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Pretense

Pretense 2015

Design Jason Tagmire Art Fabrice Weiss Publisher Alderac Entertainment Group
5.6 /10
BGG rating
#23877
BGG rank
1.1
Weight
2–12
Players
6
Best at
60–360
Minutes
7
Age
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Pretense: Bonus Roles 2015 Pretense: The Champ & Sore Loser 2015 Pretense: The Geek Promo 2015 promo

About the Game

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.

Filed Under

Categories
Bluffing Card Game Deduction Party Game Print & Play Real-time
Mechanics
Player Elimination Role Playing Variable Player Powers
Family
Pretense
BGG ratings
341 · geek rating 5.51
BGG data
refreshed Sep 7, 2026

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