Treasures Of The Pharaohs - Down From The Attic Ep- 74 

If you can find it at a fair price Matt, I'd say it's worth adding to the collection but yeah, it's gonna be one of those once in a blue moon listings where it's at a fair price. It's a good looking game for sure, and the spinner...I kinda like how it pranks the players. A little bit of Curse of The Idol there... but nothing quite so annoying. If you fail on a scroll and everything gets mixed up, there's the other players playing too so...someone will find the mask in most games

That's fantastic, glad I could help your wife with her present buying! Hope you're enjoying that game, it's a really fun one but remember to sleeve those cards, it's amazing how much water ends up on the table playing that game!

Agreed, I think the adventure genre in general is overdue a revival

You're not the only one who's drawn the parallel to Ghost Castle with this game. It's definitely overpriced for certain, but worth getting if you're able to get a decent price on it. Gameplay is very old school with squares on the board dictating your moves and it's all down to luck who'll win but it's still a fun game. I think the reason why the game is as pricey as it is is down to Palitoy falling on hard times during the 70s and 80s and possibly not making as many copies, I can't think of any other reason

@@downfromtheattic It might not be just this gameʼs scarcity helping drive up price but also the relative scarcity of the theme. The allure of ancient‐Egypt adventure has been been captured in various other vintage games, but few are so thoroughly drenched in it-and some that are, such as Treasures & Trapdoors and Voice of the Mummy, can be costly too. I think thereʼs a lot of hunger for this sort of theme that current manufacturers could be capitalizing on more. Khetʼs more tangential Egypt theming made the laser‐chess premise, exciting though it was on its own, still all the more attractive (itʼs the ancient past _and_ the future, together NOW!!!)-but, good as that game is on its own merits, the pasted‐on theme doesnʼt sate the pyramids‐and‐sarcophagi appetite the way Treasures of the Pharaohs does. Presenting that theme with immersive verisimilitude (like Treasure of the Pharaohsʼ) amid engaging gameplay (like Khetʼs) could make for a wonder of the gaming world.

Don't get me wrong, I'm happy to own a copy after hunting one down for some time but if you spent ludicrous amounts on it and expect it to be this amazing game you'd be disappointed.

It's one I struggled to get a good copy of for a long time, it's not easy to find. But like I said in the review, I wouldn't spend too much on this game, it's rare but gameplay wise, I think if you spent a lot on it you'd be disappointed.

@@downfromtheattic Adventure and horror games are my and my nephew favorite, so definitely I would like play in this. However it is pure madness, what is going on with some games prices. 40£ it is really good price, I wpuld say even cheap, but is not possible to find anything. Like I wrote, I strongly belive that this game should be released again. Omega Virus too. I think board game manufacturers are blind.

They're on the list of games to get, I believe there's 3. Which did you have?

@@downfromtheattic I had the graveyard one and my buddy had the horror land version.

@@cidrain yeah terror in the graveyard is definitely the one that looks the most interesting to me.

@@downfromtheattic the mechanics of it are more intricate but i was always a sucker for gimmicky games like Horrorland.

@@downfromtheattic I've got the main three, graveyard, horrorland, and terror tower - I've seen spiders and shrieks at thrift stores and passed... had enough of pogs as a kid, anyway definitely graveyard is the best of the three with neat sliding floor mechanism using box bottom, terror tower good but really short knocking dice into opponents is fun, and I thought I would like horrorland a lot more than I did, fun to look at and gimmicky but lacking gameplay and low replay value. All cardboard rides don't fit back into box that well and tend to show from it. Just my 2 cents.

You're right, nostalgia can definitely factor in on what someone's willing to pay for a game or anything really. What I meant was compared to games of a similar price, I don't feel like this games is worth that cost. If you can find it cheaper, yeah go for it

I think it's knowing what a game is worth to you. I've told myself enough times that I'm not going to pay a certain price for a game because despite that being the going price, I think it's overpriced. Sometimes it's a matter of just being patient. I've seen copies of this on facebook marketplace for around £50-60, people doing attic clearances etc. They do show up cheaper from time to time but there's definitely those sellers who know what they have and charge over the odds

As a whovian I've been eyeing that one up for some time.

@@downfromtheattic I have one here that has never been played with. Everything is still as it was from the factory. I got it for a fiver from marketplace. Again, some people pay silly money like this pharaoh game. Anything from £60-200+ for a decent one. Madness!

ohhhhh that's good hahaha yep, I'll give you that ;)

I suspect no, from the reading I've done I think this was a British game, I don't think it was sold elsewhere

@@downfromtheattic i really love this old school mystery board games , her ein germany are to less like horror house or this