Look, listen, deduce
The important thing is to read the table: who takes time to speak, who avoids a question, who accuses too soon. Tense and very chatty games.
A huge and very active community united by a passion for social deduction games, lies, and betrayal. Over 200 members, games every week, and themed events where no one knows who to trust… until it's too late.
In hidden role games, each player secretly receives a role —loyal, traitor, assassin, leader, spy…— and must use the information they have (or pretend to have) to win for their side. Some roles openly collaborate, others sabotage from within, and most don't know who to trust. The magic is at the table: what's important isn't the cards, but the conversations, the glances, the accusations, and the life-or-death votes. It's an ideal genre for large groups, perfect for meeting new people, and absolutely addictive when you start to see who lies well and who lies very poorly.
There's a hidden role game for every type of table: from the coldest deduction to the most theatrical role-playing.
The important thing is to read the table: who takes time to speak, who avoids a question, who accuses too soon. Tense and very chatty games.
Each turn reveals partial information. The good side has to cross-reference it; the bad side, to muddy it. Rewards attention and patience.
Here, those who dare to bluff win… and those who know when to believe the person opposite them. Lots of ego, lots of laughter.
Each player hides their role. Some know each other, others go completely blind. Betrayal is guaranteed.
Beyond the mechanics, what matters is interpreting. Accents, alibis, final monologues, and lots of overcome embarrassment.
Variants where a seemingly united team discovers it has moles within. Cooperation turns into paranoia.
A Murder Mystery is an evening where each participant embodies a character with their own story, motives, and secrets. One of them is the murderer and the rest must discover them through interrogations, clues, and a lot of role-playing. At KLEFF, we organize them regularly, with our own scripts or licensed materials.
Every quarter we organize the Hidden Roles Fest: an entire day dedicated to hidden role games. Tables of the great classics, lightning games, social deduction, special murder mysteries, and themed Blood on the Clocktower games. The festival of the genre.
A selection of the 8 highest-rated hidden role games on BoardGameGeek. You'll find many more at the venue.
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