Top 5 Mystery Themed Board Games for fans of Clue / Cluedo, Sherlock Holmes & New Gamers

0:00 so I think it's Colonel Mustard with the revolver in the hall or was it Sherlock Holmes and Watson solving their next big crime think you're a sleuth or a master detective or simply a big fan of clue the boardgame come and join me as we go through my five favorite mystery board games in five minutes Mysterium mysterium is a semi cooperative game we're playing the role of mediums and they try to connect with the ghost of a victim that was murdered at Manor one player adopts the role of the ghost and gives players clues in the form of vision cards which will lead each player to a possible suspect location and murder weapon in the final round players will use their short list of suspects to deduce the final identity of the culprit location and murder weapon used to commit the crime Izabella if you know how to play occluder than teaching and learning this game is relatively simple love a theme love the artwork I love how the fact you have to know the ghost and how they think to trigger the vision cards in this kind of charade style manner makes for a very intriguing and fun and rich in game one thing to consider is that there are a few extra legal rules that come in this game if you don't play with those rules and play the core game you'll have a great time deception murder in Hong Kong other than neon lights of Hong Kong city plays taking the role of police officers as they track down the culprit of the murder players need to identify the means of murder and key evidence unbeknownst to the police officers one of them is the murderer so Google the

1:30 police officers trust can they decide what what happened and not be influenced by the culprit who's trying to get away please take on hidden roles in the form of the forensic scientists investigators all the murderer only the forensic scientist knows who the murderer is but they can't speak so they can only give clues by placing bullets next to keywords using scene tiles to help guide the investigators to the solution whilst the murderer is trying to leave their conversation away from the solution what I love this game is many layers it's not solely just about trying to identify the murderer it's about trying to find out what actually happened at the crime and building the narrative around the clues that the forensic scientists do to the other place things to consider this game plays much better at a higher play account and requires at least four players to play Sherlock Holmes consulting detective plays taken the role of the Baker Street Irregulars formed by Sherlock Holmes himself as they try to solve ten different cases set in 19th century London plays and try and solve the same case of Sherlock Holmes and try and beat his investigating skills players work cooperatively to use the case book a map of London London directory and newspapers to follow certain leads after following various lines of inquiry through reading short passages from the case book talking to witnesses and analyzing evidence players will need to take Sherlock Holmes's test to see how well they solve the crime things I like about the game it's incredibly immersive it's very narrative driven and it's open world which means players can pick any lead they like and follow it to their

3:02 heart's content and uncover the many different secrets of rich historical details that these cases provide a point to consider is that Sherlock Holmes will be incredibly hard to feed so the reward of solving a crime will stick with you long after the game has ended legends from Whitechapel similar vein to Scotland Yard and fury of Dracula letters from Whitechapel is a hidden movement game where players take on the role of police investigators as they try to track down Jack the Ripper and arrest him for his crimes in each round Jack commits a crime followed by a hunt where Jack has to make it to his hideout before the police track him down the player playing Jack records their trail using a notepad behind a screen recording the numbers on the map he visited police can look for clues by tracking the trail that jack there be used to make his escape what I love is this game is an excellent cat-and-mouse game the serious layer of tension on top because simple mechanics is very easy to understand and play and plays very well at a two-player level Cuesta considers this thing might not be everyone's cup of tea so check with your gaming group first merchants of madness second edition actions of second edition is an app driven adventure mystery cooperative board game where players take on the role of investigators if they engage in various scenarios set in Arkham and Innsmouth as they try to uncover the unraveling mystery inspired by HP Lovecraft's horror literature plays uncover clues solve puzzles meet unlikely characters fight monsters whilst facing the

4:34 prospect of going insane the app acts as a dungeon master which allows players to record their progress streamlined combat and respond to challenging situations gain brings a lot of atmosphere to the table it places players right in the heart of the mystery and it feels suspenseful the gameplay is streamlined and each time you play scenario the map tiles changed providing more variation point to consider is that this game comes in a very high price point and you do have to buy expansions download content and also have a device to run the app itself so was it Colonel Mustard that committed the crime