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	'''''Betrayal at House on the Hill''''' is a party [[board game]] where players take the roles of characters that are tasked with exploring a haunted house, which we can presume from the title is on a hill. The house is haunted by some sort of supernatural phenomenon of a nature unknown to the players, but evidence of a lurking evil can be found around every corner, testing each character's strength and stamina, both mentally and physically. Traps, hazards, horrible lurking creatures, lost relics, possible allies, all these can be in the very next room... but, most thrilling of all, one of the players will inevitably betray the others, causing a mad scramble to kill or be killed at the end! Think Scooby-Doo, except Fred gets dragged into a corner ~~and~~ violently dismembered and eaten, ~~before coming~~ back to life to kill the rest of the gang.		'''''Betrayal at House on the Hill''''' is a party [[board game]] where players take the roles of characters that are tasked with exploring a haunted house, which we can presume from the title is on a hill. The house is haunted by some sort of supernatural phenomenon of a nature unknown to the players, but evidence of a lurking evil can be found around every corner, testing each character's strength and stamina, both mentally and physically. Traps, hazards, horrible lurking creatures, lost relics, possible allies, all these can be in the very next room... but, most thrilling of all, one of the players will inevitably betray the others, causing a mad scramble to kill or be killed at the end! Think Scooby-Doo, except Fred gets dragged into a corner, violently dismembered and eaten, and comes back to life to kill the rest of the gang.

	== Creating the Mansion ==		== Creating the Mansion ==

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	== Omens and the Haunt ==		== Omens and the Haunt ==
	Each time an Omen card is drawn, the game's Haunt level increases by one like some kind of spooky DEFCON level. The player who drew it must roll six of the game's [[dice]] versus the game's current Haunt level to see if the Haunt starts. If they exceed or equal the Haunt level with their roll than everybody gets to keep mucking around the house in Exploration mode; inevitably somebody will find another Omen! However if one of you clods roll less than the number of Omen cards in play, then the Haunt starts immediately. It is, at this point, when ~~shit gets real~~. One of the players will betray the other players (usually, though some haunts are co-op only or free-for-all) and the game turns into an "all against one," where the traitor and the heroes have different goals to pursue and it's a battle for victory.		Each time an Omen card is drawn, the game's Haunt level increases by one like some kind of spooky DEFCON level. The player who drew it must roll six of the game's [[dice]] versus the game's current Haunt level to see if the Haunt starts. If they exceed or equal the Haunt level with their roll than everybody gets to keep mucking around the house in Exploration mode; inevitably somebody will find another Omen! However if one of you clods roll less than the number of Omen cards in play, then the Haunt starts immediately. It is, at this point, when Shit Gets Real. One of the players will betray the other players (usually, though some haunts are co-op only or free-for-all) and the game turns into an "all against one," where the traitor and the heroes have different goals to pursue and it's a battle for victory.

	Exactly what the Haunt is, and who is the traitor, depends on which Omen triggered the Haunt and in what room it was found. The players refer to the Scenario Book to see which Haunt they'll be facing and who is the traitorous fiend. In most cases, the player who found the last Omen will become the Traitor, but sometimes it will be chosen based on the person to that player's right/left, or the player who is closest to a particular room, or the player with the highest/lowest score in a certain Trait, or the player who has selected a specific character. Sometimes the traitor's identity may not even be announced, adding an element of [[Paranoia\|paranoia]] into the game as well. In couple of Haunts, there's not even Traitor at all!		Exactly what the Haunt is, and who is the traitor, depends on which Omen triggered the Haunt and in what room it was found. The players refer to the Scenario Book to see which Haunt they'll be facing and who is the traitorous fiend. In most cases, the player who found the last Omen will become the Traitor, but sometimes it will be chosen based on the person to that player's right/left, or the player who is closest to a particular room, or the player with the highest/lowest score in a certain Trait, or the player who has selected a specific character. Sometimes the traitor's identity may not even be announced, adding an element of [[Paranoia\|paranoia]] into the game as well. In couple of Haunts, there's not even Traitor at all!

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	Also, there are too many damn tokens! It's easy to lose them and hard to find the ones you want sometimes. Though this problem can be partially solved by keeping tokens separated in dime bags or ziploc bags.		Also, there are too many damn tokens! It's easy to lose them and hard to find the ones you want sometimes. Though this problem can be partially solved by keeping tokens separated in dime bags or ziploc bags.

	In April of 2016, [[Hasbro]] announced an expansion for their second edition of ''Betrayal at House on the Hill'', entitled ''Widow's Walk'', and including scenarios from a number of "celebrity" writers, ~~where "celebrity" meant either being buttbuddies with the~~ Betrayal ~~team~~, ~~being~~ a ~~professional memer or having the kind of "celebrity" that gets you your own ED page. Naturally~~, ~~they used the expansion to attention~~-~~whore~~ and ~~spread their own agendas~~, ~~most infamously with a haunt titled "[[/pol/\|Make America Disintegrate Again]]." These scenarios were also straight up broken~~ and ~~required heaps~~ of errata to ~~be made playable, but that's just part for the course when you're playing ''Betrayal~~.''		In April of 2016, [[Hasbro]] announced an expansion for their second edition of ''Betrayal at House on the Hill'', entitled ''Widow's Walk'', and including scenarios from a number of celebrity writers. Unfortunately, like all '''Betrayal''' products, it came out in a fairly-broken condition, with some scenarios flat-out not working as intended and some just not working, and needed piles of errata and reworking to fix.

