Wizkids WZK73048 Betrayal at House on The Hill Upgrade Kit, Multicoloured

This is a semi-co-operative game for teams of 4+ (it can be played with less but it loses something when done this way - some scenarios will be difficult to 'win'.) The basic premises is the heroes explore a city one tile at a time and each revealed location has an effect. At some point a die roll will trigger the haunt (the betrayal) and one person will read the betrayal instructions and the remaining heroes will read the equivalent victory instructions. The betrayer will then play against the heroes for a few turns until the scenario resolves in one or the other's favour. There are 50 possible scenarios so there should be little overlap.There are some notable changes to the original Betrayal on the Hill game.1 - The setting is much better drawn and doesn't have the original's three levels. That said it isn't necessarily better for it. The haunted house theme had a better overall vibe and the three levels made for interesting options.2 - The starting of the Haunt has a better mechanic (guarantees more time to prepare whereas the original could start the haunt almost immediately in extreme cases).3 - The new special abilities of each character adds in extra options which is great but sometimes makes the heroes a bit over powered.4 - The clip on ability indicators (slide up or down as abilities are modified by events) are much better than the original (where our group abandoned them and recorded scores on paper as they kept falling off). Whether this has been fixed in later versions of the original I don't know.The game is beautiful and I can heartily recommend it. It does suffer from the originals problem in that they both have a huge amount of special tokens to handle the various haunt special rules. The box has no sensible place for these so you end up with a significant pile of loose tokens. If you have to make a choice between this and the original I would suggest getting the original as it has a slightly better feel even though the later has some mechanic improvements and is a more polished experience. Our group really enjoy both though so you shouldn't be disappointed in either.Overall a classic game.

I was very excited to get this as soon as it came out and I've not been disappointed. It is exciting to play this.The designers seem to have learned lessons and made the haunts more easily understandable - even better than in Betrayal at Baldur's Gate.I highly recommend you get this game - not least because I want to constantly talk about it so the more people who've played it, the less I have to worry about spoilers!

If you've played enough Betrayal that the same scenarios pop up again and again, or the games start feeling more and more identical, then get this: it adds a new floor; several new rooms; new items, events and omens, as well as 50 new scenarios. It also introduces Locks & Obstacles to the game, which hinders your progression. Moreover, it fixes a potential past issue, where it was easy to forget if people had taken advantage of the "once per game" rooms or not, by giving us a bunch of small character coins to mark such events.I like a good game, where a lot of the elements are randomized and a surprise - with the Widow's Walk expansion, the possibilities are so great in variety, you truly will never have the same game twice.

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.

We absolutely love this game. The first time we played it was a bit frustrating but the second and subsequent games have been very good fun. I would suggest having a good read through the rules before trying the game and all have a look at some of the online tutorials.The basic premise of the game is as a group you explore the house, discovering rooms as you play. Each time you discover a room with a haunt symbol you make a dice roll. This determines if the haunt starts and one of the group turns traitor.Each of the haunts is very different and makes the game very exciting. This is definitely one of the best games we have ever purchased.This game is great value for money as it offers a lot of varied gameplay. We’ve played it a lot and we are still being entertained. We have recommended this to friends, who went on to purchase this, and they love it too.