There is an expansion coming out soon for Betrayal at House on the Hill. Even though it hasn�t come out yet I feel the need to talk about it. Because I love this game! (my review)
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I am excited that the house will finally be getting a bathroom, as well as other rooms. I feel that more rooms with help with the variety of the beginning exploration phase. As I have yet to go through the 50 original haunts, and only once repeating a haunt, I feel like more haunts weren�t totally necessary. I�m not complaining here, extra haunts does significantly increase the replay value.
I�m not overly interested in most of the new tokens as keeping track of who has used which room ability is relatively easy for me to do. So this isn�t a selling feature for me.
The new cards are a big selling feature for me. I find that the events and items are what make the beginning exploration phase of the game more interesting. I feel like a greater of variety in the events and items available would make the start of the game feel fresher each time. I think if there is another expansion a simple deck of items and events would be an ideal option for players on a budget; and players who would buy both expansions. I don�t think a card expansion needs new omens because they would need to coincide with haunts. I feel like creating omens would be better suited for a full expansion with newer haunts, and new rooms, etc. If I were to do that big of an expansion I might include a tunnel to a guest house (which would be one floor.) Maybe a garage or carriage house or stables.
I would have liked to see new characters introduced. Balance for some scenarios could be thrown off with too many players but some people don�t want to play the same characters every time. A nod to some horror movies would be easy to do with these characters. A licensed Scoobie Doo pack could bring in some new players by giving a rationale for going into the haunted house. Since each card is two characters a �hitchhiker� type could double with Shaggy, in case players don�t want to play as the same characters. The dog could be one side like Scoobie, the other a more typical dog.
Although a Stranger Things expansion may be more topical (and easier to license)
Anyway, I�m definitely buying the Widow�s Walk expansion when I get the chance.
Until next time, I will be working on expansions to my blog.
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