Oh a story eh? Ok, I've got a few minutes.

Behold misteryo a "Sugarbiter", a feared but in fact misunderstood creature that is the fodder of a number of horror stories.
A warped and twisted body belies a keen intellect and a peaceful intent, however it has a fascinating self-defence mechanism: When encountered the sugarbiter emits a gas that causes fearful hallucinations.

The sugarbiter's favourite past time is to enter peoples houses at night and attempt to tidy up the kitchen. Unfortunately, it's limbs are so clumsy, that enevitably it results in knocking over everything in sight, startling the creature into fleeing. This has lead to the occupants believing that they are being haunted by a poltergeist. Furthering the false impression, frightened sugarbiters often hide away in wall cavities, cupboards, attics and basements and when stuck tend to moan, scratch and howl for help.

As indicated by it's name, the sugarbiter's favourite food types, sugared sweets and chocolate, result in increased activity of these creatures during the Halloween period. After gorging itself on sugar products, the sugarbiter hibernates for long periods, which may explain its absence during the Christmas period.

Still not in.

Alright then, that took me a while, but here's my newest story! :D

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Come around kids! As tonight, I'll tell you a story that will scaaaaare you all to death! (...probably.)

This story deals with a certain ghost which appears every night of Halloween... A terrifying being who travels the world doing the one thing he was the best at in life... I'm talking.... OF THE GHOST HUNTER!!! (And no, this is not some weird Ghostbusters rip-off before you ask.)

Back when he was not dead, Braggadar was infamously known as the most dangerous hunter in the world. He traveled everywhere and hunted every kind of animal you could think of, including species in danger of extinction! In land, in air, and even in sea, he hunted everything that wasn't a human: Bears, lions, monkeys, wolves, deer, pigs, chicken, pigeons, vultures, eagles, whales, sharks, dolphins, snakes, lizards, cockroaches, and even the cats and dogs! EVEN THE CATS AND DOGS!!!

The man delighted himself in the art of animal genocide. How didn't he ended up in jail, you ask? Well, that is such a big mystery that even I haven't solved to this day... (And no, it's not because I couldn't think of a realistic reason for him not to end in prison before you ask.)

But one night, when he was sleeping in the apparent security of his Cabin in the Woods™, Braggadar heard a sudden rustling outside of the big window in front of his bed. He woke up and leaned foward to see if there was something there... And suddenly, a shark leapt and broke through his window and towards him! The hunter struggled with his hands in order to avoid being devoured by the shark, and in the process remembered that he always keeps his hunting knife below his pillow. So with the strength of his legs, he kicked the shark out of the bed, took the knife below the pillow, jumped out of the bed, and proceeded to stab the bastard to death!

With the shark now laying dead on the floor,
Braggadar had lots of questions: Why did a shark attacked him? How did he managed to leap and break through the window by himself? And how did he managed to get from the ocean to his cabin without water? But those questions would have to wait, because suddenly, a bunch of vultures entered through his broken window ready to bite him! So he quickly opened his hunting locker, took his hunting rifle and hunting ammo, and shot them all down! (And yes, he did shot them down from a very short distance with a hunting rifle before you ask. Stop questioning the story!)

Despite killing the vultures, he felt that it wasn't over yet, so he decided to get out of the house before the next attack. But while fleeing, he found with horror that his house filled with cockroaches and snakes, and he was certain that many of the snakes there were poisonous! But Braggadar was determined to get out, so he ran away while slashing with his knife at the snakes who leapt at him and shook away the cockroaches that were crawling through his legs.

After finally getting out, the hunter was welcomed by the sight of some of the most dangerous beasts in the animal world: a bear, a lion and a wolf. All of them ready to kill. But username wasn't ready to die. So he acted fast and killed them, despite also losing his rifle to the wolf. The man was growing more confident of his potential victory until he felt something fall on his left shoulder... It was bird poop.

Braggadar looked up and saw a flock of pigeons who were starting to rain at him. So he ran away, now completely scared, trying so hard to avoid the barrage of excrement. It was a nightmare! He had never felt so cornered in his entire life! Eventually he lost the damned birds and arrived to an open area in the middle of the woods. The hunter stopped and lowered his head. Exhausted, drenched in feces, trying to regain his breath. Until he heard something growl...

He looked in front of him, and there he was. A dog, now barking at Braggadar furiously... At this point, the man was really pissed. So he lifted his knife, and prepared himself to attack... But then, he saw another dog emerge from the shadows, and then he saw a cat, and then another cat, and then another dog... And then, he saw more cats and dogs come from behind him, and then more from his left, and then more from his right... Suddenly, the man found himself completely surrounded.

And that's when the hunter confirmed what he feared the most: That his karma was finally coming back to bite him where it hurts the most. That he wasn't going to be able to escape alive... But Braggadar wasn't going to go like a coward. So he waved his knife at the animals, and yelled at them to come and get him.

