At Halloween parties across this dreaded land tonight, people will set up Ouija boards and tarot decks for the traditional drunken fortune teller's table of occult items. At least a few people will freak out when the Ouija board spells out something maniacal like "KILL YOU FOREVER GOOD-BYE DADDY," and again we will wonder why we keep these apparent portals to Hell in our closet alongside Connect Four and Monopoly.

You may fancy yourself pretty good at board games—Yahtzee in particular. But, you know what? This Border Collie just crapped all over your "accomplishment" when he threw a Large Straight... on his first try. Watch—in utter amazement, natch—inside.

Remember Mouse Trap, the Rube Goldberg-type game from your childhood? What would you do if I told you that there was a life-sized version of it in Queens last weekend? I bet you'd click inside to watch the video, amirite?

"The Manhattan social scene is dead in the summer," which explains why Vanity Fair has introduced its very own board game called Socialitopoly. "Hunker down in your Park Avenue pad, grab your sterling-silver Maybach roadster, Christian Louboutin shoe, or Panama hat," the site advises. Guess this means if you were hoping to play along with a "Little Graydon" piece, you're on your own. [Vanity Fair]

Yesterday we learned that New York Times reporter David Rohde, secretly held captive by the Taliban for months, had escaped when he merely "climbed over a wall." Now details of a more complex and daring escape have emerged.