I might have a problem.
In fairness, I didn't buy this one - a friend actually bought a legacy game for a change. I have heard nothing but rave reviews for Betrayal: Legacy thus far, but was always a little bleh on the base game, so I'm coming into this campaign with solidly average expectations.
Last Thursday, we played the prologue game. To that end, very little has happened thus far. But I'll briefly discuss the things that have.
SPOILER WARNING.
I love the conceit of playing the same family over generations. We all had a lot of fun coming up with family and character names. Let's see if I can remember all the ones we made on Thursday.
Danielle: Millicent Enya
Dave: Godbewiye Martel
Wells: ??? Belmont
Kader: Roger Stone
Amanda: Laura ???
Those question marks will need to be filled in at a later date. Kader was able to pretty handily win, getting a critical kill on Laura, picking up her pistol, and then gunning us all down. I love that there was no witch the entire time and the game turning all the players on each other. It was a perfect reveal and I think we all faced the prospect that even if we suspected we were being played, the optimal move was to turn on each other - otherwise you would just die. I'm really intrigued by the idea of family heirloom items and am curious to see where it goes. Thank god the weapons are not eligible for this though. Finally, I'm really curious to see how the ghosts work out, and interested to see where people most often die in the house. I wish the game had been more up front about noting we didn't need to find stairs to the basement in this version of the game, but c'est la vie, we figured it out I suppose. Next game we get to go back to the house and fight a now aged Roger Stone :D
In sum, thus far I'm very intrigued to see where this game goes next. I really didn't think Betrayal would lend itself to a Legacy format, but so far it has piqued my interest and I can't wait for the next game.
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