And so they did. And then, it was over...

The following day, an innocent boy scout found the mangled body of the man while exploring the woods. After the finding was reported to the local police, they also found the cabin, along with all of the dead animals laying inside. The only conclusion that they were able to draw was the most logical one: That the infamous hunter Braggadar had finally gotten what he had coming to him.

Except that it wasn't completely true. Because every night of Halloween, he travels the world as a ghost doing what he does best: hunting animals. But this time, he wasn't driven by the joy of the hunt, but by a deep desire of revenge. And this time, neither the humans, or the animals would be able to stop him...

So here's an advice for Halloween: If you have a dog, or a cat, or any other kind of animal with you, then take care of him/her with your life! Because there's a chance that the next October 31st, he/she may recieve the visit... OF THE GHOST HUNTER!!!

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Phew! I feel like my stories are getting longer and longer each giveaway... XD

And these are the games I'm in for this time:

1) Vampire®: The Masquerade - Bloodlines™
2) Blackwell Bundle
3) War for the Overworld
4) Day of the Tentacle Remastered
5) The Final Station

Thanks for a new creative giveaway, and here's a Halloween's +1! :)

OOooo, some very creative weavers of spells, um tales we have. :) Thanks to the visitors also for keeping in the 'Spirit' of the thread. (Booo, bad pun, I know.) ;)

So far everyone qualifies, except ... tastymonkey, please read the bottom of the OP - The TRICK - and make up a Halloween persona and some sort of story for Lone_Scout (the poster above you, skipping me) if you wish to qualify. TY.

I'm in for Vampire®: The Masquerade - Bloodlines™, Overlord + Raising Hell and The Final Station.

Ilan14 is a pretty smart raven who on Halloween night emits scary sounds at night while looking for his food. This raven likes to feed on the dead and then turns into a strange creature that goes through the whole city to frighten the people it finds. It emits such sounds that hardly anyone dares to face it. There are those who believe that he is the pet of a witch who seeks revenge for murderers who have occurred in her family motivated by her being a witch.

Thanks for a funny giveaway! :)

PMPMGamer is the notorious Portugese Vampire gaming overlord whose favorite holiday is Halloween (of course!) when he can take a break from playing game in his stuffy coffin and stalk the street in his black cape with upturned collar, slicked back shoulder length hair and bermuda shorts without anyone pointing and staring, and safe from the burning rays of the cursed sun. He always has a good time eating candies in between sucking the blood from chubby little boys and girls. This holiday, however, has him on high alert as the notorious serial killer, Mike Myers (no, not the comedian, the other Mike Myers) has been resurrected and is also on the prowl for fresh meat.

Thank you for the GA bjgamer. Can I enter for The Final Station or Witch It! please? Happy Halloween!

Song of direspirefirewire (the Three Witches)

Round about the cauldron go:
In the poisoned entrails throw.
Toad, that under cold stone
Days and nights has thirty-one
Sweated venom sleeping got,
Boil thou first i’ the charmed pot.

Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn and cauldron bubble.

Fillet of a fenny snake,
In the cauldron boil and bake;
Eye of newt and toe of frog,
Wool of bat and tongue of dog,
Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting,
Lizard's leg and owlet's wing.
For a charm of powerful trouble,
Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.

Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn and cauldron bubble.

Scale of dragon, tooth of wolf,
Witch's mummy, maw and gulf
Of the ravin'd salt-sea shark,
Root of hemlock digg'd i’ the dark,
Liver of blaspheming Jew;
Gall of goat; and slips of yew
Sliver'd in the moon's eclipse;
Nose of Turk, and Tartar's lips;
Finger of birth-strangled babe
Ditch-deliver'd by a drab,
Make the gruel thick and slab:
Add thereto a tiger's chaudron,
For the ingredients of our cauldron.

Double, double toil and trouble,
Fire burn and cauldron bubble.

Cool it with a baboon's blood,
Then the charm is firm and good.


Thank you bjgamer for the Halloween giveaway +1.

I'm in and My Pentagram of Treats are:
- War for the Overworld
- Vampire®: The Masquerade - Bloodlines™
- Overlord + Raising Hell
- Costume Quest
- Ghost Master

RickyAndersen alias Neo is the chosen one. He has been chased by agents lead by Agent Smith. Right now RickyAndersen choose to hide away in real world amongst the monsters but soon the right time to jack into the matrix and settle it once and for all will come. And the time is this Halloween. This time he won't be alone because all the monsters of Halloween will be joining the fight against the agents

I'm in for
Vampire®: The Masquerade - Bloodlines™

Kusumahendra is in reality Linuxyanak, a perverted form of a Tiyanak, a vampiric creature in Philippine mythology that imitates the form of a child. It usually takes the form of a newborn penguin and cries like one in the jungle to attract unwary travelers. He doesn't kill them but instead steal their computers, smartphone, tablets and erase the datas to install Linux and force them to code programs under linux while he is drinking their blood and turn them into submissive ghouls. No one knows his true motivations, but according to the local folklore, Linuxyanak is the terrible result of an unnatural relationship between Linus Torvalds and a penguin during a trip in an Indonesian Zoo !

