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Black Stories 3 box art
2006 Ranked #8,604

Black Stories 3

A dark riddle game has players reconstruct mysterious crimes by asking questions answerable only with yes or no. Each story rewards lateral deduction as the group gradually uncovers an unsettling explanation.

Party Games Card Game Deduction Storytelling

Players

2-15

Play time

Not listed

Age

14+

Complexity

1.25/5

Rating

6.05

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

At a glance

Is this game right for my group?

ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

How could that have happened? Black Stories are fiddly, morbid and mysterious riddles for teenagers and adults.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Storytelling

Create or extend a narrative in response to prompts or game events.
Read the full game description

How could that have happened? Black Stories are fiddly, morbid and mysterious riddles for teenagers and adults. The players try to reconstruct the crime by asking, guessing and fiddling about. Only yes/no answers are allowed. A spooky card game just right for any party. Part 3 with 50 new stories.

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Type

1
Party Games

Category

6
Card Game Deduction Horror Humor Murder/Mystery Party Game

Mechanism

1
Storytelling

Family

2
Game: Black Stories Misc: No Table Needed

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Game and edition data

All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
2–15
Best with
3–10
Play time
45 min
Age
14+
Complexity
1.3/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Holger Bösch

Artists

1
Bernhard Skopnik

Publishers

4
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