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The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era

Create a race-and-class combination, develop a dice-driven skill build, and pursue guild quests across Tamriel in three connected sessions. Province maps, tactical delves, branching gazetteers, and a climactic threat turn every campaign into a distinct Elder Scrolls story.

Thematic Games Adventure Cooperative Game Role Playing Dice Rolling

Players

1-4

Play time

120-240 min

Age

14+

Complexity

4.08/5

Rating

8.91

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy
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Overview

At a glance

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 1.8/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.8/5

High replayability

Interaction 4.1/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.1/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.7/5

Deep strategy

Player control 4.3/5

More strategic control

Setup time About 20 min
Teach time About 45 min
Table footprint Large
Campaign commitment About 3 sessions
Recommended edition The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era – English edition (2025)
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How it plays

How does it play?

Build an adventurer and cross Tamriel in a three-session cooperative campaign.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Cooperative Game

Players coordinate their actions toward a shared objective and win or lose together.
Dice Rolling

Roll dice to introduce uncertainty into actions, production, movement, or resolution.
Role Playing

Make decisions or communicate from the perspective of an assigned character.
Modular Board

Build the play area from interchangeable sections that vary between games.
Die Icon Resolution

Interpret rolled icons to determine which actions or effects occur.
Hexagon Grid

Use a hexagonal map where each space connects evenly in six directions.
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Upgrade your character and gear up to explore the many regions of Tamriel.

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Type

1
Thematic Games

Category

5
Adventure Dice Exploration Fantasy Video Game Theme

Mechanism

6
Cooperative Game Dice Rolling Die Icon Resolution Hexagon Grid Modular Board Role Playing

Family

4
Category: DIZED Tutorial Crowdfunding: Gamefound Players: Games with Solitaire Rules Video Game Theme: The Elder Scrolls

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Editions

Language and publisher variants currently recorded in the catalog.

Edition Year Language Publisher / Region
The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era – Chinese edition (2025) 2025 Chinese Rawstone
The Elder Scrolls: Zrada v druhém věku – Czech edition (2026) 2026 Czech Chip Theory Games, Fox in the Box
The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era – English edition (2025) 2025 English Chip Theory Games / US
The Elder Scrolls: La trahison de la seconde ère – French edition (2026) 2026 French Chip Theory Games, Lucky Duck Games
The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era – German edition (2025) 2025 German Frosted Games
The Elder Scrolls: A Másodkor árulása – Hungarian edition (2026) 2026 Hungarian A-Z kiadó, Chip Theory Games
The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era – Italian edition (2026) 2026 Italian Pendragon Game Studio
엘더 스크롤: 두 번째 시대의 배신 – Korean edition (2026) 2026 Korean Dice Realm

Game and edition data

All specifications (26)

Play and group

Players
1–4
Play time
120–240 min
Age
14+
Complexity
4.1/5
App
None app Source
Player elimination
No Source
Downtime
Moderate Source

Practicalities

Setup time
About 20 min Source
Teach time
About 45 min Source
Teardown time
About 20 min Source
Table footprint
Large Source

Campaign and continuity

Campaign commitment
About 3 sessions Source
Resettable
Fully Resettable Source
Save system
Record character progression and the campaign state between the three connected sessions. Source
Consumable components
Campaign journal sheets are writable; ordinary paper or a digital note can replace them. Core components are reusable. Source

Edition and product

Optional extras
Optional province, class, skill-line, and component-upgrade expansions can be mixed into later campaigns. Source
Recommended edition
The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era – English edition (2025) Source
Language
English
Region
US
Availability
Current
Edition type
Standard Source
Current edition
Yes Source
Box weight
10433 g Source
Box dimensions
41.0 × 41.0 × 15.0 cm Source
Consumable components
Campaign Journal Pad; Replaceable With Ordinary Paper Or The Official Downloadable Journal. Source
Compatibility
Base Game Required For Betrayal Of The Second Era Province And Content Expansions. Source
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

6
Josh J. Carlson Michael Gernes Logan Giannini Ryan Howard Salem Scott Josh Wielgus

Artists

4
Chris Beck Yoann Boissonnet Anthony LeTourneau Federico Pompili

Publishers

6
Chip Theory Games A-Z kiadó Dice Realm Ediciones MasQueOca Fox in the Box Frosted Games

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