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Deal with the Devil Board Game
Deal with the Devil Board Game
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About this product
Build a medieval kingdom, make secret deals, and decide how much your soul is worth.
A dramatic 4-player hidden-role eurogame for strategy gamers who enjoy secrecy, negotiation, and big consequences.
Deal with the Devil is a 4-player fantasy medieval strategy board game where hidden roles, blind trading, city building, debt, reputation, and the Inquisition shape every decision.
Product Description
Deal with the Devil is a deeply thematic 4-player eurogame where each ruler builds a medieval kingdom while hiding their true role. Trade in secret, manage resources, build powerful cards, protect your reputation, and decide whether wealth today is worth suspicion tomorrow.
Why you’ll love it
- Exactly 4 players creates a tight hidden-role strategy experience with no loose seats.
- Three secret role types: mortals, a cultist, and the Devil all play toward points in different ways.
- Blind trading through the app keeps deals secret, tense, and full of table talk.
- City-building eurogame strategy with resources, buildings, events, achievements, production, and debt.
- Every choice has consequences as power, wealth, reputation, loans, and suspicion all connect.
- Witch Hunt and Inquisition phases add pressure as players try to expose who has made dangerous bargains.
- Great for experienced gamers who enjoy deduction, negotiation, asymmetry, and clever long-term planning.
- From Matúš Kotry, designer of Alchemists.
Quick Details
- Product type: Standalone board game
- Players: 4 players only
- Recommended age: 14+
- Play time: Around 120 minutes
- Difficulty: Hard
- Theme: Fantasy medieval kingdoms, hidden roles, secret deals, city building, Inquisition
- Game style: Competitive eurogame / hidden-role strategy / negotiation game
- Designer: Matúš Kotry
- Publisher: Czech Games Edition
- App required: Yes, companion app used for hidden roles and secret deals
- Expansion available: Not provided
Good to Know
- Designed for exactly 4 players.
- Best suited for experienced strategy gamers, not quick casual play.
- Uses a free companion app to manage hidden roles and secret trading.
- Each player builds a medieval kingdom while hiding whether they are a mortal, cultist, or the Devil.
- Gameplay includes production, building cards, secret deals, action planning, interest, reputation, Witch Hunts, and Inquisition phases.
- Players can take loans, buy resources, trade secretly, and build cards to gain points.
- Hidden-role deduction matters because players must watch who is gaining wealth too quickly or acting suspiciously.
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Learning Deal with the Devil? Use the Deal with the Devil official player aid for a quick reminder of the round structure, secret deal steps, Witch Hunt phase, Inquisition phase, and role-based starting chest details.The player aid is useful during play because it summarises key phases like Production, Cards, Deals, Actions, Interest, Reputation, Witch Hunt, and Inquisition
Care & Maintenance
Store cards, tokens, chests, screens, boards, and player pieces neatly after play.
Keep the secret chests and player screens in good condition because they are important for hidden information during the game.