Thanks Bjgamer for the GA.

I'm in for :
- Overlord + Raising Hell
- Costume Quest

MaxFulvus is a Fultonater. What!? You've never heard the stories? Pull up a chair by the campfire youngins and hear this scary tale. A long time ago in the mid 80s, 1980s that is, there was a tale of a ghost who roamed the dessert kidnapping those who lost there way in the dunes. One day, a man named, Vlad, witnessed one of his comrades, Sokolov, get taken by this ghost. Vlad saw his comrade walk outside of the compound they were guarding to check on a noise but when he took too long, Vlad went to check on him. What he discovered was a shadow of a beast clad in black put a giant balloon on his fellow comrade. The balloon inflated instantly and Sokolov was taken straight into the sky screaming in fear the whole way until he was too far away to hear anymore. When Vlad turned his sight from Sokolov back to the beast, it was gone. To this day, no one has found Sokolov but reports of balloons in the sky taking more people continued and then suddenly stopped in 1990. The terror was over but for Vlad he knew it was only a matter of time before this Fultonater returned to stealing people again. He just hopes his new job in the snowfields of Alaska will fare better than the desserts of Afghanistan.

I'm in for Dungeon Keeper 2. Thanks bjgamer for this spooktacular giveaway. :)

BenKii is a trickster. Even though in his current form he didn't have any feet, he envy human for having miscellaneous footwear. But he's in a dilemma. Deep down inside he still a very nice being. But how to solve this kinda problem? When he sees human houses that have a lot of footwear, he just take the left one of each pair. Just the left one is enough. He didn't need a full pair after all. So if your shoes or sandals are missing, we all know who is to blame.

In for:
- Vampire®: The Masquerade - Bloodlines™
- Costume Quest
- Ghost Master
- Dungeon Keeper 2

"By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes."
Beware!!! The witching hour of the start of Halloween UTC approaches ... a shiver under 27 hours from now!

We have some great entries - seems direspirefirewire even inspired Shakespeare ;) - and all qualify except one. (Tastymonkey, please reread the bottom of the OP if you wish to qualify.) Thank you to the participants for some very entertaining and creative tales, both entrants and non-entrants!

Spook Spectre Newsflash: In a Fiendish Foul-up GOG's Trick or Treat Sale seems to have totally ignored Costume Quest and Ghost Master, but the Tricksters and Treats GA has them! ;)

zlaywal is a humanoid who at night becomes a horrendous and frightening creature who steals clothes.
On halloween night he likes to go out on the street and steal the clothes he finds. That is why many people fear his presence with the fear that he will get his clothes.

I'm in for The Final Station and Witch It.

Spooks and Spectres, Ghouls, Goblins and Ghosts, Vampires, Weres and Witches ... the Hour nears! The OP has been editted to include a link to when the Undead Treat Coffin will open. Five hours from now, at 0:00 October 31 Undead Treat Coffin (UTC) time, this Giveaway will end and the Hand of Fate will determine the Treats. May the Black Cats and Bats favor your entries!

A shiver under an hour
And the Witching spell be done
The Coffin of Treats will open
And then we'll see who won ...

Approx. 50 minutes left to this Tricksters and Treats Halloween Giveaway. Spell your spectre entries in now!!

The Spell is Cast, the Hand of Fate will tell
The bottle spins in Haunted Hell
The Coffin creaks, to reveal Treats
Now who we'll see will win their sweets.

This Giveaway is now over. Thank you to all participants for some very imaginative stories! :)
The Hand of Fate (well, actually the bottle) has revealed the winners and the Owls are flying now. Please leave your windows cracked open (set your chat to public) for the owls to deliver the key spells to your prize Treats. :)

Tricksters Treats:
- Blackwell Bundle - Lone_Scout
- Costume Quest - RickyAndersen
- Darksiders II: Deathinitive Edition - phaolo
- Day of the Tentacle Remastered - Ghorpm
- Dungeon Keeper™ 2 - BenKii
- Ghost Master - zlaywal
- Overlord + Raising Hell - MaxFulvus
- The Witcher 2: Assassins Of Kings - Enhanced Edition - Donated - GOG Community Giveaway
- Vampire®: The Masquerade - Bloodlines™ - Ilan14
- War for the Overworld - misteryo

- Batman™: Arkham Origins - Pouyou-pouyou
- The Final Station - direspirefirewire
- Witch It! - BeatriceElysia

Congratulations to the winners! Enjoy the games! Do not forget to redeem them by midnight UTC November 7th or they may disappear ....
Happy Halloween to you all! phaolo - the owl cannot reach you. Please unlock your window. (please set your chat to public so I can get you your key. TY)