Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
How it plays
How does it play?
A murderer will take victims in a city while trying to remain hidden from a streetwise Detective. Feel the tension increase and let the deduction work in this tiny hidden movement game packed in a single card!
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Grid Movement
Move pieces between adjacent spaces on a regular grid.
Hidden Movement
One or more pieces move secretly while opponents infer their locations.
Deduction
Combine clues and exclusions to identify hidden information.
Paper-and-Pencil
Record choices and results directly on a personal sheet.
Variable Player Powers
Each player has different abilities, restrictions, or strategic advantages.
Read the full game description
A murderer will take victims in a city while trying to remain hidden from a streetwise Detective. Feel the tension increase and let the deduction work in this tiny hidden movement game packed in a single card! Cereal Killer plays in 10-15 minutes, and takes the players to a tiny city where crime and mystery creeps in every corner. One player goes as the Killer, and his goal is to take six victims while secretly moving along the streets. The other player is a detective who will test his deduction skills to track the trace of the criminal, interrogate witnesses to get key information to arrest him before the week ends. —description from the designer Un asesino serial cobrará sus víctimas en la ciudad intentando permanecer oculto de un detective perspicaz. ¡Siente cómo aumenta la tensión y deja trabajar a la deducción en este juego de movimiento oculto reducido en una sola carta! Cereal Killer se juega en 10-15 minutos y transporta a dos jugadores a una pequeña ciudad donde el crimen y el misterio se esconden en cada esquina. Un jugador es el Asesino, y su objetivo es cobrarse seis víctimas mientras recorre en secreto las calles. El otro jugador es un detective que pondrá a prueba sus habilidades de deducción para seguir el rastro del criminal, interrogando testigos para obtener pistas claves y así poder arrestarlo. ¿Podrá ponerle fin a los asesinatos antes de que sea demasiado tarde? —description from the designer (Spanish)