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2016 Ranked #8,023

Someone Has Died

An improvisational storytelling game has players invent heirs and argue that they deserve an estate’s fortune. Identity and backstory cards fuel competing claims, while the estate keeper decides whose performance prevails.

Card Game Humor Player Judge Role Playing

Players

3-6

Play time

25-45 min

Age

?+

Complexity

1/5

Rating

7.04

Harder to teach Low interaction 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 3.2/5

Low interaction

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?

Someone Has Died is an improvisational storytelling game set at a will arbitration where players try to convince an estate keeper that they are the most worthy of someone's fortune.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Role Playing

Make decisions or communicate from the perspective of an assigned character.
Player Judge

A player evaluates answers, performances, or submissions to award the result.
Storytelling

Create or extend a narrative in response to prompts or game events.
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Someone Has Died is an improvisational storytelling game set at a will arbitration where players try to convince an estate keeper that they are the most worthy of someone's fortune. Identity, relationship, and backstory cards help players create wacky characters who must argue against one another for the riches and glory.

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Category

4
Card Game Humor Party Game Print & Play

Mechanism

3
Player Judge Role Playing Storytelling

Family

2
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Game and edition data

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Play and group

Players
3–6
Best with
3–6
Play time
25–45 min
Complexity
1.0/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

3
Ellie Black Liz Roche Adi Slepack

Artists

2
Ellie Black Adi Slepack

Publishers

3
(Web published) Chronicle Books Gather Round Games, LLC

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