Tag Archives: deduction

Mystery Detective: The Crime Solving Party Game

Posted on April 29, 2024 by Matt J Carlson

Before there were these funny electronic devices that seem to be everywhere, I remember road trips where we had to make our own entertainment. One “20 questions”-style game that we played focused on solving a mystery. Players would be given … Continue reading →

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Monkey Business

Posted on April 24, 2024 by Matt J Carlson

Monkey Business is a bit of a mash-up of the classic games of charades (where you pantomime something) and werewolf (where you’re trying to discover the odd person out in the mix.  All but one player (or all but two, … Continue reading →

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Lady Alice

Posted on December 24, 2014 by gschloesser

Design by Ludovic Gaillard Published by Hurrican 3 – 5 Players, 45 minutes Review by Greg J. Schloesser Sherlock Holmes, the famous London detective, remains a popular figure both literature and cinema. Countless books, movies and television series have centered … Continue reading →

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Creating Black Vienna Online

Posted on March 29, 2011 by opgamers

In a September, 2005 article for The Games Journal, I stated that “Black Vienna is the finest deduction game in existence” but also that “[it’s] absolutely unforgiving of mistakes”. In fact, the possibility of error was such an Achilles’ heel … Continue reading →

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