History TabletopGame / BetrayalAtHouseOnTheHill

* AdultFear: Depending on the haunt and the traitor, you either have children trapped in a mansion with murderers or people trapped in a mansion with murderous children.

''Betrayal at House on the Hill'' [[GrammarNazi (and yes, that's the actual title)]] is a unique {{Adventure Board Game|s}} published in 2004 by Creator/AvalonHill, with a second edition released in 2010. Three to six players take the roles of various character archetypes, such as a {{J|erkJock}}ock, a FinalGirl, a [[MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate Professor]], a FortuneTeller, a [[AmbiguousInnocence seemingly sweet little girl]] or a [[AmbiguousInnocence curious young boy]]... Each miniature has two different 'characters' attached to it, such as the Scientist doubling as a PreacherMan. Whatever their role, the cast find themselves trapped inside a haunted mansion and set out to explore.

* DiscOneNuke: Certain items pair ''very'' well with certain heroes if they're lucky enough to encounter them early. Give the Revolver (which allows attacks to be made with Speed instead of Might) to [[MeaningfulName Darren "Flash" Williams]] or the Ring (which does the same with Sanity-- [[FanNickname Sanity PUNCH!]]) to Father Rhinehart and watch the fun.

* BigCreepyCrawlies: One haunt involves giant citters.

* ParanoiaFuel: The original game's haunts almost always had a traitor, so players familiar with the original game won't be surprised that the prologue of ''Betrayal Legacy'' has one of the players turn out to be a traitorous witch. [[spoiler:Except that ''no one'' actually is a witch; everyone was just [[ParanoiaFuel driven insane]] by some evil influence.]]

* PlayingThePlayer: The original game's haunts almost always had a traitor, so players familiar with the original game won't be surprised that the prologue of ''Betrayal Legacy'' has one of the players turn out to be a traitorous witch. [[spoiler:Except that ''no one'' actually is a witch; everyone was just [[ParanoiaFuel driven insane]] by some evil influence.]]

** The Dark Dice item. It has an 8/9 chance of giving you something good and a 1/9 chance of reducing all your traits to critical. You can use the item on as many turns as you want until you hit that 1/9 possibility that also forces you to discard the item and that possibility isn't ''that'' likely to happen, so surely it wouldn't hurt to roll the Dark Dice just one more time...?

* OyrSlashersAreDufferent: Crimson Jack from the ''Stacked Like Cordwood'' scenario is a serial murderer with ResurrectiveImmortality. He also manipulates his IdenticalGrandson into [[LegacyCharacter taking up his mantle]] to keep the horror alive.

* OurVampiresAreDifferent: One of several possible scenarios.

** Averted in ''Betrayal at Mystery Mansion'' given the family-friendly nature. None of the Mystery Inc. gang ever turns traitor; they instead disappear in line with the shows just as the monster appears, or even stay in the game if an additional player takes on the role of the monster.

!! ''Betrayal at House on the Hill'' can contain examples of:

* TheSixStats: Simplified. {{Strength}} and {{constitution}} are combined into "Might", and {{intelligence}} and {{wisdom}} are combined into "Knowledge", while {{dexterity}} remains as it is with "Speed". You also have a SanityMeter instead of {{charisma}}.

* {{W|olfman}}erewolves: One of several possible scenarios.
* WickedWitch: One of several possible scenarios.
* ZombieApocalypse: One of several possible scenarios.

An expansion titled [[http://avalonhill.wizards.com/games/betrayal-at-house-on-the-hill/widows-walk-expansion Widow's Walk]] was released in October 2016. Additionally, spin-offs have been released, such as a ''Franchise/BaldursGate''-branded version entitled ''Betrayal at Baldur's Gate'' released in 2017, a Legacy version called ''Betrayal Legacy'' released in 2018 and a LighterAndSofter ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' version called ''Betrayal at Mystery Mansion'' to be released in 2020.

* BigCreepyCrawlies: One haunt involves giant bugs.
* {{Bizarrchitecture}}: The house can be this depending on the room tile placement.

* {{Bizarrchitecture}}: The house can be this depending on the room/tile placement.

An expansion titled [[http://avalonhill.wizards.com/games/betrayal-at-house-on-the-hill/widows-walk-expansion Widow's Walk]] was released in October 2016. Additionally, spin-offs have been released, such as a ''Franchise/BaldursGate''-branded version entitled ''Betrayal at Baldur's Gate'', a Legacy version called ''Betrayal Legacy'' and a LighterAndSofter ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' version called ''Betrayal at Mystery Mansion'' to be released in 2020.

An expansion titled [[http://avalonhill.wizards.com/games/betrayal-at-house-on-the-hill/widows-walk-expansion Widow's Walk]] was released in October 2016. Additionally, spin-offs have been released, such as a ''Franchise/BaldursGate''-branded version entitled ''Betrayal at Baldur's Gate'', a Legacy version called ''Betrayal Legacy'' and a LighterAndSofter ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' version called ''Betrayal at Mystery Mansion''.

An expansion titled [[http://avalonhill.wizards.com/games/betrayal-at-house-on-the-hill/widows-walk-expansion Widow's Walk]] was released in October 2016. Additionally, spin-offs have been released, such as a ''Franchise/BaldursGate''-branded version entitled ''Betrayal at Baldur's Gate'', a Legacy version called ''Betrayal Legacy'' and a ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' version called ''Betrayal at Mystery Mansion''.

* AirVentPassageway: ''Widow's Walk'' adds dumbwaiters to a few of the room tiles, letting you get to the floor landings right above or below you for an extra movement space.

An expansion titled [[http://avalonhill.wizards.com/games/betrayal-at-house-on-the-hill/widows-walk-expansion Widow's Walk]] was released in October 2016. Additionally, spin-offs have been released, such as a ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''-branded version entitled ''Betrayal at Baldur's Gate'', and a Legacy version called ''Betrayal Legacy''.

* RapidAging:
** One of the scenarios. The two children are often the sole survivors.