- BGG rating
- 8.3
Above and Below: Haunted – Museum of Ghosts
- 2–4 players
- Complexity 1.0/5
- 2025
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,227
- BGG rating
- 8.0
Above and Below: Haunted
2025
Rules assistance for Above and Below: Haunted
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
- 2–4 players
- 60–120 min
- 8+
- Complexity 2.8/5
For 2 players
Rules assistant for Above and Below: Haunted
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Above and Below: Haunted is a board game released in 2025 for 2–4 players, 60–120 minutes per game, and ages 8 and up. It was designed by Ryan Laukat and its main mechanics are Set Collection, Dice Rolling, and Action Points.
Expansions
- BGG rating
- 8.0
Above and Below: Haunted – Stretch Goals Box
- 1–4 players
- 2025
About the game
You and your family have lived in the marshlands for generations. But your hometown is getting crowded and you’ve heard of a group of villages to the west, in a landscape of azure lakes, where the constantly flowing water has created a maze of watery caves, sinkholes, underground streams, and porous bedrock. There’s opportunity to start a new life there, catching fish, living in a stilt house on the lake, and exploring the deep sinkholes for rare ingredients and rusty treasures. You’ve packed up your favorite fishing pole and strapped the baby to your back, ready for a fresh start. If only you’d known about the ghosts, you might have stayed where you were. Above and Below: Haunted is a standalone sequel to Above and Below (The character tokens are compatible between editions), planned to release on the 10th anniversary of the original game. As in the original game, players compete to build the best village by recruiting villagers, constructing buildings, and exploring the caves below ground. Above and Below: Haunted features new stories and explores a new setting in the world of Arzium. Above and Below: Haunted includes some new features: Ghosts! Your buildings can become haunted, lowering your reputation. The game includes wooden ghost tokens that are placed on building cards. Players can perform a banish action to remove their ghosts, placing one of the ghosts on another player's building and gaining a reward. Two Cave Types! There are now two types of cave cards: normal and dangerous. Dangerous caves have higher lantern requirements, but give larger rewards, including a pearl. Pearls are a new type of token that count as your highest placed good at the end of the game. New Buildings! There are many new types of key and star buildings included in the game to encourage new strategies. All buildings have been designed from the ground up especially for Above and Below: Haunted. Boats! Players can gain boat tokens, which can be used to alter die rolls or gain coins. Adventure Cards! There are now 40 unique adventure cards which are gained as specific rewards for exploring the caves. —description from the publisher
Categories
Designers
Publishers
- Red Raven Games
- HIT Games
Questions and answers
Above and Below: Haunted supports 2–4 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.
The listed playing time for Above and Below: Haunted is 60–120 minutes. This is the publisher’s estimate for a full game. The actual duration depends on the group, the player count and familiarity with the rules: first sessions usually run longer, while experienced groups often finish faster. Setup and teaching time are not included in this estimate.
The catalogue lists Above and Below: Haunted for ages 8 and up. This is the publisher’s recommendation and reflects reading demands, rule complexity and small components rather than theme alone. Younger players can often join with help from an adult, so check the age guidance on your edition and consider your group’s experience with board games.
Above and Below: Haunted has a complexity rating of 2.8 out of 5 from BoardGameGeek players, which makes it a medium-light game. The rating reflects how much rules knowledge, planning and decision-making a typical game demands. Expect a longer first teach for heavier games, and use a preparation guide before game night.
Above and Below: Haunted belongs to these categories: Fantasy and City Building. Its main mechanics are Set Collection, Dice Rolling, and Action Points. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of Above and Below: Haunted are: Ryan Laukat. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists Above and Below: Haunted as a base game. It can be played on its own with the components in the box and does not require any other title. Expansions, if any exist, add new content or rules on top of it and are listed separately in the catalogue with a link back to this base game.