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1972 Ranked #15,982

Whodunit

A deduction game has detectives search a mansion for clues that identify the culprit, motive, scene, and weapon. A false accusation eliminates a player, so solving the case first requires both evidence and restraint.

Deduction Murder/Mystery

Players

2-6

Play time

Not listed

Age

8+

Complexity

2/5

Rating

5.89

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 3.6/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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A suspenseful mystery game for super sleuths. Players snoop through an elegant mansion searching for clues that will identify suspects to the crime.

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A suspenseful mystery game for super sleuths. Players snoop through an elegant mansion searching for clues that will identify suspects to the crime. Each player tries to outsmart his opponents and be the first to discover "whodunit". But if a player falsely accuses an opponent he must leave the mansion. At the end, the player with all the correct clues solves the crime and is declared the winner. Includes gameboard, 1 card deck of each: whodunit, motive, scene, weapon, suspect, and detective, 1 pad of detective sheets, 20 clues and alibis, 6 pawns, and 2 dice (First and second editions differ in the cards each game has. The first edition includes 10 suspect cards and 44 Whodunit cards for a 54 card total. The second edition has separate card stacks for each of the categories as listed above.)

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Play and group

Players
2–6
Best with
4–6
Play time
60 min
Age
8+
Complexity
2.0/5
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Designers

1
(Uncredited)

Publishers

1
Selchow & Righter

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