AFFLICTION  Board Game
Salem 1692
 
Affliction is a historically accurate game about the Salem Witch Trials of 1692.  The hysteria over witches among the people of Salem swept the region like a disease in 1692. As is the case in any tragic event, there are those who will use the circumstances to their advantage. Under the veil of the witch-hunt lie other motivations; power, greed, revenge, and righteousness.
 
AFFLICTION is a game set in the hysteria of a witch-hunt. Use your influence to whisper in the ear of the magistrate, judge, governor or minister to protect some and have others arrested. Salem was a chance to gain property, exact revenge and prove one’s righteousness.
 
Players represent a faction within the town or village of Salem.
 
Influence is used to bring colonists into the faction, ask for protection, have the Magistrate arrest those you accuse, or to encourage Cotton Mather to spread suspicion.
 
Playing Time:  Approx. 60 minutes
Number Of Players: 2-4
Age: 13+