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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 |
almant
Great puzzle game inside a top-notch little box. Zero setup time, very interesting theme. Easy to learn but not always easy to beat with a variety of levels of difficulty.
AlexCast
First impressions (2 plays): I really enjoy the cleverness of the mechanics, but it feels a bit fiddly and a bit random too, to land in the same spot as the black lady - though there is logic to narrow down some options, location is always unsure, and depend on luck if she moves next (or stay) to the place you think she will. Perspectives: So it is a hidden movement game, and in essence that means that location is unsure, elusive. While I get that and find it a good mechanic for some games, in this one, it is necessary to intercept the black lady to make the game progress. That is, instead of needing to intercept once or few times, you have to do many times. And it feels a bit random to guess location/movement. Games such as Mind MNGT, have a narrow down progress to find the location of the hidden movement player. Here the progress in finding the location is less, because finding is part of the mechanic, not the goal. I still like the game, but it does reduce the willingness to play it. Pros: - Great production quality - Unique mechanism Cons: - High luck in intercepting the black lady - Somewhat fiddly with the card system
BigBoater
This is an astounding game. I'm so excited to get back into it. I'm a big solo board game player and I've never seen a mechanic like this. A solo deduction game that is also very engaging. Plus I really like the theme. Easy to learn: Yes Time to play: 45 Re-playable: Yes Recommend: If you love solo and are looking for something new or like deduction games... yes