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Year
2019
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Description
In the Pocket Detective game series, players take up investigations of different tangled cases and mysterious stories. Players are gathering clues, interrogating suspects, performing arrests and matching pieces of information to successfully solve the case.
During each turn, a player chooses one of the cards available this turn. These cards can represent a Clue, a Location, Witness Interrogation, Special Action, Arrest of a Suspect etc. Using the cards, which were received during investigation, a player discovers what actually happened. The objective is to solve a case in a minimum number of turns.
Pocket Detective is a series of cooperative card games which will test your deduction, for 1-6 players, age 14+.
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Meeple University Review at 0:04 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- cooperative gameplay
- story-driven investigation
- timing mechanics that add tension
- compact card-based components
- potentially more complex than Chronicles of Crime
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- crime investigation
- story-driven investigation with case-based progression
Comparison games
- Chronicle of Crimes
- Sherlock Holmes style games
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- card flipping — Players flip cards according to the game's instructions.
- cooperative deduction — Players work together to gather clues and identify suspects.
- Deduction — Players work together to gather clues and identify suspects.
- guessing to solve — Players may choose to guess and solve the mystery.
- story/instruction reading — Players read the story and follow provided instructions to progress the investigation.
- Timing mechanics — Actions are time-limited; scoring depends on time actions and tension actions.
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Quotes (from this video)
- I will show any spoilers in this video so I'm going to talk generally how the game goes
- If you enjoy Chronicles of Crime or Sherlock Holmes style of games you may like this one
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Board Gaming Ramblings Discussion at 4:36 sentiment: neutral
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Overall sentiment (raw)
neutral
Pros
- Accessible entry into detective games
- Compact footprint
Cons
- Feels similar to other detective games
- May lack depth for seasoned players
Thematic elements
- mystery-solving through card-based clues
- Compact detective adventures in modular cases
- episodic cases with evolving leads
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Case-solving via cards — Card interactions reveal clues and allow solving cases in a compact format.
- Deduction — Players decide which clues are relevant, mirroring detective work.
- Simple deduction with limited info — Players decide which clues are relevant, mirroring detective work.
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Quotes (from this video)
- I thought when I read the rules for this game that oh that sounds fun because you're playing cards from your hand and you have to keep or kill them and you want to keep the relevant information to your case and discard the non-relevant.
- No it wasn't it was very hard, very hard and not fun.
- I think we could recommend them if you enjoy this kind of shorter detective style games.
- this felt fresh I like this game... but it's the last star that gets marked that gets to keep the card
- it seems that this game is broken
- I thought it was fun and unique enough; the real-time timing worked nicely
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