Wizard Tag
I was lucky to have played this game at GENCON and had some of the designers standing over my shoulder when I was chosen to betray the group. It was super fun and a great experience to be able to give direct feedback to the creators!
We highly recommend getting this game or playing it if you haven’t already. I won’t describe much of the mechanics, since they are simple, but I will explain why this is a good cooperative game with excellent replayability.
Game Review: Betrayal at House on the Hill (3rd Edition)
Why is Betrayal a good cooperative game?
- Easy to coordinate movements and turns between players
- Good backstory that makes you want to succeed
- Characters have asymmetric statistics and different equipment, so each is good for something…usually!
How is Betrayal different from other cooperative games?
- The main difference is that everyone works together…until someone in the group betrays the rest!
- Since you don’t know who will betray the others, it creates some funny situations and a person who was an expert at this type of coop, may suddenly become the enemy!
- There are 50 “betrayals” or scenarios in 3rd edition, which makes each game different.
- Some of the games turn out to be free-for-alls, or everyone betrays each other!
- There is no single strategy that will always work, other than trying to explore as much as possible before the betrayal happens.
What other features make Betrayal a good choice for game night?
- This is a great game to play when you have 5 or 6 people
- Easy to teach
- Easy to learn
- Since there are 50 scenarios, it has great replayability
- There is a lot of fun when someone betrays the group; always elicits laughter and/or yelling!
- The randomized tiles makes the gameboard unique each time and sometimes helps the main group, and sometimes helps the betrayer!
- Since games are relatively quick, you can play 2 or three times in a night, or move on to another game.
Share your thoughts in the comments below!
- What is your favorite cooperative game?
- If you have played Betrayal, what was your favorite feature?
- Did it matter which character you played?
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