The Place: Kitch's House of Horrors
The Players: Simon, Kitch, Liz, Jack
Last Sunday, D&D was called off because of Laura and Vicky's singing commitments. Instead of wasting the evening, the rest of us chose to still meet as usual and play some board games. I was running late, and arrived at Kitch's house a little after 6, Completely unaware of the horrors that awaited me inside.
Once everyone was comfortable, Kitch pulled out the game for the evening. It was a new game to me, and relatively new to the rest of the group. Betrayal at House on the Hill, the box proclaimed. I was familiar with the game through hearing about it on podcasts and BBG, but had never played. We got through the rules fairly quicky and got straight into playing.
I chose the 12 year old kid as my character, and we got straight in to it. I led the way into the depths of the house, my flashlight drawing the attention of a friendly dog, who joined me. Liz found a pistol and tucked it into her pocket, and jack was nearly driven mad by the ghostly sight of three men hung up to a tree in the graveyard. Further in, I discovered a holy symbol. That made me feel a little better in this foreboding place. Kitch, who had been wondering around in the dark, fell down a whole and ended up in the basement. the others moved up stairs to the first floor. there i found an elevator that took me downstairs, just in time to see Kitch run screaming from what looked to be a lab, yelling about a burning man. I could see nothing however.
the haunt still hadnt gone off, but that all changed in the next turn. As i rescued a poor girl from a pentegram, jack entered a burnt out room. in the corner was a gibbering lunatic, pointing out the window. AS jack went to see what he was pointing at, the house shook violently. There was a lurch, and jack could see wings flapping as a great bird took the house in its claws and ripped it from its foundations!
There was a mad scramble then. We had all seen the pair of parachutes in the house somewhere. we all knew that that it was only a pair. fortunately i found a parachute downstairs, and kitch found his in the junk room. We both ran for the door. Kitch got out with no problems. I was just about to jump when liz came tearing down the stairs, screaming and blazing away with the pistol she found earlier. My canine companion saw her coming however, and threw himself in front of the bullets, allowing me to leap.. to the relative safety of what i could now see was a very old and tattered parachute...
I really enjoyed my first game. While we did mananged to get out, i loved that our safety was by no mean assured. cant wait for the next game!
The Players: Simon, Kitch, Liz, Jack
Last Sunday, D&D was called off because of Laura and Vicky's singing commitments. Instead of wasting the evening, the rest of us chose to still meet as usual and play some board games. I was running late, and arrived at Kitch's house a little after 6, Completely unaware of the horrors that awaited me inside.
Once everyone was comfortable, Kitch pulled out the game for the evening. It was a new game to me, and relatively new to the rest of the group. Betrayal at House on the Hill, the box proclaimed. I was familiar with the game through hearing about it on podcasts and BBG, but had never played. We got through the rules fairly quicky and got straight into playing.
I chose the 12 year old kid as my character, and we got straight in to it. I led the way into the depths of the house, my flashlight drawing the attention of a friendly dog, who joined me. Liz found a pistol and tucked it into her pocket, and jack was nearly driven mad by the ghostly sight of three men hung up to a tree in the graveyard. Further in, I discovered a holy symbol. That made me feel a little better in this foreboding place. Kitch, who had been wondering around in the dark, fell down a whole and ended up in the basement. the others moved up stairs to the first floor. there i found an elevator that took me downstairs, just in time to see Kitch run screaming from what looked to be a lab, yelling about a burning man. I could see nothing however.
the haunt still hadnt gone off, but that all changed in the next turn. As i rescued a poor girl from a pentegram, jack entered a burnt out room. in the corner was a gibbering lunatic, pointing out the window. AS jack went to see what he was pointing at, the house shook violently. There was a lurch, and jack could see wings flapping as a great bird took the house in its claws and ripped it from its foundations!
There was a mad scramble then. We had all seen the pair of parachutes in the house somewhere. we all knew that that it was only a pair. fortunately i found a parachute downstairs, and kitch found his in the junk room. We both ran for the door. Kitch got out with no problems. I was just about to jump when liz came tearing down the stairs, screaming and blazing away with the pistol she found earlier. My canine companion saw her coming however, and threw himself in front of the bullets, allowing me to leap.. to the relative safety of what i could now see was a very old and tattered parachute...
I really enjoyed my first game. While we did mananged to get out, i loved that our safety was by no mean assured. cant wait for the next game!