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THE USUAL SUSPECTS

Murder has been done, seven notorious gangsters have been arrested. It is now your task to convict the culprits, because there could be two, three, four or five culprits. You have the choice to play with 2-5 players and a witness = game master or to play with 1-5 players and use the internal control system of the game for a witness.

Several confrontations are enacted, the witness names the number of culprits among the suspects. The game master in the role of witness takes the top card from stack, this is the solution for the case. Then he turns up the next card from the confrontation card stack and places next to it as many witness clue markers as there are corresponding culprits on the solution card and the turned-up confrontation card. Players hold 7 suspect cards. Now the players draw three confrontation cards and choose one of them. The witness again places witness clue markers next to it.

When the players think they know the culprits they place the corresponding suspect cards. The witness agrees or disagrees. In case of a wrong solution you score 2 penalty points, otherwise each confrontation card that was used scores 1 point. After a number of rounds the player with the lowest score wins, players alternate in being witnesses. In a game without a witness the confrontation cards are placed on the solution card, through the holes in the card you see the number of witness clue hints = number of corresponding suspects.

Already the third crime game at Gmeiner, again good, again different, this time rather abstract, a felicitous exercise in logic thinking that works well as a solitaire game.

Spieler         : 1-5

Alter            : ages 12 and up

Dauer           : ca. 15 min

Autor           : Reiner Knizia

Grafik          : Lutz Eberle

Titel            : ident

Preis            : ca. 14 Euro

Verlag          : Gmeiner Verlag 2010

                     www.gmeiner-verlag.de

Genre                    : Deduction game

Zielgruppe             : With friends

Language                        : de

Rules                              : de

In-game use of language   : no

Kommentar:

Very abstract game despite the detective topic

Very good solitaire game

Good training for logical thinking

Vergleichbar:

Mastermind and other logic games with hints given in relation to correct suggestions

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