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2017 Ranked #1,287

Betrayal At Baldur's Gate

Exploration horror game where adventurers map Baldur's Gate together until one or more turns against the party. The sudden haunt changes cooperation into survival, making the early search for tools and knowledge matter in unexpected ways.

Thematic Games Adventure Exploration Map Addition Modular Board

Players

3-6

Play time

Not listed

Age

12+

Complexity

2.58/5

Rating

7.09

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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Description from the publisher: The shadow of Bhaal has come over Baldur's Gate, summoning monsters and other horrors from the darkness!

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Description from the publisher: The shadow of Bhaal has come over Baldur's Gate, summoning monsters and other horrors from the darkness! As you build and explore the iconic city's dark alleys and deadly catacombs, you must work with your fellow adventurers to survive the terrors ahead. That is, until some horrific evil turns one — or possibly more — of you against each other. Was it a mind flayer's psionic blast or the whisperings of a deranged ghost that caused your allies to turn traitor? You have no choice but to keep your enemies close! Based on the award-winning Betrayal at House on the Hill board game, in Betrayal at Baldur's Gate you'll return to Baldur's Gate again and again thanks to the fifty included scenarios only to discover it's never the same game twice. Can you and your party survive the madness, or will you succumb to the mayhem and split (or slaughter!) the party? Of the 50 scenarios, some end up being purely cooperative, with all the players winning or losing together. But the normal mode is that it becomes one-vs-many.

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Play and group

Players
3–6
Best with
3–6
Play time
60 min
Age
12+
Complexity
2.6/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

2
Chris Dupuis Mike Mearls

Artists

4
Aaron Hübrich Tyler Jacobson Scott Okumura Emi Tanji

Publishers

2
Avalon Hill Wizards of the Coast

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