Betrayal at House on the Hill (game)

## Betrayal at House on the Hill

### BGG link

*Betrayal at House on the Hill*, *Betrayal at House on the Hill 3rd ed.*, *Betrayal at Baldur's Gate*

### Designer

Bruce Glassco, Rob Daviau, Bill McQuillan, Mike Selinker, Teeuwynn Woodruff

### Episodes featured

Let's Play BETRAYAL AT HOUSE ON THE HILL, Let's Play BETRAYAL AT HOUSE ON THE HILL (3rd ed.)

**Betrayal at House on the Hill** is a game in which players explore an abandoned house, finding new rooms, fighting monsters and finding items. However, at one point, a player - or players - may turn on the others.

"*I am desperate to betray you all.*"
―Tom

## Description

This is a game all about exploration and exploitation. Players explore a haunted house with many rooms, encountering events, items and omens. If enough omens are gathered, they may trigger a haunt, in which a player may turn on the group and have their own objectives to fulfill.

Players begin with four stats - two physical, Might and Speed, and two mental, Knowledge and Sanity. If any drops to the skull after the haunt has begun, that player dies. The haunt is decided upon based on what the omen is and where it was found, with two books being included in the game: the Secrets for Survival, which the heroes read, and the Traitor's Tome, which only traitors may read. The game ends once either side's objective is complete.

 17 May 2022

## Significant Moments

### Let's Play BETRAYAL AT HOUSE ON THE HILL

* A spooky week special featuring the cast all dressed up, including Adam as Daphne from Scooby-Doo, Jon as a frat bro, and Rosie as the scariest child.
* Rosie, the small child with a creepy doll, turns out to be an actual clown and betrays the group! She tells funny and unfunny jokes and, keeping with the meta, Tom is the only one to die.

### Let's Play BETRAYAL AT HOUSE ON THE HILL (3rd ed.)

* In this one, the cast are invited here upon invitation, adding an extra layer to the haunt!
* In the end, Sullivan betrays them and the cast work towards ruining his dinner party. Poor Sullivan.

### 100k Subs NRB Charity Marathon For Mind!!!

* A special livestream episode! There are played 3rd ed. again, although it's a different haunt this time!
* This haunt features an absurd amount of cats, heralded by crazy-cat-lady Adam. Blair is shocked it isn't her.

### Let's Play BETRAYAL AT BALDUR'S GATE

* A Baldur's Gate special for Spooky Month 2023! Tilly actually voices in Baldur's Gate III, meaning there are a lot of jokes and teasers about it.
* Much of the humour comes from the characters themselves - Dom's wizard is Dhadius the Scarlet, or Dhaddy to his friends; Tilly's paladin is called 'Grim' Grusk Mugtug, featuring a lot of speculation as to what a mugtug may be referring to.
* Despite all of Tom's rounds ending in pain and him being 'desperate to betray you all', it is Jon, the famous D&D-hater, to betray the group.

## Versions Featured

### Betrayal at House on the Hill

***Betrayal at House on the Hill*** is the base game, featuring 50 different haunts to experience as well as a cast of horror-genre themed characters to play as. Haunts will be affected by the omen found, room it was found in, and potentially the characters involved.

### Betrayal at House on the Hill (3rd ed.)

***3rd ed.*** features 50 new haunts to experience, as well as other additional mechanics, one of which being a motive as to why the group is there, adding an additional layer to the haunt.

### Betrayal at Baldur's Gate

***Betrayal at Baldur's Gate*** uses the base mechanics but is set in the world of Baldur's Gate, using new characters and items inspired by Dungeons and Dragons, as well as new haunts.

## Trivia

* Betrayal at House on the Hill features on the *Top 10 Horror Games For Halloween* Collection Starter video.
* It also features in *Adam's Top 10 Board Games Of All Time* and *Luke Owen's 10 Favourite Board Games* Collection Starter videos.
* In the *Lying To Your Friends Is FUN - Social Deduction Games Explained* video in the Board Games Explained series, Laurie uses it as an example.