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2021 Ranked #7,971

Detective Charlie

A cooperative deduction game has players interview Mysterville residents, eliminate suspects, and identify the culprit. Dice-driven movement limits which witness can be reached, so the team must return to the station before tea.

Children's Children's Game Deduction Cooperative Game Theme: Anthropomorphic Animals

Players

1-5

Play time

Not listed

Age

7+

Complexity

1.17/5

Rating

7.14

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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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?

There's always something strange happening on Mysterville Island, and Charlie Holmes needs your help to crack the case! Interview the residents, analyze the evidence, find out who did it — and remember to return to the station in time for tea!

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There's always something strange happening on Mysterville Island, and Charlie Holmes needs your help to crack the case! Interview the residents, analyze the evidence, find out who did it — and remember to return to the station in time for tea! Détective Charlie is a co-operative deduction game. When it is your turn, roll the die and move Detective Charlie to interview witnesses. As witnesses help you rule out suspects, you will soon find out that the last suspect may be the culprit! You think that you found them? Check the answer in the envelope. If it is the same character, great, you did it! If not, don't worry, you'll do better next time!

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Play and group

Players
1–5
Best with
1–4
Play time
25 min
Age
7+
Complexity
1.2/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Théo Rivière

Artists

1
Piper Thibodeau

Publishers

1
LOKI

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