Mad Monkey Militia bringing Ouija board game SpiritPad to iPad

Hilariously, considering its status either as a channel to the dead or the play thing of drunk fratboys, the Ouija board was actually popularised by boardgame company Parker Brothers, of Monopoly and Cludeo fame. Indeed, it now has the copyright on that term.

Of course, the spirit board had form before 1890 but it was the US Spiritualist Movement that kickstarted its popularity, or infamy, in the west.

And it seems that feeling still continues as Mad Monkey Militia has just announced its iPad exclusive SpiritPad: The Oracle will be an April 3rd launch title.

Describing it as a "multiplayer board game with a supernatural twist", it seems not to be taking the phenomenon too seriously, though.

It will also be interesting to see if Apple's approval police have something to say about it, considering the controversy in many part of the US concerning such things.

And as well as SpiritPad, Mad Monkey Militia will be releasing an HD version of its DragonEye iPhone game. This is a pattern matching memory game based around the theme of keeping a dragon trapped within a sleep spell.

The developer's iHurt Redneck ragdoll flinging game is being primed for iPad, too, although because it's being developed using the Unity3d engine, it won't make the April 3rd launch.

You can see the full list of games being developed for iPad in the Pocket Gamer big list of iPad games.