Mrs. Cousin Barnabas and I played the famous Barnabas Collins board game a few months ago and ... it was a'ight. I'll give Milton Bradley credit for trying to invent a new game for the Dark Shadows merchandise empire, but the mechanics were a bit jerky and, as is almost always the case with table top games, the outcome is almost entirely a matter of chance. There's no skill needed to play it, but this's true for almost every board game.

I've included some vintage newspaper clippings from around 1969 from "Letters to Santa" features in local newspapers. It's kind of awesome to see Barnabas Collins and Santa Claus mentioned in the same paragraph.

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While it does look very much like Nancy Barrett in the commercial, I've always heard it is Terrayne Crawford. BTW, my friend, Bob, is the one who tracked down this commercial. It debuted at one of the DS Festivals in the 90s. Bob worked hard to locate this treasure!
Oh, I love it! My brothers and I had this game, and I think that we lost all the pieces to it seconds after taking it out of the box.
Oh, I love it! My brothers and I had this game, and I think that we lost all the pieces to it seconds after taking it out of the box.
It IS Terry Crawford in the commercial- she has confirmed it!
It IS Terry Crawford in the ad- she confirmed it!
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