The Lord of Nine Hells walks the earth Wu-Feng the Lord of Nine Hells has discovered the village hiding the funeral urn containing his ashes Four Taoist priests protect the village as hordes of ghosts & demons descend on the town to reclaim the remains of their evil overlord Can you hold out against the forces of eternal darkness or will Wu-Feng recover his ashes & destroy everything in his path? In Ghost Stories the players work together as the Taoist priests attempting to turn back the tide of evil & save the doomed village With mystical powers & ancient martial arts the heroes will battle wave after wave of ghosts & demons until Wu-Feng himself rises to claim his remains Working together is your only hope as the ghosts increase in number & force the Taoist priests to sacrifice resources time & even their very lives in this desperate battle against the hordes of Hell Ghost Stories is a cooperative game for one to four players With modular playing tiles & a randomized deck of ghastly foes no two games will be alike The cards & tiles boast fantastic illustrations inspired by kung-fu legends & a variety of excellent plastic playing pieces will draw you into the game Gather your forces & battle the Lord of Nine Hells in the ultimate battle of good versus evil! Box
Includes:4 game boards 9 village tiles 3 tao dice 1 special Tao die 1 curse Die 55 ghost cards 10 incarnation of Wu-Feng cards 20 tao tokens 20 Qi tokens 4 taoist figurines 4 Yin-Yang tokens 8 haunting figurines 2 Buddha figurines 1 marker for inactive Taos 1 enfeeblement mantra token 4 inactive Power tokens 3 neutral Power tokens 1 rulebook 2 play aids 1 sheet to record your games Players 1-4 Age 12 Game time 60 Minutes
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play As a Christmas treat in the late 1960s & 70s the BBC produced adaptations of ghost stories based on the works of MR James the Cambridge academic & author of some of the most spine-tingling tales in the English language which were broadcast to terrified viewers in the dead of winter This was a tradition that was briefly revived by the BBC between 2005 & 2010 These adaptations which have a subtlety & style all of their own have been a major influence on many contemporary British horror filmmakers & have come to be some of the much sought after British TV titles of all time by their legions of eager fans This final volume in the BFI&s series

Includes:: two more recent MR James adaptations A View From A Hill (2005) & Number 13 (2006) Both were screened to acclaim from critics & fans & are regarded as perfect compliments to the vintage BBC Christmas Ghost story productions Actors Mark Letheren Pip Torrens David Burke Simon Linnell Neil Findlater Greg Wise Paul Freeman Tom Burke Charlotte Comer & Anton Saunders Director Luke Watson & Pier Wilkie Certificate 12 years & over Year 2005 ; 2006 Languages English Duration 1 hour & 20 minutes (approx)

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The cooperative game Ghost Stories often has players on the edge of their seats with uncertainty over whether their monks will be able to protect a village against the many aspects of Wu-Feng that threaten it With Ghost Stories Black Secret the players will face an even more powerful dilemma Wu-Feng himself Yes the player count for Black Secret is 2-5 (instead of 1-4) as one player will take on the role of Wu-Feng & harass the monks in a more direct manner than they&ve experienced previously Wu-Feng now chooses where the incoming ghosts will be placed on the individual monk boards Instead of placing the ghost on the board Wu-Feng can use that ghost to power colored spells matching the color of the ghost or to bring new figures in play that scour the catacombs underneath the village; these figures are searching for the remains of Wu-Feng by digging in the dirt located there & should they find the three icons required the shadow of Wu-Feng descends on the village to fight directly with the monks To aid the monks in their fight against this more devious incarnation of Wu-Feng they have access to blood mantras special abilities that come in different levels to adjust for the difficulty of play With the level 2 mantra for example when a monk loses a life the Qi token is placed on the mantra When two tokens are on the mantra one monk of the players& choice gains a Qi With the level 4 mantra all tiles will be de-haunted when it triggers Players 2-5 Suggested ages 12 Playing time 90 minutes ...

