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2017 Ranked #13,096

Small Detectives

Light deduction mystery game has amateur investigators identify the culprit and murder weapon in a strange crime. Players race to prove their reasoning and become the towns best detective.

Deduction Murder/Mystery Area Movement Open Drafting

Players

2-5

Play time

15-30 min

Age

8+

Complexity

1/5

Rating

6.40

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 4.1/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.7/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Dark days in Smalltown, a quiet suburb where nothing ever happens... The corpse of Mr Shuman was found in unusual circumstances.

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Dark days in Smalltown, a quiet suburb where nothing ever happens... The corpse of Mr Shuman was found in unusual circumstances. The local police has never seen a similar crime, and is even unable to determine the murder weapon! So they’re asking for your help to clear up this case. Who’s guilty? What weapon was used? Let’s find out, and prove you’re the best detective in town! Small Detectives is a light and fast paced whodunnit game, kind of a modernized version of Clue.

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Play and group

Players
2–5
Best with
4–5
Play time
15–30 min
Age
8+
Complexity
1.0/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

2
Charles Chevallier Bruno Faidutti

Artists

1
Vincent Burger

Publishers

2
Pixie Games Zacatrus

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