Ding Dong
BGG rank
BGG #29,674
BGG rating
5.2

Ding Dong

2023

Rules assistance for Ding Dong

Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.

  • 2–9 players
  • 15–30 min
  • 14+
  • Complexity 1.3/5

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Ding Dong is a board game released in 2023 for 2–9 players, 15–30 minutes per game, and ages 14 and up. It was designed by Iskios and VantoN and its main mechanics are Hand Management, Take That, and Set Collection.

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About the game

Ding-Dong is a quick and fun party game full of Halloween shenanigans for up to 9 players. Players assume the role of grumpy adults on the night of Halloween that want to scare as many kids as possible away from their homes and onto their neighbors'. Ding Dong is based on set collection, hidden information inference, card play, and some take-that mechanics to complement the Halloween pranks while being easy and quick to play. Each player has their own special powers, their own personal board, and a deck of cards to scare away the little pranksters. During a game of Ding Dong, each turn players draw a trick & treater card and place it in front of the player who has the Ding-Dong token in front of them. Then that player either uses treats to send the kid to another player, spends house decorations to scare the kid away, or simply has to suffer the prank the kid is going to play on them if they don't. —description from the publisher

Questions and answers

Ding Dong supports 2–9 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.