Betrayal at House on the Hill

Betrayal at House on the Hill is a fantastic game made by Wizards of the Coast. Gameplay starts with each player choosing a survivor - six survivor tiles with a different version of the character on each side makes for twelve to choose from - and placing them in the central hallway. From there, players explore the house by going through doorways into unexplored rooms, revealing rooms from a stack of tiles and spooky events that do everything from slowing them down to gaining powers or items. In fact, everything in this game is straight out of a horror show - whether you're hearing shrieking voices, choking on grave dust, or being buried alive, Betrayal at House on the Hill is easily one of the creepiest board games you'll ever play! The real fun begins when the Haunt starts; some rooms contain Omen cards, and every time an omen is revealed, six dice are rolled. If the total showing is lower than the number of omens that are showing, the Haunt has begun! The Traitor's Tome is referenced to see which haunt is being played out (there are 50 in all), and the identity of the traitor is revealed. Since no one knows who the traitor is until this point, you might have been helping them all along! The traitor leaves the room and flips to the appropriate page in the Traitor's Tome to see what they're supposed to be doing, and the rest of the players look through the Survivor's Guide to see what their new objective is. It would be unfair to reveal any of the haunts here, but I will say that you'll wind up doing all sorts of insane things to fulfill your win condition, whether you're the traitor or one of the survivors. With fifty different scenarios and a house that's different every time you explore it, Betrayal at House on the Hill has a lot of replay value. Sure, you'll eventually start to recognize the Haunts...but that takes a lot of playing time, and even if you know what's going on, that doesn't mean you can do anything about it! Two things to keep in mind: 1) This game is not for younger children. Most of the themes are spooky and might frighten the little ones, so treat this games as PG-13. It's especially important to keep this game away from toddlers and infants, as many (most) of the game pieces could be choking hazards. 2) The components are a little questionable. Almost everything is cardboard, which means the game is subject to warping if stacked a certain way. Furthermore, there are endless tiny pieces; get several small sandwich bags and separate the tokens by type, or prepare to spend several minutes hunting every time you need one. Those two caveats are hardly anything that should keep you away from this game. With a high level of replayability, creative and engaging scenarios, and a social dynamic that can't be ignore, Betrayal at House on the Hill earned its second run by being a fantastic game that's difficult to ignore.

I absolutely love this game. It is a very luck intensive game, but the variety is pretty fun. Each map you've played and each scenario is different from your previous games. If you go to the traitors tome and look up which scenario you're playing and you've already played it before you can just pick a different one that occurs in another room you've discovered(so you don't repeat). The time varies significantly from 30 minutes to 2.5 hours. It does take a while to get the hang of the game, and for the first two games you'll constantly be looking in and out of the rulebook. Also it is really easy to play with two players as well(just have each person have two characters and when a haunt occurs the person who controls the traitor transfers the non traitor character to the other person). I just love that this game is so different from any other I've played. The only disappointment is the black stat markers as other reviews have noted. They are far to loose and will slip off when you move them on the card. There are several quick fixes to this. We saw this was happening and just used sticky notes with arrows pointing towards the number, moving the sticky pad as the stat changes transpired. You could also try paper clips. Or laminating the cards so they are thicker/write on them with dry erase markers. Just an observation but you will need a very large surface area to play on(think dining room table not coffee table). We've played 5 different scenarios. Here is a review of Each Scenario 1. Haunt #5- I was a teenage Lycanthropy - 5 stars- detailed review below 2. Haunt #9- Dance of Death/fiddler- 3 stars - There was no traitor and everyone lived and won. 3. Haunt #10- Family Gathering - 4 stars- The house was fairly big and managed to make this pretty easy to win with only a single hero dying. 4. Haunt #14- Stars are right- 5 stars- Came down to the last turn with the Traitor barely edging out the heroes who were 1 turn away from winning themselves 5. Haunt #47 - This was the first scenario we played and several of the rules were misplayed. It looks like if it was played correctly it would have been a lot of fun. POSSIBLE SPOILERS! Haunt 5 detailed Review I loved this map. It looked so helpless from the start for the heroes, but it came down to the end. We didn't have the gun or the silver bullets and the Werewolf and dog were right next to the room where we could search for the revolver. We quickly headed to the basement and managed to unlock the room where the silver bullets were made, and passed the knowledge check for the silver bullets. We quickly handed them off to the flash who made a mad dash for the room where he could search for the revolver...unfortunately he failed! The werewolf and the dog quickly ran him down and bit him until he was bloodied and weak. He managed to pass his sanity check and search for the revolver...unfortunately he failed again. He hobbled out of the room and flipped over a new tile. It was the mystic elevator. He rolled the dice(a zero) fell to the basement and took two points of damage(1 die roll) which killed him. So instead of being a werewolf he died a martyr to the cause. We explored another room seeing as we had a little time and managed to draw the crystal ball. The werewolves were on our trail and in the basement. We took the mystic elevator around the house dodging the werewolf and the dog occasionally exploring a new room or two until we found the vault. We managed to acquire the revolver and combined them with the flashes silver bullets(his lifeless body was also on the trip with us ala weekend at bernies) so as the dog and the werewolf approached we lucky feathered our silver bullet out of our gun and into the heart of the werewolf...but wait ... the werewolf rolled an 8 and dodged. Then little zoey sacrificed herself so that Brandon(our hero with the gun) could shoot at them again. Brandon manages to take down the werewolf this time and retreat one more time to the basement. However the dog takes the slide down and manages to land in the basement with brandon. The dog attacks brandon, but he manages to defend himself and remain unharmed. Brandon then shoots the dog with the silver bullet to win the scenario.

It’s a really good game that is just about always played whenever we have guests over. Highly entertaining for a long period of time. Was a little difficult to learn at first but easy to get used to. Have yet to play the same situation twice, but it says there are expansion packs for when that finally happens. Highly recommend for people that enjoy exploration and strategy games.

No doubts that this is counterfeit, so don't worry. Learning curve is moderate, prefer if someone who has played guides the group. If not, no worries. Game is a mix of strategy, adventure, horror, and exploration. Good story/lore elements to sink into the mood.

J'ai acheté ceci pour mon fiancé comme cadeau de Noël. C'est un jeu vraiment cool et divertissant !! Il existe environ 50 scénarios différents et même des extensions, ce qui est excellent car vous ne vous ennuierez pas rapidement. le jeu semble compliqué au début, mais une fois que vous avez compris, c'est très amusant! Je ne suis pas surprise que cela figure dans la liste des meilleurs jeux de société des États-Unis! Je recommande!!

Juego cooperativo durante gran parte de la partida, y luego se puede transformar en un juego asimétrico con un traidor. Muy divertido que gusta a casi todo el mundo: misterio, roleo, cooperación, mapa variable con losetas y 50 aventuras distintas. Un único inconveniente, está en inglés y hay que tener cierto nivel para ser capaz de leer la aventura. Cuando hay un traidor, este se tiene que ir fuera a leer solo la aventura que le toca jugar, por lo que hay que tener al menos un nivel medio de inglés. Se puede solucionar, y si hay alguien con un nivel bajo, este nunca podrá ser el traidor, no es lo ideal, pero es una solución si te apetece probarlo y en tu grupo de juego hay gente que no tiene mucho nivel.

This is a great game from 3-4 people although you can play it for up to 6. Fantastic fun as a party game, as partway through the game one of you becomes a betrayer and versus the rest of the players. Well balanced and lots of variety