I posted that it was a ruse. They weren't playing, they were pretending to play with the children. The same way John Wayne Gacy pretended to b a funny clown.
The Butcher made them do it, like the GaGa made the Butcher do it.
but that's just my theory.

They certainly wouldn't be playing games with BLACK children. Come on.

One poster here posited that it was a ruse to draw Elias, Matt and Shelby closer so that they could kill them.
Dude, its Beacon Hills.

Eternity gets boring when you're dead. After a while, you'd do anything for fun. I wouldn't be surprised if they get hold of Cricket's cell phone and start pranking Uber drivers for the full 6 days. I'd watch that dramatic reenactment!

Candylaaaaand!
LIGAF

I'd play Ghost in the Graveyardduhhhhhh.

If I was a ghost, I'd play Monopoly.