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Crimes & Capers: High School Hijinks

This cooperative mystery game has high-school students read notes, solve puzzles, unlock a locker, and identify who framed Romi. The group must connect the evidence before an innocent classmate is expelled.

Murder/Mystery Puzzle Role Playing Roles with Asymmetric Information

Players

4-6

Play time

Not listed

Age

14+

Complexity

?/5

Rating

6.11

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?

Welcome to 1998, when Romi's been framed! As the senior leaders of Blair High School, you have gathered the passed notes from today to see whether you can figure out who framed Romi.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Role Playing

Make decisions or communicate from the perspective of an assigned character.
Asymmetric Roles

Different roles know different information and contribute in different ways.
Cooperative Game

Players coordinate their actions toward a shared objective and win or lose together.
Read the full game description

Welcome to 1998, when Romi's been framed! As the senior leaders of Blair High School, you have gathered the passed notes from today to see whether you can figure out who framed Romi. If you don't figure it out, she will be expelled! Crimes & Capers: High School Hijinks is a co-operative game in which you and a group of friends take on the roles of 1990s high-school students and work together to solve the mystery. No special skills or prior knowledge are required. Read notes and solve puzzles to unlock Romi's locker, then figure out who framed her! —description from the publisher

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Category

2
Murder/Mystery Puzzle

Mechanism

3
Cooperative Game Role Playing Roles with Asymmetric Information

Family

1
Series: Crimes & Capers

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Game and edition data

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Play and group

Players
4–6
Best with
2
Play time
90 min
Age
14+
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

2
Juliana Moreno Patel Ariel Rubin

Artists

1
Roena Ivana Rosenberger

Publishers

1
Renegade Game Studios

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