Tales about ghosts are as old as human culture itself but the ghost story as a distinguished literary form reached its apogee in the late nineteenth & early twentieth centuries 416 pages ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play BBC Ghost Stories The Stalls of Barchester A Warning to the Curious Two films by Lawrence Gordon Clark As a Christmas treat in the late 1960s & 70s the BBC produced adaptations of ghost stories based on the works of M R James the Cambridge academic & author of some of the most spine-tingling tales in the English language which were broadcast to terrified viewers in the dead of winter This was a tradition that was briefly revived by the BBC between 2007 & 2010 These adaptations which have a subtlety & style all of their own have been a major influence on many contemporary British horror filmmakers & have come to be some of the much sought after British TV titles by their legions of eager fans The Stalls of Barchester (1971) While cataloguing the collection of Barchester Cathedral library Dr Black stumbles across an intriguing box of papers belonging to former Archdeacon Haynes In it he discovers a hidden history of blood guilt & macabre supernatural revenge With its superb cast & beautiful choral accompaniment by Norwich Cathedral choir Lawrence Gordon Clark s (Harry s Game) evocative adaptation of James short story inspired the BBC&s popular 1970s series A Ghost Story for Christmas A Warning to the Curious (1972) The second of Clark&s M R James adaptations for the BBC features Peter Vaughan (Straw Dogs Our Friends in the North) as a doomed amateur archaeologist who pays a terrible price for his curiosity about an ancient Saxon legend Special features Introduction to The Stalls of Barchester by Lawrence Gordon Clark (2012 10 mins) Introduction to A Warning to the Curious by Lawrence Gordon Clark (2012 12 mins) Ghost Stories for Christmas with Christopher Lee & The Stalls of Barchester& by M R James (Eleanor Yule 2000 30 mins) Christopher Lee recreates M R James famous soirees at which the antiquary would read his tales of the supernatural to eager undergraduates Ghost Stories for Christmas with Christopher Lee &A Warning to the Curious& by M R James (Eleanor Yule 2000 30 mins) dramatic reconstruction of one of the author&s Christmas readings ...

Harper Collins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved essential classics At first you saw only a mass of coarse matted black hair; presently it was seen that this covered a body of fearful thinness almost a skeleton but with the muscles standing out like wires' MR James' ghost stories are brimming with delicate horror They take place in the quiet corners of churches & between the dusty shelves of esteemed college libraries But when Professor Parkin discovers a whistle in a Templar ruin or Sir Richard Fell inherits a country manor with a horrifying history malevolent forces are unleashed Something half-glimpsed something not of this world is preparing to disturb the silence Having terrified generations since its first publication in 1904 Ghost Stories of an Antiquary is a collection that will haunt the reader's imagination long after the lights have gone out ...

With an Introduction & Notes by Martin Scofield University of Kent at Canterbury Henry James was arguably the greatest practitioner of what has been called the psychological ghost story His stories explore the region which lies between the supernatural or straightforwardly marvellous & the darker areas of the human psyche This edition

Includes:: all ten of his ghost stories & as such is the fullest collection currently available The stories range widely in tone & type They include ' The Jolly Corner' a compelling story of psychological doubling; ' Owen Wingrave' which is also a subtle parable of military tradition; ' The Friends of the Friends' a strange story of uncanny love; & ' The Private Life' which finds a shrewd high comedy in its ghostly theme The volume also

Includes:: James's great novella The Turn of the Screw perhaps the most ambiguous & disturbing ghost story ever written



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This release from the spine-tingling GHOST STORIES FROM THE BBC series features one film scripted by Andrew Davies (PRIDE & PREJUDICE) from a Charles Dickens story THE SIGNALMAN (1976) Plus the two original stories STIGMA (1977) & THE ICE HOUSE (1978) ...

In White Moon the players will have to protect & save the villagers Their appearance in the game has new conditions of defeat if twelve villagers are killed the players lose the game The villagers can be killed in different ways (killed by a ghost Devourers etc) Discover also new ghosts & incarnations of Wu-Feng To face all these terrible new enemies a new ally will come & help Su-Ling Each time a villager is killed a malediction dice is rolled or a village tile is haunted the players can activate Su-Ling She will neutralize the bad effects Age range 12 & up Number of players 1 to 4 Play time 90 Manufacturer Asmodee Editions 24 villagers tiles 1 refugee board 1 burial place board 8 artifacts 10 ghost cards 6 Wu-Feng incarnation cards 4 moon crystals 1 Kung-Fu school tile 4 fi gurine receptacles 4 corner tiles 1 portal fi gurine 1 Su-Ling fi gurine 1 Su-Ling help card ...

Mark Gatiss (Sherlock Doctor Who Game of Thrones) selects & introduces chilling tales by the unsung master of the classic ghost story
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