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For more than four centuries scholars have argued over the identity of the mysterious Dark Lady of William Shakespeare’s sonnets. According to the sonnets, the Dark Lady seduced the poet and held him in an agonised thrall while also conducting an affair with the Fair Youth whom Shakespeare also loved.
In Black Sonata you will find yourself in Shakespeare’s London, circa 1600, in pursuit of the shadowy Lady. A specially ordered deck of cards determines her hidden movements from place to place. You must deduce her location and then intercept her to catch a glimpse and gain a clue to her identity. You will need several clues to deduce her identity, but with each clue gained the Lady becomes harder to track. Black Sonata combines hidden movement and logical deduction into a unique solitaire steeped in literary history.
Can you finally solve English literature’s greatest mystery? Or will the Dark Lady elude you, melting from your grasp like a curl of smoke and promises?
Ages | 12+ |
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Players | Solo |
Play Time | 30m |
Designer | John Kean |
Mechanics | Action Queue, Push Your Luck, Point to Point Movement |
Theme | Deduction, Print & Play, Renaissance |
Publisher | (Web published), GateOnGames, Melmac Games, Side Room Games, TGG Games, Treetato Studio |
benevempress
:thumbsup: [BGCOLOR=#FFFF33]Solo win condition:[/BGCOLOR]: [b]Deduce the identity of the Dark Lady.[/b] Solo only. Print the expansions too! Available on [bgcolor=#62ffff][b]TTS[/b][/bgcolor]. Recommended as a Relaxing, easy-to-play solo game for depression/anxiety times. For more than four centuries scholars have argued over the identity of the mysterious Dark Lady of William Shakespeare's sonnets. According to the sonnets, the Dark Lady seduced the poet and held him in an agonised thrall while also conducting an affair with the Fair Youth whom Shakespeare also loved. In Black Sonata you will find yourself in Shakespeare's London, circa 1600, in pursuit of the shadowy Lady. A specially ordered deck of cards determines her hidden movements from place to place. You must deduce her location and then intercept her to catch a glimpse and gain a clue to her identity. You will need several clues to deduce her identity, but with each clue gained the Lady becomes harder to track. Black Sonata combines hidden movement and logical deduction into a unique solitaire steeped in literary history. Can you finally solve English literature's greatest mystery? Or will the Dark Lady elude you, melting from your grasp like a curl of smoke and promises? Solo only. 30 min, 2.04. Deduction in old London. Have PnP but if I could get it (with the expansion) already printed, that would be great. Recommended as a Relaxing, easy-to-play solo game for depression/anxiety times.
Angelcollector
Solo deduction game, which I'm surprised, that it works. Depending on the starting point of the Dark Lady, it can be a bit frustrating to track her down and you can't play the game too often, otherwise you'll just remember stuff and then the game is broken. But otherwise a really nice game.
auberondreaming
Some of the most unique mechanics for a solo card game I have ever seen. Hidden movement, deduction and history. Actually is fun as a co-op as well!