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2015 Ranked #2,783

Unusual Suspects

Cooperative deduction game where detectives identify a thief from habits and behavior rather than appearance. A witness offers unusual clues about character traits, so every question must narrow the suspect without relying on stereotypes or obvious looks.

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Players

3-16

Play time

Not listed

Age

14+

Complexity

1.09/5

Rating

6.40

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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Incredible! The shifty thief who operates undisturbed from months is about to be caught!

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Incredible! The shifty thief who operates undisturbed from months is about to be caught! After copious failures, a team of detectives has a secret weapon: a witness. However this witness is quite weird; he doesn't remember anything about the appearance of the criminal, but he knows everything about their habits and behavior. Will the investigative team be able to find out the criminal only from these elements? In Insoliti Sospetti ("Unusual Suspects"), one player is the Witness and the other players play the part of the Investigative Team. The Witness knows the real identity of the Guilty and tries to make the Team hit it only with his answers. The Team asks questions to the Witness and, depending on his answers, will exclude the innocent suspects after players have discussed what they learned. Insoliti Sospetti can also be played competitively or collaboratively (team vs team). In the latter case, a grid of twelve suspects is created. Every round the team reveals a question card and the Witness has to answer yes/no. According to the answer, the team has to remove suspects until only the Guilty one is on the board.

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Play and group

Players
3–16
Best with
3–8
Play time
20 min
Age
14+
Complexity
1.1/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Paolo Mori

Artists

2
Alessandro Costa Peter Wocken

Publishers

1
Cranio Creations

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