Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
How it plays
How does it play?
It's board game night! Players are dealt roles and have the entire night to complete their secret objective.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
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It's board game night! Players are dealt roles and have the entire night to complete their secret objective. By the end of the night, the truth will come out. Pretense is a game night social metagame, essentially a game that you play DURING other games. You have a secret role and a secret objective, and if you accomplish it, you gain a point AND you steal someone's role. With that role you can try to gain more points and more roles. The game plays from 2-12 and is great on a good-sized game night with about 5-6 people.