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Rating: - A Skeptic Has Fun
"No way!" I said, reading all the reveiws. My kids love Scooby; I grew up watching Scooby faithfully every Saturday when it first came out. The game appears 'like' a fun, haunted house on the picture, but per critics: it's small, poor instructions, hard to assemble, falls apart- pieces fall off, etc. The good reviews must be from Scooby-holics worse than me.

I wasn't going to buy it, waste my money, no way, find something else. So, my wife bought it. Now, we have to put it away because my wife, 2 and 5 year olds, and I are addicted. It's simple: choose your character, spin the dial, get knocked down or caught in the trap and race up the mansion to uncover the ghoul. You must push the ghost down on a spring mechanism that operates the various obstacles. Mindless but fun.

The flaws: the setup instructions were unclear, but it's easy to follow the picture on the box- 5 minutes; there's very little challenge or education to it for young ones except taking your turn and counting, none for adults; our two year old tended to knock the little pieces over- gentle supervision needed; it's compact and the game pieces can fall off if your not watching but it wasn't a big deal for us.

It's a cool, little, 3-D game with lots of silly details, e.g., skeletons, spider webs, lab, cemetary, 'creepy' pictures, etc. We'd turn the lights down, use a flashlight, and do our best "Gang" voices as we play. If you like family inclusive board games and love Scooby, I'd recommend this to you. Need a challenge? Look elsewhere.

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