Ghostbusters: The Board Game answers call on Kickstarter

The game - inspired by the cartoons, films and comics - has already secured $365,000 in funding with 27 days remaining.

Author:: Robert Hutchins
Publish date:: Feb 12, 2015
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To quote songwriter and oracle, Ray Parker Jr., when there’s something strange in your neighbourhood, who you gonna call?

Well, Cryptozoic Entertainment might be a good place to start, as the team has just launched a new Ghostbusters board game on the crowdfunding site, Kickstarter.

Inspired by the films, cartoon, comic books and toylines, Ghostbusters: The Board Game has already secured over $365,000 in funding, thanks to the efforts of 2,485 backers.

An episodic adventure game for one to four players, Ghostbusters: The Board game challenges players to battles ghouls and seal the gates to the spirit world.

It also features unique illustrations and figures based on original artwork by Dan Schoening – the artist behind IDW’s Ghostbusters comic book series.

In its current form, the game arrives with the four heroes: Venkman, Spengler, Stantz and Zeddemore, and three iconic ghouls, Slimer, Idulnas and the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man.

The project – that surpassed its goal of $250,000 in funding in just a matter of days – will be funded on Thursday, March 12th this year.

Check out the images of the Ghostbusters: The Board Game below and visit the Kickstarter project, here.

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The game features an original story by Ghostbusters comics writer Erik Burnham.

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With ten days remaining, the game has broken the £2m barrier with it total currently at £2,120,592 from a pool of over 20,000 backers.

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Titled The Walking Dead: No Sanctuary, the game has already secured over 50 per cent of its $250,000 goal from a current total of 1,070 backers.

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Product Development

Having secured over $760,000 in funding on Kickstarter, the Ghostbusters: The Board Game II will ship across the US, UK and EU.

The trivia game based on the iconic detective has six days remaining to hits its goal of $20,000.

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The game from IDW Publishing has secured almost double its Kickstarter goal, with $492,612 pledged by fans.

The campaign has raised over $438,000 in just one day.

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Product Development

In a matter of days, the game – billed as the ‘toughest board game you will play’ – has gone on to secure £492,699, almost ten times its original goal.

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