY need to play this game and compare it to their own games checkpointing, expecially if it's a game where only a true master (or cheater) can get any real distance without multiple deaths as the player 'learns' the way the AI is programmed (looking at you dark souls and similar games)

11:50 nice "manor caretaker voice" Andy.

I vaguely remember finding this in a charity shop presumably incomplete, all I really remember is the plastic staircase honestly

The sound editor/music person killed it with this video

I’m confused, does staircase count as a danger zone and require an activation? Or was it decided that watching 50 turns of people falling down stairs would be no fun?

@Amaritudine

2 жыл бұрын

It doesn't have red footprints, so I figure it's not a danger zone. The players are certainly IN danger while they're on the stairs, but it doesn't require anyone to unleash the spooky marble.

@andrewhardman3216

2 жыл бұрын

I think it is its just whoever produced this game didn't print the red zones on the plastic or were going to include stickers but the stickers never got made

@dallydaydream

2 жыл бұрын

I think the staircase has a red outline in lieu of red footprints because it's made of plastic rather than cardboard.

@marhawkman303

2 жыл бұрын

@@Amaritudine Yeah, the original 1970 version didn't have the rule to trigger the ghost when landing on a red space. But it's highly different, as in the original... you go the other way. Yeah the 1970 version the goal was not to escape the ghost but to seal it away. so you went through a similar board layout, but in the opposite direction. Hmmm I don't think we can fully extrapolate without a copy of the rules to the 2020 version. Which I could not find when I tried looking.

@NotKyleChicago

2 жыл бұрын

From what I remember having looked at a PDF of the rules, if anyone ends on the stairs, they need to trigger the ghost. Additionally, it seems that only one of your characters can be moved while the other is on the stairs. "The Stairs are old and crumbling so your first pawn must make it all the way down the Stairs and onto a space on the Laboratory floor BEFORE you can move your second pawn from behind the white Start line. • If your pawn ends its move on a space that is already occupied by another pawn, it jumps forward to the next available space. • If your pawn ends its move on a step on the Stairs or on a Red space (the ‘Danger Zone’ spaces) then you must immediately drop the Ball into the Chimney as part of your turn - see DROPPING THE BALL. "

Count Spooks-a-lot should sell coffee and call it Count Spooks-a-latte.

Trap is sprung....Andy gets knocked over... Andy/Mike: NOOO! Ellen: YAAAAAY! Ruthless.

Andy's shirt is just *Chef's Kiss*

@notoriousbmc1

2 жыл бұрын

No, it's pumpkins and ghosts

Luke's ghost watching zombie Luke do zombie things is a mood.

RIP Madam Spooks

ellens constant vine references is one of the reasons i love this channel so much

this has become one of my comfort videos to rewatch, but the wolf howl sound used is the exact same one at the start of wolf by exo and my brain immediately goes CHOGIWA every time i hear it

This was SO much fun, PLEASE do more old board games. The Green Ghost Game, or The Slime Monster Game would be the best!

I'm a 37-year-old adult male watching three other adults play a kids board game. That should be weird but somehow it's not LOL. I am sad Hallowstream 2021 is almost over though.

@QueenOfTheSea101

2 жыл бұрын

that just means their christmas challenges are getting ever closer and THAT'S what i REALLY look forward to every year since i found them in at the end of 2019

I had idea this game existed! It's brilliant!!! I would have loved it sooooo much has a kid!!!! Thank you guys for playing this, I loved this sooo much!!!

I totally missed out on this game growing up but I'm 100% getting this to play with my kids.

Can’t believe they added a Wilhelm Scream to the traps getting someone 😂😂😂

I love these board game shows! I hope we might see another for Oxboxmas. :3 Congrats Little Mike and iCarly! Hope the Madame enjoys her stay. 👻

RIP Madame Spooks

Ellen's female pawn character reminds me of Julia from Deathloop.

I used to absolutely adore this game!!! So happy it's making a resurgence

Really like how they got the kids and the old people out first.

I have never felt so sorry for a generation, missing out on the proper plastic figures of the original. Fun fact, this was the first boardgame that started a lifelong obsession, I was 4. Now 59.

I love the board game videos! They're a nice change of pace

20:00 The Danger Zone! 🎶 (I can't help hearing Archer's voice...)

The gameplay is entirely different, but visually it gave me SUCH strong 13 Dead End Drive vibes. I loved playing that game SO MUCH as a kid, It was a pseudo social deception game and i was a small child so I sucked, but i still loved it.

@QueenOfTheSea101

2 жыл бұрын

you mean 1313 dead end drive..... i had it ..... actually played it BY MYSELF as multiple 'characters' as a kid cause child raised as an only kid because siblings are so much older that THEIR kids could be your cousins/siblings only they were too far away most of childhood to play with. it's an excellent game and if someone has a really good imagination, they realistically can play by themselves, which is rather rare in board games even for such people.

"I reload the ghost" Borderlands 2 had a ghost gun, right?

I haven't seen this game for about 20 years. Our town library had an ond and battered version and we played the hell out of it. Back in those days, 3D board games were a rarity in my country.

I vaguely remember playing a much older version of this, but I'm sure you occasionally put little 'scared' masks on the counters for some reason.

I loved this game when I was a kid, but I had completely forgotten about it until I saw this video. The ball used to be a skull though... I guess a ball is less likely to get stuck in the mechanism. Less spoooky though.

Mike and Miranda Cosgrove exploring a haunted house but it’s funny instead of spooky sounds peak movie

This board game brought back so many memories!

There was no reason to add so many angles and editing And I'm so glad that was done

@QueenOfTheSea101

2 жыл бұрын

it made it even easier for us to follow along but it WAS extra work on their part that plenty of people wouldn't have gone to.

The preteen investigators were the first to escape. Coincidence? I think not!

This game reminds me a lot of a game I had as a kid called "Which Witch"

It's like a mix of Mouse Trap, 13 Dead End Drive, and a scenario from Betrayal on House on the Hill!

"That's the other Channel" is such an underrated pun.

🎵Show of the Spookend, Show of the Spookend!🎵

So, Luke is trapped in a castle? Thus is his metamorphosis into Princess Peach complete...

The retro vibes this spooktober are warming my quadragenarian heart ❤

Mousetrap with ghosts? Sounds cheesy but spooky.

Really nice work with Vego the Carpathian there, I was away from the computer for a moment and got shocked.