Similar to Milton Bradley’s Voice of the Mummy game from 1971, working editions of Séance can be hard to find due to the fragility of the mechanical components of the game. The player with the most money at the end of the séance wins the game.
Once all the late uncle’s belongings have been claimed, players turn over the record to discover how much the items are worth … or if they have to pay taxes on the legacy, thereby eroding their inheritances. Using the $20,000 cash left to them by Uncle Everett, players take turns bidding on items. Made of plastic to look like wood, it contains a miniature battery-operated record player that conjures the voice of Uncle Everett from the grave as he guides players through the game. Players set the scene by assembling the séance room using cardboard components provided. His last will and testament instructs the family to gather at his old Victorian mansion for a chance to acquire items from his estate that include a car, jewelry, and stocks. The eccentric uncle left much of his fortune to his parrot, Zeke, with his remaining wealth distributed among nieces and nephews. When host Tracy Sabol asked Caro what people should do if they have bought the game, Caro said they should dispose of the board as quickly as possible, go to confession and “repent and ask God for liberation” through a priest’s blessings for protection.The Séance board game from Milton Bradley turns players into relatives of late Uncle Everett and gives them the chance to add to the fortune he left them.ĭesigned for three to four players, ages seven to 14, Séance has player battle for items in Uncle Everett’s estate. Consulting horoscopes, astrology, palm reading, interpretation of omens and lots, the phenomena of clairvoyance, and recourse to mediums all … contradict the honor, respect, and loving fear that we owe to God alone," states the Catechism. "All forms of divination are to be rejected: recourse to Satan or demons, conjuring up the dead or other practices falsely supposed to ‘unveil’ the future. 2116 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church rejects and condemns the use of Ouija boards labeling it an occult participation and divination, according to No. It’s not God who is moving it’s the devil,” Caro added. If the triangle is moving by itself, be careful. The priest further warned that the board could potentially start “opening a door that could be dangerous for you" and that a player might "think that it is God who is talking with you, but it’s not. and all this are forbidden in the Bible.” He warned that it's no different than a Ouija board deployed to capture believers. “Ouija games and all this are forbidden in the Bible.”Ĭaro said the Holy Spirit Board was created to deceive Catholics and Christians by using religious imagery they're familiar with. And this is one,” Caro said in the segment. “The devil is always looking for different ways he can trap all the victims that he can take for him.
In a recent interview with EWTN's "News Nightly," Roman Catholic Father Ernesto Caro of the Diocese of Monterey, Mexico, who's also an exorcist, criticized the board game as a “trap from the devil.” While the board's layout looks similar to a Ouija board, it differs by including an image of Jesus crucified on the cross, three angels, a dove and a cross to be moved around on the board. "Unlike other spirit boards that are often used to contact ghosts and demons, this is a one way ticket straight to heaven." “GET THE ANSWERS YOU NEED! - The Holy Spirit Board can answer all of life’s most important questions, straight from the man himself!” the board's description adds. Named “The Holy Spirit Board by Holy Spirit Games - Christian Religious Talking Board for Seance with Planchette,” the game advertises itself on Amazon as a way to help people talk directly to "our lord and savior Jesus Christ!" The Holy Spirit Board by Holy Spirit Games - Christian Religious Talking Board for Seance with Planchette | Screengrab: YouTube/ Holy Spirit GamesĪ new board game marketed as a “Christian” version of the Ouija board has been criticized as satanic and a "trap from the devil."
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