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Hidden Roles

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Median complexity
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0–5
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bayes
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weight-controlled

Definition

From BoardGameGeek

In games with hidden roles, one or more players are assigned differing roles that are not publicly revealed.

Top games using this mechanism

By BGG bayes rating, top 50.

GameYearRatingWtTime
Nemesis#2520187.953.5180m
Blood on the Clocktower#6820227.713.0120m
Lords of Waterdeep#10720127.582.4120m
Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game#12620087.533.3180m
Legendary Encounters: An Alien Deck Building Game#19720147.372.760m
The Resistance: Avalon#23620127.301.730m
Secret Hitler#26420167.251.745m
Deception: Murder in Hong Kong#28920147.221.620m
The Resistance#45420097.041.630m
Nemesis: Retaliation#57720256.943.7180m
Discworld: Ankh-Morpork#64920116.872.260m
One Night Ultimate Werewolf#67820146.861.410m
Coup#71520126.831.415m
A Fake Artist Goes to New York#75420116.801.120m
One Night Ultimate Werewolf: Daybreak#80920156.761.410m
BANG! The Dice Game#87620136.721.315m
Werewords#100120176.651.210m
Tempel des Schreckens#120020166.551.115m
Two Rooms and a Boom#120720136.541.520m
A Study in Emerald#123920136.533.590m
Insider#126320166.521.115m
Werewords Deluxe Edition#127820186.521.310m
When I Dream#132520166.501.240m
Shadow Hunters#132920056.501.860m
Escape from the Aliens in Outer Space#143120106.462.045m
The Werewolves of Miller's Hollow#152120016.421.330m
Saboteur#153520046.411.330m
Nanty Narking#154020196.412.360m
New Angeles#159720166.393.2240m
Ultimate Werewolf: Ultimate Edition#164720086.381.590m
Salem 1692#172120156.342.135m
Mascarade#177320136.331.530m
BANG!#179220026.321.640m
Tortuga 1667#180920176.312.040m
Time Bomb#201320166.251.130m
Clans#204420026.252.030m
A Study in Emerald (Second Edition)#206120156.242.960m
The Thing: Infection at Outpost 31#228820176.192.3120m
The Chameleon#233020176.171.115m
Mafia de Cuba#241320156.151.520m
Human Punishment: Social Deduction 2.0#251420186.132.690m
Heimlich & Co.#260319846.111.530m
Good Cop Bad Cop#267120146.091.320m
Werewolf#276019866.081.460m
One Night Ultimate Vampire#294320166.041.610m
One Night Ultimate Alien#311320176.011.910m
Linq#356720045.941.445m
Hail Hydra#420020185.861.975m
The Werewolves of Miller's Hollow: The Village#423820095.851.730m
Nosferatu#481820135.801.420m

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