The combination we never even knew we needed.
Impostor games are so hot right now. Or, actually, they were hot a few years ago, and still are – despite hitting viral success during last year’s pandemic, Among Us actually came out in 2018, and Gnosia – which launches on Switch today – was originally released on the PlayStation Vita in 2019. Likewise, similar board games like Mafia and Werewolf have been around since at least the ’80s, but have more recently received official game variants and inspired spinoffs like Secret Hitler.
In an impostor game, the stakes are simple, but high: at least one of your party is an alien/werewolf/assassin/Hitler, and the rest of the group has to figure out who they are before they are all killed or sabotaged in some way. Despite the simplicity of the setup, the game itself is anything but, as players must negotiate, lie, accuse each other, and generally use all the tools in their human psychology toolbox to get out of trouble and find the culprit.
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