	== Betrayal at Baldur's Gate ==		== Betrayal at Baldur's Gate ==

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	In April of 2016, [[Hasbro]] announced an expansion for their second edition of ''Betrayal at House on the Hill'', entitled ''Widow's Walk'', and including scenarios from a number of "celebrity" writers, where "celebrity" meant either being buttbuddies with the Betrayal team, being a professional memer or having the kind of "celebrity" that gets you your own ED page. Naturally, they used the expansion to attention-whore and spread their own agendas, most infamously with a haunt titled "[[/pol/\|Make America Disintegrate Again]]." These scenarios were also straight up broken and required heaps of errata to be made playable, but that's just part for the course when you're playing ''Betrayal.''		In April of 2016, [[Hasbro]] announced an expansion for their second edition of ''Betrayal at House on the Hill'', entitled ''Widow's Walk'', and including scenarios from a number of "celebrity" writers, where "celebrity" meant either being buttbuddies with the Betrayal team, being a professional memer or having the kind of "celebrity" that gets you your own ED page. Naturally, they used the expansion to attention-whore and spread their own agendas, most infamously with a haunt titled "[[/pol/\|Make America Disintegrate Again]]." These scenarios were also straight up broken and required heaps of errata to be made playable, but that's just part for the course when you're playing ''Betrayal.''

			== Betrayal at Baldur's Gate ==
			For those not interested in replaying through a pastiche of every horror B-movie you've ever seen, in 2017 Avalon released a re-skinned edition of ''Betrayal'' based on the fuckawesome ''[[Baldur's Gate]]'' computer video game series. Most of the game's actual play and terms are mostly the same but are now [[D&D]] flavored. Now you play as a team of [[adventurer]]s as they explore the city of Baldur's Gate instead of a haunted house. Each character has their own special powers corresponding to their class, such as the [[mage]] being able to cast Magic Missle and the [[monk]] who can roll a dice to punch more punches per punch.

			Gameplay begins in a [[tavern]] now, because of course it does. There are sadly only two levels to explore now, despite there being three stacks of tiles still. The Streets and Buildings tiles both exist on the same level of play, while the Catacombs exist beneath like the Basement in the standard edition. Tiles are still connected by doors, but the doors are color coded now. Doors that connect to streets are outlined in yellow, while doors that can connect to Buildings are red. The Catacombs are accessed via sewer drains which are kind of a pain in the ass to see given the color palette and busy artwork used on most tiles, plus they are one way trips only. Every drain in the city leads to the same Catacomb Landing, and the catacombs build out from there. You explore the city and its seedy underbelly during the Exploration Phase, just like in the base game, finding stuff, getting spooked and gradually increasing the Haunt level. Rolling for the Haunt has been changed. Instead of always rolling six dice against an increasing target number, you now roll a number of dice equal to the Haunt level, which effectively makes it so that the Haunt can never be triggered before at least three Omens are revealed.


	== Links ==		== Links ==

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	== Links ==		== Links ==
	[http://boardgamegeek.com/file/download/27229/Survivor_Errata_4p.doc Secrets of Survival Errata]		*[http://boardgamegeek.com/file/download/27229/Survivor_Errata_4p.doc Secrets of Survival Errata]
			*[http://boardgamegeek.com/file/download/27230/Traitor_Errata%205p.doc Traitors Tome Errata]
	[http://boardgamegeek.com/file/download/27230/Traitor_Errata%205p.doc Traitors Tome Errata]		*[http://www.wizards.com/avalonhill/rules/BHH_SurvivalRev_120105.pdf Custom Haunts (Secrets of Survival)]
			*[http://www.wizards.com/avalonhill/rules/BHH_TraitorRev_120105.pdf Custom Haunts (Traitor's Tome)]
	[http://www.wizards.com/avalonhill/rules/BHH_SurvivalRev_120105.pdf Custom Haunts (Secrets of Survival)]		*[http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=ah/prod/betrayalhouse Wizards Website]
			*[http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=ah/prod/houseonthehill Website for the second edition]
	[http://www.wizards.com/avalonhill/rules/BHH_TraitorRev_120105.pdf Custom Haunts (Traitor's Tome)]

	[http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=ah/prod/betrayalhouse Wizards Website]

	[http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=ah/prod/houseonthehill Website for the second edition]

