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In a Grove — a.k.a. 藪の中, Yabunonaka, and Hattari — is a game of bluffing and deduction, and the player who makes too many false accusations loses the game.
The game is played in rounds. Each round, each player receives one of the eight silhouettes (which are numbered 2-8 with one blank), while three silhouettes are placed in the center of the table as suspects and the final silhouette is dubbed the victim. (With three players, the #2 is removed from the game.) You have to determine which suspect is the culprit, either to accuse him or to lure the other players into accusing someone who's innocent!
All players secretly look at their silhouettes, then pass them right, then look at the new silhouette they received. The first player of the round secretly looks at two of the three suspects, optionally swapping the victim for one of these suspects. This player then places a colored accusation marker below one of the suspects. The next player looks at the two suspects not just marked with an accusation marker, then places a colored accusation marker of their own, covering any markers already beneath that suspect. This continues until all four players have placed an accusation marker, with each player not being allowed to look at the suspect just accused.
The round ends, and players reveal the suspects. Who's the culprit? The suspect bearing the highest number – except if the #5 is among the suspects, in which case the suspect with the lowest number is guilty. (The suspect with no number is always innocent.) Anyone who has accused the correct suspect receives their accusation marker back. Any markers incorrectly placed are flipped colored-side down and given to the player who owns the marker on top of the stack. The first player token rotates clockwise, then a new round begins.
At the end of a turn if a player has eight or more tokens — or has no tokens — then the game ends, and that player loses.
Earlier editions of In a Grove supported 3-4 players, while the 2021 edition contains slight changes to the rules and components to allow for play with 2-5 people.
- New edition has slight rule changes
- Component changes allow play with 2-5 players (up from 4)
- Murder
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- bluffing — A game of bluffing and deduction where players try to identify a murderer.
- Deduction — Players must deduce who is the killer among suspects.
- Social Deduction — Involves social deduction elements.
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
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- it's sort of a murder mystery mixed with an escape room Style game
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References (from this video)
- Good game
- Tricky to play
- Has an interesting idea
- Difficult to know if playing correctly
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Deduction — A deduction game where players try to figure out something.
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
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References (from this video)
- engaging table interaction
- short playtime
- abstract, not universally appealing
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- abstract deduction / table interaction — players deduce which suspect is the killer based on abstract points and limited information
- Deduction — players deduce which suspect is the killer based on abstract points and limited information
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- three suspects and you only get to look at two
- it's called a little like programming
- it's an escape room game so it doesn't really make sense
- it's a fun game
- it's a tiny version of maple circus