Transogram, 1965

Green Ghost was advertised as the first board game that glowed in the dark. This game, as with other "spooky" ones such as Ideal's "Haunted House" and Milton Bradley's "Seance" game, are still highly sought after. One of the most difficult things about obtaining Green Ghost is finding a complete set. The list of game pieces is on the Green Ghost Instructions web page.

In 1965, flourescent "glow in the dark" items became more widely available. Up until this time, the only glow in the dark products were radioactive radium watch and clock hands!

There were at least three versions of the game board. One was green with red spaces, another white with red spaces and the third was white with brown spaces. The white boards hold their glow much better than the green boards.

I found the game board, box photo, and game pieces more fun than playing the actual game! The game board does not glow for a very long time; it dims rather quickly. A friend of mine was lucky enough to have a father who had an early "black light" and was able to play the game using that, with the board glowing brightly all the time. Fortunately, black lights are now easily obtained cheaply and I advise this as the best way to play the Green Ghost game today.

I've seen Green Ghost adverstised for anywhere from $70 to $200. Be sure to find one with all the parts as shown on the Green Ghost Instruction Page. Also, remember that the "snakes" in the game are made of ordinary rubber bands cut in half.

Please note that Marx Toys remade this game in the early 1990s. Many parts were different - the "pits" below the game were plastic square flowerpots instead of the cardboard boxes used in the original game.  The Ghost Spinner used stickers to mark the numbers and divisions rather than the original plastic molded pieces that were used in the manufacture of the original 1965 game.  The cover of the 1990s box is also different - as seen in the photo below.

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