	== Gallery ==		== Gallery ==

1d4chan>LordPorkins at 16:23, 4 September 2018

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	'''''Betrayal at House on the Hill''''' is a party [[board game]] where players take the roles of characters that are tasked with exploring a haunted house, which we can presume from the title is on a hill. The house is haunted by some sort of supernatural phenomenon of a nature unknown to the players, but evidence of a lurking evil can be found around every corner, testing each character's strength and stamina, both mentally and physically. Traps, hazards, horrible lurking creatures, lost relics, possible allies, all these can be in the very next room... but, most thrilling of all, one of the players will inevitably betray the others, causing a mad scramble to kill or be killed at the end!		'''''Betrayal at House on the Hill''''' is a party [[board game]] where players take the roles of characters that are tasked with exploring a haunted house, which we can presume from the title is on a hill. The house is haunted by some sort of supernatural phenomenon of a nature unknown to the players, but evidence of a lurking evil can be found around every corner, testing each character's strength and stamina, both mentally and physically. Traps, hazards, horrible lurking creatures, lost relics, possible allies, all these can be in the very next room... but, most thrilling of all, one of the players will inevitably betray the others, causing a mad scramble to kill or be killed at the end! Think Scooby-Doo, except Fred gets dragged into a corner and violently dismembered and eaten, before coming back to life to kill the rest of the gang.

	== Creating the Mansion ==		== Creating the Mansion ==

1d4chan>OriginalPrankster: /* Issues */ Funny, I thought SpectralTime would know all about soulless monsters that turn what you love into more of themselves

2018-03-26T14:36:37Z

Issues: Funny, I thought SpectralTime would know all about soulless monsters that turn what you love into more of themselves

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	Also, there are too many damn tokens! It's easy to lose them and hard to find the ones you want sometimes. Though this problem can be partially solved by keeping tokens separated in dime bags or ziploc bags.		Also, there are too many damn tokens! It's easy to lose them and hard to find the ones you want sometimes. Though this problem can be partially solved by keeping tokens separated in dime bags or ziploc bags.

	In April of 2016, [[Hasbro]] announced an expansion for their second edition of ''Betrayal at House on the Hill'', entitled ''Widow's Walk'', and including scenarios from a number of celebrity writers~~. Unfortunately~~, ~~like all '''~~Betrayal~~''' products~~, ~~it came out in~~ a ~~fairly~~-~~broken condition~~, with ~~some~~ scenarios ~~flat-out not working as intended and some just not working,~~ and ~~needed piles~~ of errata ~~and reworking~~ to ~~fix~~.		In April of 2016, [[Hasbro]] announced an expansion for their second edition of ''Betrayal at House on the Hill'', entitled ''Widow's Walk'', and including scenarios from a number of "celebrity" writers, where "celebrity" meant either being buttbuddies with the Betrayal team, being a professional memer or having the kind of "celebrity" that gets you your own ED page. Naturally, they used the expansion to attention-whore and spread their own agendas, most infamously with a haunt titled "[[/pol/\|Make America Disintegrate Again]]." These scenarios were also straight up broken and required heaps of errata to be made playable, but that's just part for the course when you're playing ''Betrayal.''

	== Links ==		== Links ==

1d4chan>SpectralTime: /* Issues */

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Issues

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	== Issues ==		== Issues ==
	The ~~only~~ real problem with the game is that the very nature of its randomness makes some Haunts completely unfair for one team some games and the exact opposite the next time you play it. So in one Haunt the Traitor could win on turn one and then everyone feels let down. This usually results in a new game being started, which ends up being far more entertaining. The errata helps to fix this issue a bit as well as clarify some typos in the tomes.		The major real problem with the game is that the very nature of its randomness makes some Haunts completely unfair for one team some games and the exact opposite the next time you play it. So in one Haunt the Traitor could win on turn one and then everyone feels let down. And a few Haunts are just plain badly-designed, being ludicrously in favor of either the heroes or the Traitor. This usually results in a new game being started, which ends up being far more entertaining. The errata helps to fix this issue a bit as well as clarify some typos in the tomes.

	Also, there are too many damn tokens! It's easy to lose them and hard to find the ones you want sometimes. Though this problem can be partially solved by keeping tokens separated in dime bags or ziploc bags.		Also, there are too many damn tokens! It's easy to lose them and hard to find the ones you want sometimes. Though this problem can be partially solved by keeping tokens separated in dime bags or ziploc bags.

1d4chan>SpectralTime: Jesus fuck. I can't even get away from the endless wave of butthurt right-wing politics on the fucking '''Betrayal''' page?! Performing some emergency asspain surgery.

2018-01-04T04:40:10Z

Jesus fuck. I can't even get away from the endless wave of butthurt right-wing politics on the fucking '''Betrayal''' page?! Performing some emergency asspain surgery.

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 Also, there are too many damn tokens! It's easy to lose them and hard to find the ones you want sometimes. Though this problem can be partially solved by keeping tokens separated in dime bags or ziploc bags.
-== Widow's Walk: The Shittening ==
+In April of 2016, [[Hasbro]] announced an expansion for their second edition of ''Betrayal at House on the Hill'', entitled ''Widow's Walk'', and including scenarios from a number of celebrity writers.  Unfortunately, like all '''Betrayal''' products, it came out in a fairly-broken condition, with some scenarios flat-out not working as intended and some just not working, and needed piles of errata and reworking to fix.
 == Links ==