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Black Stories 8 box art
2012 Ranked #20,243

Black Stories 8

This mystery deduction game has one player know a crime’s full account while others ask yes-or-no questions to reconstruct it. Each card offers a compact spooky scenario, turning group questioning into a search for the hidden explanation.

Card Game Deduction

Players

2-15

Play time

Not listed

Age

12+

Complexity

?/5

Rating

5.68

Harder to teach Low interaction Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.8/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.8/5

High replayability

Interaction 1.7/5

Low interaction

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?

The game consists of 50 mystery cards. They contain an illustration and a short statement about a spooky or crime event.

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The game consists of 50 mystery cards. They contain an illustration and a short statement about a spooky or crime event. On the back of the card, the story is presented in more detail. Only one of the players reads the back of the card. The others try to reconstruct how the crime happened by asking yes/no questions.

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Play and group

Players
2–15
Best with
3
Play time
20 min
Age
12+
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Holger Bösch

Artists

1
Bernhard Skopnik

Publishers

3
G3 moses. Verlag GmbH Story Factory

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