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Black Stories: Science-fiction Edition box art
2016 Ranked #20,792

Black Stories: Science-fiction Edition

Use clues and contradictions to deduce hidden information.

Card Game Deduction Storytelling

Players

2-22

Play time

2-222 min

Age

12+

Complexity

1.5/5

Rating

5.85

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 3.8/5

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?

A Game: Black Stories edition with riddle stories from science fiction movies (and series). Black Stories are tricky, morbid, sinister riddlestories. The players try to reconstruct the particulars of each incident, piece by piece, by asking yes-or-no-questions.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Storytelling

Create or extend a narrative in response to prompts or game events.
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Category

5
Card Game Deduction Horror Murder/Mystery Party Game

Mechanism

1
Storytelling

Family

1
Game: Black Stories

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Game and edition data

All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
2–22
Best with
2
Play time
2–222 min
Age
12+
Complexity
1.5/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Elke Vogel

Artists

1
Bernhard Skopnik

Publishers

3
Gen-X Games Kikigagne? moses. Verlag GmbH

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