
- BGG rank
- BGG #716
- BGG rating
- 7.9
Blood Bowl: Living Rulebook
- 2 players
- 120 min
- Complexity 3.2/5
- 2004

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Apistocracy: Masquerade is an expansion for Apistocracy released in 2025 for 2–4 players. It was designed by Heather L Dixon.
The Masquerade expansion adds a masquerade ball to the ballroom during the third week of the Season Phase. In order to attend you have to collect a mask on the Hive Board. They are clear tokens that you may set on your Player Mat character. There are clear cards that overlay the Ton and L&C cards in the ballroom during the third week. They mask the people on the cards and they provide both a wild crest and allow you to select the influence of your choice to gain on your influence track. Additionally, the expansion adds a a new card to the L&C deck with a masquerade specific end game scoring goal. description from kickstarter campaign
Apistocracy: Masquerade supports 2–4 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.
Apistocracy: Masquerade belongs to these categories: Expansion for Base-game. Categories describe the theme, setting and style of a game rather than its rules. Filter the catalogue by the same category to find similar games when you enjoyed Apistocracy: Masquerade and want something comparable for your next game night.
The credited designers of Apistocracy: Masquerade are: Heather L Dixon. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists Apistocracy: Masquerade as an expansion for Apistocracy. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Apistocracy to use it. Check that your edition of Apistocracy is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.