How to play Ghost Blitz if you hate rulebooks

How to play Ghost Blitz Game Rules is explained in simple steps. Get your game started quickly.

Overview

• Story:
  • Balduin, a house ghost, finds an old camera in the castle cellar.
  • He photographs various objects, including himself.
  • The camera often produces photos with incorrect colors (e.g., green bottle appearing white or blue).
  • Balduin forgets which items he wanted to make disappear based on these photos.
• Object of the Game:
  • Help Balduin identify and make the right items disappear quickly.
  • Players must correctly name or grab the correct items based on the photos.
  • The player who quickly and accurately grabs the right items has a good chance of winning.

Ghost Blitz Game Setup

• In the middle of the table, arrange the 5 items in a circle
• Shuffle the cards and place them face-down in the middle

Variant 1 Game Rules

• Course of the Game:
  • The last person to be in a cellar turns over the top card for all to see.
  • Using one hand, players quickly grab the item depicted in the correct color (e.g., blue book, red chair).
  • If no item is shown in its original color, grab the item not depicted and whose original color is not on the card.
    • Example: For a card showing a blue ghost and a red mouse, grab the green bottle (neither item nor color is depicted).
• Gameplay Rules:
  • Correctly grabbing the item lets you keep the card as a reward and turn over the next card.
  • Players can only grab one item at a time.
  • Grabbing the wrong item means giving up one card (if you have any).
  • The player who grabs the correct item gets the card(s).
• End of the Game and Scoring:
  • The game ends when the card pile is exhausted.
  • The player with the most cards at the end wins.

Variant 2 Game Rules

• Course of the Game:
  • Changes to quick-grab game:
    • If the card shows a book, players shout the name of the desired item.
    • If no book is on the card, players grab the item as usual.
• Gameplay Rules:
  • Each player has one try only.
  • Penalties:
    • Shouting when they should have grabbed.
    • Grabbing when they should have shouted.
    • Grabbing or shouting for the wrong item.
    • Grabbing and shouting for an item.
  • Penalty for mistakes: Give up one won card (if any).
• Scoring:
  • The player who correctly grabs or shouts the item gets the card(s).
  • If the player makes a mistake, they give up one card and all cards are put back under the pile.
  • The player who grabbed/shouted correctly turns over the next card for everyone to see simultaneously.

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