Reply: Betrayal Legacy:: General:: Re: New to "Betrayal" family advice for best taster scenario from the original

by albcann

mccrispy wrote:

albcann wrote:

gutteranthems wrote:

Yes and no. As an overall game and rule set, the original will give you the closest experience. However, the rules are fairly loosely written in the original which is a fairly widespread complaint that Legacy has tightened up.

On that front, you might just want to dive in with Legacy because it's a much better experience overall

I agree with Jason, Crispy ... dive right in. That'll be your best plan of action.

Spending £50 on a Legacy game "on the off chance" doesn't sound like a"best plan" to me! That's why I posed the question. I've never played, but I've heard/read quite a lot of commentary about wildly unbalanced scenarios, confusing situations that arise in some scenarios and a game that (to me) sounds a little less "robust" than I prefer. This gives the impression that it's less of a game and more of a scenario-driven experience (like playing a Murder Mystery dinner party). While that's ok in its place, I'm not sure that it's a framework on which to build a Legacy game. So my request was made in an effort to find an original scenario that is as robust as those in Legacy so that I can trial the system on my mate's 1e copy without being put off unnecessarily by an unrepresentative scenario.

I guess I misread your question and thought you were pretty much set on this game and wanted to get a taste of what it was before cracking open the Legacy version.

From what I understand, you and your group are pretty hard-core gamers. Betrayal Legacy is more light-hearted where a group enjoys the experience rather than the competitive strategic or tactical challenge. I am a pretty hard-core gamer and I like BL because I can play it with my wife and sons and it is fun, without being too deep and competitive.

And, as has been said ... the Legacy version tidies up some of the problems that came with the original Betrayal and Widow's Walk, plus provides lots of replayability when the legacy campaign is over.