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As you may have guessed, we at MysterU really love investigation board games.
You need only think of The Cook case, which you can get here, and Dinner with Murder, where you become real detectives to figure out who the killer is.
So, for us, these are the articles that make us the happiest, the ones where we share with you a passion of ours: investigation!
We have already told you about investigative games in a previous article, but here, we want to suggest the 7 best investigation board games!
The detective game definitely succeeds in making you experience the excitement of the investigation firsthand, as in Dinner with Murder, and then tests your logic and deduction skills.
Because no matter how you want to think about it, the perfect crime does not exist!
You always leave trails that lead to the killer!
1. Sherlock Holmes Consulting Investigator: Jack the Ripper and Adventures in the West End: This Sherlock Holmes-themed detective game is definitely the best of them all. The game is undoubtedly very simple and even the rules are not difficult to understand, what complicates your life though are the complex cases you will have to deal with! You would not be a real Sherlock if this were not the case. Your 10 cases are set in mysterious Victorian London. Compared to other versions, here you will also have six stand-alone cases and four that can be played as a whole story. An exciting and compelling box game
2. The Houses of Madness: Second Edition: Next on this list of investigation board games is a mystery-horror setting with very simple, intuitive but really very intriguing challenges. Here, you will play the role of a detective who has been sent to investigate disappearances, mysteries, and especially haunted mansions! The stories are well-structured and exciting. You will have to shed light on several mysteries that have to do with ancient creatures and esoteric cults!
3. Chronicles of Crime: This detective game is definitely more innovative than the others because it also puts technology in motion. In Chronicles of Crime, the classic board game dynamics are expanded with the use of the app and virtual reality. In this investigation game, the goal is to nab criminals who commit crimes. You can move around the different areas of the city, interviewing witnesses and searching for evidence in 3D.
4. Tragedy Looper: The fourth board investigation game we suggest is little known but really worth playing. This game is based on a literary genre popular in Japan: the time loop. In short, the protagonists basically go back in time to succeed in preventing a disaster and thus save the world. The supervillain, however, will do everything to ensure that this cannot happen. In fact, he will do just about anything until the investigators succeed. As you may have guessed, the game is for lovers of detective games and time travel. Another special feature is the graphics, which are Japanese. The game is really complex and the dynamics we can say are really fun.
5. Mysterium: Just as Ghosts is a perfect investigation board game suitable for children, there is also Mysterium. This game in fact, like ours, is aimed at families and the production company is Asmodee. Here, the games are very short, no more than forty-five minutes, and the rules are very easy to understand. In short, a perfect game for families who like to investigate a dark mystery.
What we can tell you about this investigation game is that its structure is atypical, in fact, it is an asymmetrical collaborative play. One player will play the role of a ghost while the others play the role of a medium. The goal, however, is a common one: everyone must figure out what killed the ghost so that it can leave the human world and rest in peace. In short, like our MysterU case Ghosts.
6. Letters from Whitechapel: This penultimate investigation game is a kind of a take on Scotland Yard, but it’s Jack the Ripper! In fact, this is a game of deduction and bluff set in the late 1800s, in Victorian England. I am sure you all know Jack the Ripper, but I will briefly explain the history of the game. Here, one player will be Jack the Ripper and the others will be Scotland Yard detectives. What the detectives will have to do is follow the trail of the serial killer and try to track him down before he manages to enter his lair and kill all his victims.
7. Detective: At The Scene of the Crime: The latest boxed investigation game is also from Asmodee. This one is definitely one of the best and one that fans of the genre really enjoy. Here, it takes excellent deduction to be able to solve the mystery, creating that suspense and tension that keeps you glued to the game. In short, a bit like the game The Cook. Here, the detectives, instead of belonging to the Agency of MysterU, will be agents of the Antares National Investigation Agency And they will have to solve the most difficult cases. Not bad matches, keeping in mind that the 5 scenarios that seem disconnected from each other are actually interconnected.
Now, that you know what the best investigation board games are, you can also drop by our store, by clicking here, to get a taste of online investigation!
