Avalon Hill Betrayal Legacy Board Games

El juego llegó super rápido a la casa, ningun detalle en la caja ni en las piezas. Lo empezamos a jugar con un grupo de amigos y nos fascinó. Les debo advertir que solo pueden jugarlo una cantidad mayor a dos personas y que el juego es continuo (sigue la historia en cada jugada), por lo que tendrán que armar un grupo de juego que se reuna continuamente a jugarlo. Nosotros solo lo hemos jugado una vez durante esta cuarentena :(

So we bought this game so we could share it with a couple that we wanted to see more (since we lived a distance away), and what better way we thought is to have this game. So we bought it, and after a month or so we managed to go visit them.After opening the box and accidentally popping out all the tiles (don't do this, its a pain in the butt to reassemble but its so common there is a guide on Board Game Geek) we started with the new decks and played through the prologue. And that's when we had to destroy out first card. It literally says to rip it shreds. While about half of those playing looked on in glee, the other half looked on in horror. We eventually stopped playing after Chapter 2 that night as we'd just keep going, but before we stopped we had two last cards to destroy, so to complete her inaguration, we told the one girl who hadn't wrecked a card yet that both were hers. The agony in her eyes was so worth it.That one session was so good, we looked if there's going to be a next season.

Wow, they really knocked it out of the park with this one. The original Betrayal is one of my favorite games of all time - like many others, it was my “gateway drug” that got me into strategy board games. Sure, it had its problems (balance issues mainly) but it was always a fun time, so when I heard there was this legacy version coming out I pre-ordered it as soon as I could.After having played it a few times (the prologue and a couple of chapters) I’m glad to say it lives up to the hype. For those of you that didn’t play the original, the rules are simple. You and your friends explore a house which is made up of several tiles. Since these tiles are modular, the house you explore is different every game. As you explore, you’ll find items, run into traps, and trigger “omens” (events). Eventually you’ll activate a haunt that enables a horror scenario that has its own set of rules, most of which turn a player into a traitor that will try to kill you. Some of the scenarios in the original game involves aliens, a house that slowly imploded into the abyss, a musical pied piper that would hypnotize the players, killers that keep resurrecting, etc. It was amazing with its variety and scope and was extremely replayable... no two games were ever alike.This new version takes that basic concept and expands on it. Basically, there’s now an overarching story spanning decades. You have to play the game a total of 14 times to complete the story - think of it like a TV season, and each game you play is a new episode. Each game has actions that will affect future games, so play wisely.I can’t go into it more without spoiling it, so I won’t delve too much into the specifics of the mechanics of the legacy aspect of this game. I have played through several other legacy style games (Risk and Pandemic) and I’m happy to say that this game actually utilizes the legacy components the best out of those in my opinion. Risk and Pandemic’s legacy games were good, but they were a slow burn that took time to build. This is where Bettayal’s strength lies - with Risk Legacy, even though the rules are changing with each game, it still felt like a progressively harder version of Risk. Betrayal’s huge scope of variety and rules keep this game fresh, and it’s intriguing to see how this family storyline will play out in the end. The replayability is helping cut down on fatigue, and because of that I know my friends and I will finish this way quicker than Risk. And, when all is said and done and you’ve completed the core Legacy storyline, the game will be set up to be played over and over again with the unique changes you’ve made through the campaign.Now for critiques. I mentioned earlier that the original Betrayal game had its share of problems. Unfortunately, a lot of them are still there, mainly the balance issue and confusion over rules. It can scare away new players with the amount of rules - there are THREE rule books to reference, and those rules were often vague and led to a lot of debates on interpreting what the author meant. Some of the haunts also greatly favor the traitor or humans and can feel unfair too.Also, they really should’ve added a giant piece of paper that says to not punch out stuff. Everyone’s first instinct with board games is to punch out all the pieces. The game actually requires you to leave them punched in and to wait until the proper time to use them. Also, this is more of an Amazon problem, but the box I received was really beat up during shipping.Overall - excellent game. Worth trying for anyone vaguely interested in these types of board games, and definitely worth trying for fans of the original. Highly recommended.

Jeu acheté après avoir fini un autre jeu legacy. La mise en place prend un peu de temps, mais les parties sont rapides et dynamiques. En une soirée notre groupe a pu faire les 3 premiers scénarios et s'est bien amusé. Les retournements de situations sont nombreux et surprenants.

A Legacy variant of one of my all time favourite games, loads of playability with several paths the main campaign can take, though some sections will always play out the same way, meaning you can play through the campaign several times and still encountered different haunts. Various regions of the world also seem to have several different items included which makes it interesting to see what you will get compared to those abroad.Most importantly is that once the campaign is finish you still have a fully playable copy of Betrayal that is truly unique and many haunts to uncover that will have you playing for a long time to come.Like other editions of the game, some of the haunts presented here do have some balance issues, but that isn't to much of a problem as sometimes in horror films things lean in the favour of the protagonists or antagonists.