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Black Stories Investigation

A raven-hued deduction game

You are a member of BSI - Black Stories Investigation - and solve murder cases for your fellow players. 28 murder case cards carry two to four characteristics: Victim - man or woman; time - day or night; crime scene - indoors or outdoors; weapon - knife or pistol. The case cards have a double use - they provide murder cases and provide clues to solve the cases of others.

At the start, each player receives a random case card with four characteristics as a case for his investigation file; you set out a clue track, your investigator cards and four investigator chips. Finally, you draw three cards from the remaining case cards.

The active player plays a case card from hand at any player; this player checks his case for the number of clues corresponding to the card and puts the card at the respective slot of his track. Thus, you collect clues and can solve, if you believe that have enough information, by setting out the corresponding investigator chips and adding an investigator card. When your solution is correct, you receive chips according to the blood drops on your investigator card and to the number of cards at the clue track; your fellow player receives a new case card. If you want to end your turn, you draw a card. When someone has used all three of his investigator cards, you win with most chips at the end of the round.

First of all, accuracy is in demand when comparing clues, mistakes have dire consequences; otherwise use logic, because you can also glean information from wrong guesses of other players. In a game of two, some amount of luck comes into play. If you like that kind of games, BSI is highly recommended.

Players: 2-4

Age: 12+

Time: 30+

Designer: Liesbeth Bos

Artist: Bernhard Skopnik

Price: ca. 15 Euro

Publisher: moses. Verlag 2017

Web: www.moses-verlag.de

Genre: Deduction, communication

Users: With friends

Version: de

Rules: de

In-game text: no

Comments:

Exquisite components

Chance in play in a game for two

Accuracy in clue comparison is mandatory

Compares to:

All deduction game on characteristics

Other editions:

Currently none

Chance (pink): 1

Tactic (turquoise): 2

Strategy (blue): 0

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 2

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 3

Interaction (brown): 0

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0