Chronicles of Crime
Chronicles of Crime is a cooperative game of criminal investigation mixing board game, an app and a touch of Virtual Reality. You and your team will be put on crime cases, moving all around town, interviewing suspects or witnesses, and searching for clues in 3D scenes!
The base game comes with 6 scenarios (1 tutorial + 5 investigations) for a total of 6 to 8 hours of gameplay. More scenarios will be released later!
60m - 90m
1 - 4 Players
Ages 14+
AbyssinianSon
An amazing game experience that is truly one of a kind. Works great with any caliber of player as well. My only knock against this game is that I have no interest in replaying any mission once I have solved it. There are several expansions available and this can give the game system a longer lifespan but keep in mind you'd be adding funds to make that so. So if you are okay with paying for a game like pandemic legacy or an escape room game, this is at least allows for you to pass on the game.
AlexFS
I was a bit underwhelmed by the game, which shows nevertheless promise. Also the customization possibilities are huge, as a RPG game master I feel very tempted about writing a custom scenario. The big plus for this game is that Jo loved it and as kept requesting it. Since I don't own it, I'll try to borrow it again. I also tried the Redview expansion, and was a bit perplexed. The game play seemed clunky, but I appreciate that they try different things with the system. I would really like to try the noir expansion.
-Morphling-
My wife and I love the concept of this game but for us, the execution falls short. There are too many dead ends where you're just grasping at straws with no leads. You spend so much time questioning random people until you find the one that might give you a clue and then it seems like you're right back at square one. When you eventually manage to progress the case, it often feels like you've stumbled through randomly rather than through using deduction. Each investigation is mainly on rails and if you try to deviate from one of the few tracks, it won't let you continue unless you question the right people in the right order. And in the final stage of the game, you just guess the who, what, and why with a lot of conjecture and hearsay rather than with definitive evidence. It doesn't make you feel like a detective at all as all of our "evidence" would make for a very flimsy court case. We somehow won both times we played... and it wasn't satisfying. I would play more, but it was so frustrating the first two times that I feel like I don't want to waste any more time with it. We tried 2 player and 3 player and I honestly think solo might be best. Often times the person with the phone is the only one who's actually doing anything while the other players are just observing, particularly when there are no leads (which is most of the game). We also didn't like the crime scene investigation using the app. The graphics weren't crisp enough to make out what certain objects were supposed to be so we missed a lot of clues. I would say that maybe we aren't great at detective/deduction games, but we did alright with Sherlock Holmes and that game is known for being difficult. Anyway, this game has rave reviews (and the app integration is a clever idea), so maybe the problem is just that it isn't for us.