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2020 Ranked #14,412

Blackbrim: 1876

A solo or group mystery game has detectives solve clues and riddles to rescue a kidnapped commissioner and police force. Its two-part storyline unfolds like connected escape-room investigations.

Deduction Puzzle Solo / Solitaire Game Cooperative Game

Players

1-6

Play time

120-240 min

Age

14+

Complexity

2.5/5

Rating

7.28

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.4/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Set during the Victorian era in the English town of Blackbrim, you are a private detective who has received a package containing mysterious clues from a police commissioner shortly before he was kidnapped. He and the entire police force are being held hostage.

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Set during the Victorian era in the English town of Blackbrim, you are a private detective who has received a package containing mysterious clues from a police commissioner shortly before he was kidnapped. He and the entire police force are being held hostage. To save them, you must solve all the riddles the perpetrator left behind… Blackbrim: 1876 contains one full storyline made up of two parts, with dozens of clues to crack and riddles to solve. Play with a group or on your own for hours of fun. It's like two escape room or mystery games with one single purchase.

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Play and group

Players
1–6
Best with
2
Play time
120–240 min
Age
14+
Complexity
2.5/5
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1
Puzzling Pursuits

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