Had to pick between Mansions of Madness or Betrayal at House on the Hill for game night last Friday

I was setting up for a game night with 5 friends and couldn't decide which spooky game to run. Mansions of Madness takes forever to set up with the app and all the miniatures, but Betrayal can be kinda unfair if you get a bad haunt early. I went with Betrayal because I only had like 20 minutes before people showed up. The haunt triggered on the third turn and one guy got eliminated right away. He was bored for the next hour. Has anyone else had a game night go sideways because of a bad haunt roll?

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nancy4752mo ago

Oh man, that guy getting eliminated turn three sounds brutal.

the_patricia2mo ago

Ugh, that's the worst! @nancy475 beat me to it but yeah, getting eliminated that quick is basically a guaranteed way to kill the fun for that person. I've had the same thing happen with a haunt that just locked one player out of doing anything useful for the rest of the game. Honestly, Betrayal is great when the stars align but it's got way too much random chance for my taste. That's why I usually lean toward Mansions of Madness even with the setup time. At least everyone stays in the game the whole time and has stuff to do even if they're losing.

lilykelly1mo ago

Getting eliminated that quick is basically a guaranteed way to kill the fun" is so true, it's like the game decided you're not invited to the party anymore. I once got knocked out of a Betrayal haunt on turn two and just sat there scrolling my phone while everyone else had a blast. Mansions of Madness is definitely safer for my fragile gamer ego, at least I can pretend I'm contributing while I fail every sanity check.