Halloween Game Festival ,October 25–31

Sunday through Saturday • 4–8pm nightly

Free admission at Purple Dragon Games!

A whole week of games, giggles, and sweet Halloween victories awaits! Bring the family to Purple Dragon Games for our Halloween Game Festival, featuring a new theme every night and three different board games each day. Play alongside our friendly game leaders, take on tabletop challenges, and discover your next family favorite—all for free!

Our game leaders will help explain the rules and get the fun rolling, making it easy to join whether you’re a seasoned board gamer or trying something new. Each evening brings fresh opportunities to test your luck, put your clever ideas into action, and share a memorable night of fun and laughter. You might work together, face off in friendly competition, or find yourself laughing at a plan that went hilariously wrong!

And what’s Halloween without candy? We’ll have free candy prizes to add a little sweetness to the tabletop challenges throughout the evening.

Come for one night or make us part of your Halloween plans all week. With a new nightly theme and three fresh games every day, there’s always another adventure waiting at the table. All ages and experience levels are welcome—bring your family, invite your friends, and join the fun!

RSVP TO THIS EVENT AND GET A FREE COMPLIMENTARY SIZED POPCORN! Just present your online RSVP to the matching event at the register and you will be given your popcorn!

TONIGHT'S GAME CHALLENGES

The Last Scream

The footsteps have stopped outside your door. The water beside the boat has gone quiet. Somewhere below the castle, something enormous takes a breath. Welcome to The Last Scream, where tonight’s stories have reached the moment when running is no longer enough. Gather your courage, keep your companions close, and prepare to confront whatever has been chasing you. Our three featured games deliver monstrous encounters, desperate decisions, and the delicious satisfaction of fighting back. The villains have had their dramatic entrance. Now it is your turn.

Horrified: Dungeons & Dragons — The Monsters Have Met Their Match

A Beholder, a Displacer Beast, a Mimic, and a Red Dragon make quite an alarming guest list. Fortunately, your adventuring party has arrived to object. In Horrified: Dungeons & Dragons, players cooperate to protect citizens, gather useful items, and overcome monsters with distinct challenges. Each creature demands a different approach, turning your expedition into a series of puzzles under pressure. You will need to coordinate your movements and use your heroes’ abilities wisely as danger builds around you. What makes this game unforgettable is the shared adventure: the table celebrates narrow escapes, debates urgent rescues, and rallies around the next monster threatening everyone’s plans. No previous D&D experience is needed to join this standalone board game. Bring your courage, listen to your party, and remember that checking a treasure chest for teeth is simply good manners.

Players: 1–5.

Game length: Approximately 50 minutes, plus teaching time.

Difficulty: Approachable to moderate; cooperative planning and different monster combinations provide adjustable challenges.

Recognition: Ravensburger describes the Horrified gameplay system as award-winning; no separate major award was verified for this D&D edition.

HOW TO PLAY THIS GAME: Prepare to face the monsters with this Horrified: Dungeons & Dragons tutorial on YouTube.

Final Girl — This Is Your Scene

The ominous music is rising, the danger is closing in, and the heroine has decided she will not make this easy. Final Girl is a solo horror game that places one player in charge of a protagonist facing a deadly threat. Through action cards, dice rolls, movement, and hard choices, you try to turn a terrifying situation into a survival story. Its Feature Film boxes supply different enemies, locations, and scenario rules, so the nightmare changes with the setup. What makes Final Girl unforgettable is the personal drama of every decision: when to take a risk, when to recover, and when to commit to a desperate move. A plan can unravel in a moment, while an unlikely success can feel like the climactic scene of your own horror movie. This is a one-player challenge, with plenty of suspense for anyone watching the story unfold.

Players: 1; officially a solo game.

Game length: Approximately 20–60 minutes, depending on the scenario and outcome.

Difficulty: Moderate to challenging; tactical decisions meet unpredictable dice and scenario-specific rules.

Award recognition: 2021 Golden Geek winner for Best Solo Board Game.

HOW TO PLAY THIS GAME: Step into the starring role with Watch It Played’s Final Girl tutorial on YouTube.

Jaws — The Final Bite

The shark has made its presence known, and a polite request to leave the beach appears unlikely to work. In Jaws, one player becomes the shark while the others control Brody, Hooper, and Quint in a two-act struggle. First, the crew searches the waters around Amity Island, trying to locate the hidden predator and protect swimmers. Then the board flips to the Orca, where the hunt becomes a close confrontation aboard a boat that may not remain in one piece. What makes Jaws unforgettable is the escalation: early clues and careful searching lead into an urgent battle where every attack feels personal. The crew must work together, while the shark enjoys the rather unfair advantage of being a shark. Tonight, the final scream might come from the person watching another section of their boat disappear.

Players: 2–4.

Game length: Approximately 60 minutes, plus teaching time.

Difficulty: Moderate; combines hidden movement, team coordination, and a tense final confrontation.

Award recognition: 2019 Golden Geek nominee for Best Thematic Board Game.

HOW TO PLAY THIS GAME: Get ready for the showdown with Geek & Sundry’s Jaws tutorial on YouTube.