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2015 · 2-12 players · 360min · weight 1.07 · 340 ratings
v2 —v3 —v4 wide —v4 deep —
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ID
172557
Name
Pretense
Year
2015
Rank
22717
Min players
2
Max players
12
Playing time
360
Min playtime
60
Max playtime
360
Avg weight
1.0714
Num weights
14
Bayes avg
5.50959
Average
5.61351
Users rated
340
Num owned
1427
Wanting
10
Wishing
103
Num comments
137
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:35:01 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (3)
Player EliminationRole PlayingVariable Player Powers
Categories (6)
BluffingCard GameDeductionParty GamePrint & PlayReal-time
Description (527 chars)
It's board game night! Players are dealt roles and have the entire night to complete their secret objective. By the end of the night, the truth will come out. Pretense is a game night social metagame, essentially a game that you play DURING other games. You have a secret role and a secret objective, and if you accomplish it, you gain a point AND you steal someone's role. With that role you can try to gain more points and more roles. The game plays from 2-12 and is great on a good-sized game night with about 5-6 people.
LLM v2 (wide)
Not yet enriched at v2 (wide pass).
LLM v3 (deep)
Not yet enriched at v3 (deep pass).
LLM v4 wide (controlled-vocab primitives)
Not yet enriched at v4 (wide pass).
LLM v4 deep (archetype fit)
Not in the v4 deep-pass top-20% slice.