Meeple Detective is a deduction game that players must compete with other players to trace and apprehend Phantom and his minions.
The game have 2 PHASES :
ACTION PHASE
1. Each player must flip 1 card face up permanently and peek adjacent 1 card.
2.Check what type of card the player has last faced up.
2.1 If a face up card is a hostage room card or the clue room card : Nothing happened then next player will continue to play.
2.2 If a face up card is an event room card, active player must draw 1 time card and check what type of card opened is:
> investigate : Enter the investigative phase.
> empty room : Nothing happened then next player will continue to play.
INVESTIGATION PHASE
1. Starting from active player. Each player may place their Meeple (s) on any room card or pass.
2. If you are a first player of that card, place 1 Meeple, if not, place 2 Meeples.
3. When it comes back to active player, INVESTIGATION PHASE end.
Game end immediately after complete investigation phase 4 times. Then, scoring begins. Player with the most points wins.
—description from the designer