Board Game – Betrayal

Today was my birthday and I had a lovely time visiting with my family.  We played a new board game: Betrayal at the House on the Hill.  Various people refer to it as House on Haunted Hill; Betrayal House; or, Horror Hill House.  Whatever it’s called, it’s a great Halloween game.

It’s like Clue for grownups.  It’s complicated to learn – many, many rules and counter-rules.  It’s has scary, violent stories, and it’s not for kids.

I got to be the monster a couple of times.  The first time I didn’t understand the rules and failed to win.  My character, a creepy little girl with blonde curls and a teddy bear was possessed by an evil living house.

I did much better with the zombies at the Bates motel scenario.  I should have deployed my zombies slightly better but, overall, I think my tactics were good.  I still failed in my mission but only by a couple of points.

I think I played it about 5 times in the past two days and I am looking forward to playing it again.