Betrayal Third Edition expansion welcomes Santa with milk and murders

Horror game based on classic B-movie movies House on the Hill: Betrayal This fall, the game will get a new expansion with a holiday theme. Wynter’s TaleUnveiled on Thursday at the Gen Con convention for tabletop games, the game reinvents Santa Claus into a murderous, jolly old elf, with new miniatures and five themed haunts.

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“We did a lot of research into a lot of the old folklore of the holidays, different cultures and different communities all over the world that kind of infused their own storytelling [into the holiday season],” Chris Nadeau, senior director and product development lead at Avalon Hill, said in an interview with Polygon. “Then we made our own unique little spin on the holidays with the same idea of you’re going to be these playable characters that you can’t normally be in the core game.”

The core set includes characters from the following sets: Wynter’s TaleThe Elf is a mischievous, evil-looking elf who joins the fun. The Elf is a character with its own statistics and abilities. By placing the Elf on the playing board, players will be able to activate one of five haunts.

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“They have unique items and events that are very flavorful to the holidays,” Nadeau said, “and it gave us a chance to build a little bit of a kind of story around them [and]To make the players feel that they are having a great time. […] It’s a real good moment for them to kind of come away with, and it’s something that they’ll remember playing with their family and their friends.”

Hasbro worked with Ken Lashley as part of its creative process. His work includes Spider-Man and Batman comics, among others. Nadeau noted that it had been a pleasure for him to let the talented illustrator take the Santa Claus legend into new directions.

“[The comic]What is the intro to how you came to be at this house? What’s the backstory of these odd characters? Betrayal situation?” Nadeau said. “And that really drove some great storytelling in terms of what is the what is the power, the magic that we define as this elf that delivers presents through chimneys on Christmas Eve? How did he become? What is the source of his power? And what would happen if that power fell into the wrong hands?”

Betrayal at House on the Hill: Wynter’s PaleBoth the Hasbropulse website as well as Amazon will offer pre-orders starting on Thursday. It will cost $21.99 and be released in the autumn.