Chill: Black Morn Manor

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Chill: Black Morn Manor is a 1985 board game published by Pacesetter Ltd.

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Gameplay

Chill: Black Morn Manor is a horror boardgame in which the players build the board as they play, and will face one of ten different possible creatures. [1]

Publication history

Black Morn Manor was designed by Troy Denning. [2] : 198 

Reception

Paul Mason reviewed Chill: Black Morn Manor for White Dwarf #69, giving it an overall rating of 8 out of 10, and stated that "A little more explanation, with examples, would have been particularly useful. Still, the game involved a fair measure of strategy, particularly in the placing of tiles." [3]

Matt Williams reviewed Black Morn Manor for Imagine magazine, and stated that "The rules, only four sides long, are written with a dry, black humour. However they are not as clear as they are concise. The order of card play Is ill-explained, with the rules contradicting instructions on most cards. Further, as the rules stand, the haunted room may never enter play; thus the game may last forever. Both these points have intuitive solutions, but mar what is otherwise an enjoyable game." [4]

Kevin Ross reviewed Chill: Black Morn Manor in Space Gamer No. 76. [1] Ross commented that "This is a tough genre to work in, especially in the area of boardgames [...] Pacesetter has done a pretty reasonable job with Black Morn Manor, and so far it appears to be the best of the horror boardgames." [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Ross, Kevin (Sep–Oct 1985). "Capsule Reviews". Space Gamer . Steve Jackson Games (76): 34–35.
  2. ↑ Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. ISBN   978-1-907702-58-7.
  3. ↑ Mason, Paul (September 1985). "Open Box". White Dwarf . No. 69. Games Workshop. p. 15.
  4. ↑ Blakeman, Andy (September 1985). "Notices". Imagine (review). TSR Hobbies (UK), Ltd. (30): 44.
  5. ↑ "Têtes d'Affiche | Article | RPGGeek".
  6. ↑ https://archive.org/details/jeux-et-strategie-46/page/14/mode/2up
  7. ↑ https://archive.org/details/games-69-1985-november/page/n37/mode/2up
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