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Black Sonata KS
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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+ |
|---|---|
| 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
[BGCOLOR=#FFFF33]Solo win condition:[/BGCOLOR]: [b]Deduce the identity of the Dark Lady.[/b] Solo only. Print the expansions too! 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.
agilmor
I'm in shock with this game! The game design, art and gameplay are so good and so creative! It's so different that it's hard to understand how it was desgined.. a master piece! I'm quite good at logic but my memory is awful, so I guess that I would be able to play it many times and probably lose most of them.. unless I cheat a bit, like we all do when playing solitare.. right? ;-) Anyway, to me this is THE example to show that boardgames are more than just toys and they are also part of the human culture. Thanks John! (I don't give it a 10 because I think that icons in the map should be visible even when you have any piece in the location.. it's a bit annoying when you have to move a bit your pieces to checkout the location icons.)
Arkeas
Interesting to see hidden movement and deduction being done in a solo game and they work fairly well. The game itself is fairly simple but lacks the tension that comes from competing against another player. Sold.