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Dorothy Munford, the owner of the publishing emporium named after herself, organizes the annual family reunion in the hotel that’s been hosting it for years and that has earned her trust.
Her daughter, her son and his wife, her new boyfriend, and her first husband attend the meeting. Mrs. Munford wants to use the gathering to meet her lawyer and change her will. The young man brings the documents that both Dorothy and her right hand at the company must sign; the latter, as a witness.
Instacrime is a cooperative game system which introduces you to a mystery that needs to be solved by a group of detectives. Each player must describe the contents of their photographs in order to share the information at their disposal with the objective of setting out a joint theory that explains the case.
Each case is unique and unrepeatable, and therefore, it can only be played once.
But don’t worry! If you want to make the most of it, let a group of friends play it and have fun listening to their theories.
—description from the publisher
Ages | 10+ |
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Players | 2 Players, 3 Players, 4 Players, 5 Players, 6 Players |
Play Time | 40m – 60m |
Designer | Francisco Gallego Arredondo |
Mechanics | Cooperative Game |
Theme | Deduction |
Publisher | ABACUSSPIELE, GDM Games, MTS Games |
punkin312
This game would be rated much higher if it actually had some sort of scoring at the end (like in The Sherlock Files: Elementary Entries). It is still rated highly because it is innovative in the best possible way, with photographs. I always want actual photographs in games where they are being used and this is just so clever. Loved this, just needed a better ending.
HilkMAN
Well. We were entertained with this for nearly three hours. The problem was that we followed plenty of theories about what happened, which were later not even discussed in the solution. The main question that we spent at least one hour on wasn't even mentioned in the end. Bizarre. Many minor hints were just there to distract the players, but that seemed unmotivated. The times on the watches were sometimes not clear in the photos, but that wasn't too much of a problem. The problem was that too much had to be assumed for which there was no real proof or even hint. And one guy's hair was entirely misleading, so our story was going in an entirely different direction (still cool, too). In the end, the official story was one among many that could be construed out of all the images. To even award points here seems weird. One error and one utter strangeness were also in the case (no spoilers here) In the end, we had a good evening, but the solution was lame. Not sure about other cases, they might be better. The concept could definitely work well.
judasxiii
Parecido a la serie Sherlock, pero este se siente muy original gracias al formato, componentes, y que son composiciones fotográficas en lugar de dibujos.