ec2-44-211-116-163.compute-1.amazonaws.com | ToothyWiki | RecentChanges | Login | Webcomic The classic deduction game. The main problem with the gameplay is that you can only investigate whether a room was the scene of the crime when you are in them. This doesn't sound like a problem, but getting to rooms is time consuming and liable to be futile because people have a tendency to teleport you back out of them again. On the other hand, this does provide the necessary randomness needed to make this a suitable family game.
It also introduces a strategic element. I have not infrequently guessed other players' characters purely for the purpose of stopping them from going to another room. Surprisingly, some people seem to get a little upset at this. --StephenClark
I'm assuming 'surprising' was sarcasm? Because such a strategy makes it impossible to complete the game. --Vitenka
Not quite. While you must be in a room to make a suggestion involving that room, you may make an accusation (i.e. game-ending guess) involving any room at any time. You can also gain information when other people make suggestions. I've seen someone win despite being 'strategically relocated'. It's not a strategy to use with players less anal than myself, though. Not everyone shares my rather childish desire to WinAtAllCosts?, nor considers it legitimate.--SC
Well yes - you can end the game, you just can't do so with any real chances of winning, if someone keeps forcing you back into a room. It's rather childish to keep it up. Though that is rather like saying it's quite childish of tennis players to keep returning the ball. --Vitenka
I beg to differ. By the time 'teleporting' is a reasonable strategy, it'll probably be the endgame. Even if the teleportee can't deduce the last few missing cards, (s)he can often infer them. (Green's just left the Ballroom after 3 turns of asking - he's probably been shown it.) Of course, this adds deception to the mix - he could do that so that you would infer that he'd been shown it. Too much fun to pass up. As for the sarcasm: mainly self-directed. I genuinely find it surprising, but I am aware that other people find it surprising that I find it surprising --SC
Ah. I've had little sisters use the tactic from turn one. It pretty much locks the game. --Vitenka
There's apparently a card game version. Since this doesn't have the rooms problem, it may well be better than the original BoardGame. However, Angoel has never played it.