You have to be strategic enough to know what card your teammate is holding without verbally communicating.

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Ghost Stories has beautiful components, especially those ghost cards. Each card is richly-detailed and they blend very well with the player boards and the village tiles. Those monk figures look fantastic, too! Just about everyone in my group thinks that Ghost Stories has some of the best board game art. It's fast and chaotic, and invites playing over and over again. Beginners can play without the timer, to make it easier to learn the game without the time pressure.There 50 unique scenarios in the game. We’ve had to burn a magic book before the traitor got their hands on it, disarm traps placed all around the house and even escape before the traitor alien flies the house into another dimension! Why Betrayal at House on the Hill is a perfect board game for Halloween

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There are eight characters to choose from compared to only four in Ghost Stories. Sure, it’s the same number of abilities (the priests’ boards in Ghost Stories are doubled-sided), but I think it’s great that each hero has their own unique special ability and miniature, and I like that there are four male and four female heroes. In Betrayal at House on the Hill, every player, including the traitor, has their own victory goals. If anyone reaches their goals, the game is over, and if any player reaches zero on any of their ‘life energy’ levels, they die. The last ‘living’ player wins unless the traitor gets them first.I like cooperative games a lot. I believe this is the first one I’ve reviewed for Board Game Quest. Coop games usually have some interesting mechanics that help differentiate themselves from other games. They have to, since the only thing opposing the human players is the game itself. The only complaint about it is the card quality—the game is great, but the cards are flimsy and weak. The players, using teamwork, will have to exorcise the ghosts that appear during the course of the game. At the beginning of his turn, a player brings a ghost into play and places it on a free spot, and more than one can come in at the same time.

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In Villainous players become one of six Disney villains – Jafar, Queen of Hearts, Prince John, Ursula, Maleficent or Captain Hook. Each character has their own special board, miniature and cards that are themed around that character and their movie. That said, having won twice in eight plays (albeit at the easiest setting), surely this is easier than Ghost Stories, a game I never won? Ask a villager for help. All of the village tiles give you benefits, such as removing ghosts and moving ghosts around to better positions. We recommend this game if you’re tired of adventure and horror games. Instead, Hanabi is a game of deduction skills and memory retention.The manufacturer recommends having a maximum of four players (two per team) to enjoy the game at its finest. When the game begins, everyone has 10 minutes to find a werewolf amongst the villagers. At the end of the 10 minutes, everyone points to the person they think is a werewolf. The person who got the most votes reveals their card! If they are a werewolf, villagers win!

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The relatively short game length makes Ghost Stories a great fit for any type of board game night. It’s also excellent for anyone who loves a highly energetic game that seems to just fly by, rather than creep along. The game offers three paths to victory: capture your opponent's capital, attain a scientific monopoly, or gather the most victory points. I haven’t spoken about the Call to Arms tokens yet. Every player starts the game with one Call to Arms token, these tokens can allow a player to use a tile action even if they are not on that tile and even if there is a skull token there as well. Players can use them at any time on their turn, but not in the middle of an action, and if you have more than one Call to Arms token, you can use them all if you want, you are not limited to one per turn.What we love about cooperative board games is that they are fun and engaging for everyone, and there isn't a bad game on this list.