Secrets is a fast and fun trip back into the Cold War. Secrets (4-8 players)įor: Espionage junkies, people who miss watching The Americans When a player thinks they’ve solved the case, they must return to Baker Street and check their solution-but if they’re wrong, they lose the game. Players must make their way across Victorian-era London to gather information, but the game’s rules dictate only one player can be in a location at a time, so competition may grow fierce and exceedingly impolite. There are 13 cases of varying difficulties to choose from, but in this game, players compete against one another to collect clues and be the first to solve the mystery. Watson & Holmes (2-7 players)įor: Classic mystery lovers and Holmes aficionadosĪre your powers of deduction strong enough to match the mind of the world’s greatest detective? Watson & Holmes sends its players to 221B Baker Street, where each works alongside Sherlock Holmes to solve a heretofore-unpublished case selected from Watson’s diaries. Make sure you and your friends are ready to put in some overtime solo play option is available if you’re a loner who doesn’t play by the rules. Be warned: this is an intense game-it can take up to four hours to solve a case. The game comes with five cases that, when completed in order, tell a larger story. A deck of cards guides players through the case, doles out leads, and moves the plot forward, while an interactive website lets you review case files, look up evidence (including fingerprints and DNA!), and submit your final report (don’t worry, it’s not too much paperwork), which determines whether you successfully solved the case. Doing so may send players to the courthouse, over to the crime lab, or out into the field to gather clues or conduct surveillance.
Each player is an investigator, and the group works together to solve a mystery.
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Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game (1-5 players)įor: Police procedural junkies, would-be members of the 87th Precinctĭetective is an immersive, cooperative board game that asks players to solve a series of cases with some good, old-fashioned-and modern-police work. Whether you’re a new or casual gamer who wants to capture the feel of your favorite spy novel or you’re part of a dedicated playgroup that wants to solve an immersive mystery, these games provide a little trip into the genre of your choice, all in the safety of your home.
Like sitting down at the table for family game night, Board Games is an engaging book of twists and turns, trivia, and nostalgia.There’s never been a better time to be a board game fan-and as the hobby continues its current surge in popularity, it’s also never been a better time to be a mystery or thriller fan who also likes board games. From the outdated gender roles in Life and Mystery Date to the cutthroat, capitalist priorities of Monopoly and its socialist counterpart, Class Struggle, Thurm thinks through his ongoing rivalries with his siblings and ponders the ways games both upset and enforce hierarchies and relationships-from the familial to the geopolitical. Writer and critic Eric Thurm digs deep into his own experience as a board game enthusiast to explore the emotional and social rules that games create and reveal, telling a series of stories about a pastime that is also about relationships. Avidly Reads invites us to explore the surprising pleasures and obstacles of everyday life. Avidly Reads is an exciting new series featuring books that are part memoir, part cultural criticism, each bringing to life the author’s emotional relationship to a cultural artifact or experience. Founded in 2012 by Sarah Blackwood and Sarah Mesle, Avidly-an online magazine supported by the Los Angeles Review of Books-specializes in short-form critical essays devoted to thinking and feeling. Avidly Reads is a series of short books about how culture makes us feel.
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