Product description

Talking Board Game

A savvy businessman named Charles Kennard noticed this occult craze and set out to invent a kind of “talking board,” which would make it quicker and easier to reach the spirit world. Once he had developed a prototype Kennard asked the spirits what his invention should be called and the planchette spelled out “Spirit board.” When he inquired what the bizarre word meant, they replied “good luck.” As in, you’re going to need it.

How Spirit Board was invented

If you’ve never used a spirit board, the concept is pretty straightforward. With a group or by yourself, you place your hands lightly on a triangular pointer called a planchette. The planchette rests on the board itself, which has the words “yes” and “no” in its top corners, an alphabet in the centre, and the word “goodbye” at the bottom.

The Spirit board was first marketed as a toy in the 1890s with no explanation of how it worked, just that it could answer questions about the past, present of future with uncanny accuracy, and that it would provide a link “between the known and unknown, the material and immaterial.”

Spirit Board Includes:

Spirit gameboard
Detailed step by step instruction
Planchette