Betrayal at Baldur’s Gate
Based on the award-winning Betrayal at House on the Hill board game, in Betrayal at Baldur’s Gate you’ll return to Baldur’s Gate again and again thanks to the fifty included scenarios only to discover it’s never the same game twice.
Can you and your party survive the madness, or will you succumb to the mayhem and split (or slaughter!) the party?
60m
2 - 5+ Players
Ages 12+
Bossietj
Although the theme is more fun, my experience was the same as with the original Betrayal at House on the Hill. This is not necessarily a bad game, but I have never had a session (10+ sessions?) that I truly enjoyed. 1) It relies a lot on 'push your luck' with items/omens. 2) The Escalation is unbelievably unbalanced, one way or another. We have never had an exciting game with any tactical decisions; the ending was always a steamroll. I love the theme of the game and the essence of the gameplay, but the execution is very poor in my opinion.
BoSsRoSs
When I first played this Game I was unimpressed I thought it was entirely too random the warlock and the barbarian were broken and the entire premise felt forced but as I kept playing over and over I kept finding the parts that make this game so unique and awesome. I have changed my mind entirely and I believe this is a very refreshing game that uses a ton of great innovative ideas to breathe more life into an already great (if not over used however) forgotten realms setting. this is a wonderful game and worth the money and time, but beware if it is your first time playing it can be rather difficult understanding what to do and the rules as the betrayer.
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Much like House on the Hill, painfully slow especially with lots of players. I played for a couple of hours and I think I only took about 8 turns- half of which were stymied by some game mechanic anyhow. The last half hour I spent trying to eliminate my player so I could go play something fun.