Some of the best game nights end with someone refusing to speak to you after a particularly cruel betrayal. The Council of Anderian is built squarely for those evenings. It's a strategy game of intrigue, negotiation and roleplay for three to six players, each leading a Great House jostling for the crown, and it's crowdfunding on Gamefound now.
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Set up your group for freeEvery House comes with its own asymmetric powers, so no two players are working from the same toolkit. You forge alliances, betray your rivals and make sharp political decisions to steer the fate of the realm. The catch baked into the pitch will be familiar to anyone who loves this genre: you may need allies to win, but trust is never guaranteed. Expect deals struck in hushed voices and broken the moment they stop being useful.
Games like this live on the conversation around the table rather than the bits on it. With a full house of six schemers and a play time of roughly two hours, there's room for the kind of long con that pays off spectacularly, or blows up in your face. It's the sort of evening that makes a group's stories for months.
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See how it worksIt's an independent campaign from a new creator rather than a big-name studio, which is exactly where this genre often throws up its sharpest surprises. If you've worn out your copies of the usual table-talk classics and want something fresh to point your scheming friends at, the Gamefound page is worth a browse while the campaign is live. Just make sure you've got the right group for it first, ideally one that can take a betrayal in good humour.
Sources: The Council of Anderian on Gamefound
