Betrayal at House on the Hill: Upgrade Kit

Excellent price to upgrade the game

Really appreciate the update to the characters. I still have my originals that I had to rig to get to work.

For those of us who love “Betrayal…” this is a lovely upgrade. The character cards have terrific pictures that increase player connection with their characters and the hit point wheels are a nice enhancement too. The green swirl dice are lovely too.

The dice look more thematic and are an upgrade over the original in that way, but now I have two sets of dice, which is very nice (I do love having extra dice for my games). I am sure they are still just as unlucky for whomever is rolling them. The new character cards with dials are nice, with the only downside being that you can no longer easily see how many of each number you have for each trait (and how close to death you are) at an easy glance. But a definite upgrade over the clips.

Really excellent upgrade! Well worth the price, so you're not putting wear and tear on the standard character cards with plastic sliders...

That’s what you get with this upgrade kit. The Character cards have much better art on them than the originals. Also, the game exchanged the black clips you use to track health and sanity for wheels that spin and keep score which is a great improvement...no clips accidentally falling off during game play or crimping too tightly and abrading the player cards. Just remember which way to spin the wheels to raise/lower your scores, and be careful when you do it because they sometimes stick. The other part of the upgrade kit is the dice. The kits exchange the 8 original white and black dice for more thematic green and yellow ones. In my personal opinion, despite not really needing 8 more dice, I do consider them a nice upgrade. If anything, it means less passing dice around the table for players to make their roles. All in all, while not necessary to own, the upgrade kit offered enough for me to justify buying it. 7/10