![]() ![]() ![]() Now, instead of having an awkwardly large stack of cards, you can just draw straight from the box. Image by Paul Benson.Ī welcome addition found only in the Magic Kingdom edition of Call of the Spirits is a box to hold the small Haunt Cards. ![]() Magic Kingdom edition on the left, Disneyland on the right. Like the boxes, the backs of each of the game boards feature artwork from the parks’ respective mansions. Additionally, the Magic Kingdom edition has a Walt Disney World 50th Anniversary sticker. You can see that, while the box design between the two editions is similar, each box features the respective parks’ singular mansion. The Disneyland edition and Magic Kingdom edition, side by side. Let’s take a look at the differences between the original Disneyland edition and the new Magic Kingdom edition. This would have been a much more elegant solution and saved time and frustration during setup. These cards function as the negative points you will accrue during the game, and could easily have been tokens you draw out of a bag instead. Mini cards are hard enough to shuffle in small amounts a deck of 120 is just vexing. These are mini cards that you will frequently draw during the game, and there are 120 of them. If I had one serious quibble regarding the components, it’s with the Haunt cards. Beware of hitchhiking ghosts! Image by Paul Benson. Sadly, though, this piece does not glow in the dark… a missed opportunity in my opinion. Made of translucent blue plastic, it’s a faithful reproduction of the three hitchhiking ghosts from the Haunted Mansion. The component that will make most fans happy, though, is the Hitchhiking Ghosts Mover. I would have preferred the Doom Buggies, but these certainly take up less space on the board and are also highly thematic. The Movers may be recognizable to fans as the bat stanchions from the Haunted Mansion. The Player Movers are plastic, and there are Reference cards in matching colors. The Bidding Dials and First-Player Marker are all made of thick board. Game pieces are of uniformly high quality. The Séance room is part of the Endless Hallway, a rotatable circle that inserts in the middle of the board. The playable side of the board shows the different rooms inside of the mansion, all familiar to those who’ve been on the theme park attraction. It was unnecessary for the game, but a nice touch for fans: Back of the game board. The back of the board has a nice print of the exterior of the Haunted Mansion from Disneyland. The game board is double-sided, but only one side is playable. Inside the box lid, you’ll find that you’re looking up towards the ceiling of the stretching room, just like you do on the ride: Is this haunted room actually stretching? Image by Paul Benson.Īnd once you remove the instructions, you’ll see the back of the folding player board, with a message to the players matching that on the ride: Welcome foolish mortals! Image by Paul Benson. The production design for the game is certainly a love letter to the attraction, and I found myself humming the music from the ride as I opened the box. Immediately following this section, I will show the component changes in the new Magic Kingdom edition.įirst off, let me just say that if you’re a fan of the Haunted Mansion ride at Disneyland or The Magic Kingdom, you’re going to be delighted when you open up Disney The Haunted Mansion – Call of the Spirits. Here’s what comes in the box of the Disneyland edition. Disney The Haunted Mansion – Call of the Spirits Components It is available to purchase from Amazon and retails for $25. It’s from Funko Games and designed by the team at Prospero Hall, with art by Kiersten Hale, Sam Wood, Charles Deroo, and Lucy Xinwen Cui. What Is Disney The Haunted Mansion – Call of the Spirits?ĭisney The Haunted Mansion – Call of the Spirits is a set-collection game for 2-6 players, ages 8 and up, and takes about 30 minutes to play. ![]() What follows is a modified version of my original review from September 2020. While there is some new box artwork and a couple of component changes, the gameplay is unchanged from when I initially reviewed the game. To go along with the 50th anniversary of Walt Disney World, they’ve recently introduced Disney The Haunted Mansion – Call of the Spirits: Magic Kingdom Edition. Funko Games initially released a Disneyland Park version of Disney The Haunted Mansion – Call of the Spirits in the fall of 2020. ![]()
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