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Mystery Party

Meurtre sur le Nil

Collection Mystery Party is planned as a series of crime games similar to other such games in the genre, for instance those offered by Krimi total. You need exactly eight players, each embodying a character in direct or indirect relation to the current crime. Each player has information on his own character and his relations to the victim and other characters. Clues are given in four "acts" in which each player asks and answers questions and tries to unmask the culprit.

Meurtre sur le Nil is the first game in the series and takes places in a 1937 setting on a ship on the Nile, probably intended as a homage to Agatha Christie and her "Death on the Nile".

The "Soubek" is sailing to Assuan and Robert Hastings is shot on board. The suspects doubling as detectives to solve the mystery are Captain Smith, Captain of the Ship - Rose Hastings, the young wife of the victim - Eliot Hastings, son of the victim - Lady Ashton, sister of Robert Hastings - Clarice Midway, companion of Lady Hastings - Alexis Parker, secretary to Robert Hastings - Dr. Barnaby, personal doctor of Robert Hastings - Dominique Richmond, archeologist working for Robert Hastings. Each character gets a card with an introductory text and one card for each of the four "acts" which are handed out at the start of the act, the order of who asks whom is given. At the end of Act 4 each player names his suspect and the how and why and then the solution is checked.

Challenging and thrilling entertainment, amateur theatre and live role playing, all the ingredients for an entertaining evening. School-level French should be sufficient for the texts.

Players: 8

Age: 14+

Time: 120+

Designer: Guillaume Montiage

Artist: David Boniffacy

Price: ca. 13 Euro

Publisher: Cocktail Games 2013

Web: www.cocktailgames.com

Genre: Crime, live role-play

Users: With friends

Special: Many players

Version: fr

Rules: fr

In-game text: yes

Comments:

First game in a series, others are planned

Standard-Mechanisms, elegantly implemented

Nice opportunity to improve your French

Compares to:

Games from Krimi total and other live role-playing crime games

Other editions:

Currently none

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Creativity (dark blue): 3

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Memory (orange): 3

Communication (red): 3

Interaction (brown): 3

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