Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game
120m - 180m
1 - 5 Players
Ages 16+
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In Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game you are going to solve FIVE different cases and find out what connects them, you are going to BREAK THE 4th WALL by using every resource you can, you are going to browse the game’s DEDICATED DATABASE simulating your agency’s resources, you will enter a city maze of old mysteries and fresh CRIME, and you will be able to COOPERATE with other agents or solve the mystery on your own.
Take the job of a real detective in a modern setting! In Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game, 1-5 players take on the role of investigators, solving mysterious crimes while working as an Antares National Investigation Agency team members. This board game tell rich stories – stories you will participate in. Let’s hope that you will be able to deduce the end, before there is another crime… The game will challenge you with five different cases, that have to be played in order. Seemingly unconnected at first, they will unveil an immersive meta-plot based on facts and fiction alike.
Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game brings classic, card-based, puzzle-solving gameplay into the 21st century with the introduction of online elements. You will gain access to the online Antares database that contains data about suspects, witnesses, and documentation from arrests and trials related to your case. Use every tool at your disposal to solve these crimes – consult the Internet, check the facts and constantly discover new clues. You are not playing a detective; you ARE a detective!
Ages | 16+ |
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Players | Solo, 2 Players, 3 Players, 4 Players, 5 Players |
Play Time | 120m – 180m |
Designer | Jakub Łapot, Przemysław Rymer, Ignacy Trzewiczek |
Mechanics | Cooperative Play, Storytelling |
Theme | Deduction, Murder/Mystery |
Publisher | GaGa Games, Pendragon Game Studio, REXhry, IELLO, Maldito Games, Pegasus Spiele, Portal Games |
Arkeas
Well, it's from Portal so the rules are a complete mess as usual. The web app used to drive this is fairly interesting though it takes a little bit of poking around to really understand what's going on. The game works well but I found myself getting lost in the convoluted mess of the first few cases and generally stopped caring about what was happening. It's a neat experiment and the crime database was fun to play with but the tangled mess of threads in the story has me completely disinterested in continuing to play through it.
Airom
Feels like too much work. You should make good notes between plays or you will be lost. It gets worse with each scenario as you uncover more plot and more connections between events. Me and my wife didn't do this and we had problems with remembering who was who and what exactly happened last time we played. Maybe if we could play more frequently and avoid big gaps between cases, it would be better. Overall the game is good and the plot is interesting, but for me it is too big time and effort investment. I would rather play a few smaller, quicker games.
AnokaLibraryGames
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