Mystery Rummy: Jack the Ripper (1998)

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Board Game Rank: 361

Strategy Game Rank: 214

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Designer	Mike Fitzgerald
Artist	Christine Conrad Virginijus Poshkus
Publisher	Edge Entertainment Pegasus Spiele U.S. Games Systems, Inc.
Year Published	1998
# of Players	2 − 4
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 2 players Recommended with 2, 3, 4 players (51 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	45 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	10 and up
User Suggested Ages	10 and up (4 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	Moderate in-game text - needs crib sheet or paste ups (8 voters) [poll]
Honors	2009 Fairplay À la carte Winner
Subdomain	Family Games Strategy Games (28 voters) [vote]
Category	Card Game Murder/Mystery
Mechanic	Hand Management Set Collection Voting
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Family	Jack the Ripper Mystery Rummy Rummy Games
Primary Name	Mystery Rummy: Jack the Ripper
Alternate Names	Mystérami: Jack l'éventreur Mystery Rummy Fall 1: Jack the Ripper Mystery Rummy: Jack el Destripador
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This game attaches an interesting theme to a fairly standard Rummy framework. Playing Victims, Suspects, Scenes, and Evidence-melds, players try to build a case against various suspects for the famous Jack the Ripper serial murders. Whichever suit has the most cards played in it when a player goes out is the guilty party, but if all the Victim cards come out before the end of the game, the Ripper might escape, giving the player who produced that card a significant point allowance.

This is #1 in the Mystery Rummy series.

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Mystery Rummy: Jack el Destripador

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Spanish First edition

Publisher: Edge Entertainment

Artist: Virginijus Poshkus

Year: 2010

Size: 2-deck card box (e.g. Coloretto)

0.88 pounds

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Mystérami: Jack l'éventreur

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French edition

Publisher: Edge Entertainment

Artist: Virginijus Poshkus

Year: 2010

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English second edition

Publisher: U.S. Games Systems, Inc.

Artist: Virginijus Poshkus

Year: 2009

Product Code: PO-20953

Size: 6.75 x 5.12 x 1.12 inches

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Mystery Rummy Fall 1: Jack the Ripper

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German edition

Publisher: Pegasus Spiele

Artist: Christine Conrad

Year: 2008

Size: 7.09 x 4.17 x 1.22 inches

0.53 pounds

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Publisher: U.S. Games Systems, Inc.

Artist: Virginijus Poshkus

Year: 2003

Size: 6.70 x 5.10 x 1.20 inches

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6	Mystery Rummy: Jack the Ripper Board Game Show, Mystery Rummy Case #1 Pt1	English	Fortune	0
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12	Reviews A review of one of our most-played games	2012-01-12	dboeren	3
0	Rules Question about Melds and loose cards	2011-10-13	Gameluis	2
2	Reviews A french review by Board Game Test	2011-08-18	kabrateo	0
0	Rules Scoring and negative points	2011-02-11	goetzilla	4
4	General Ripper Escapes Concern	2011-01-03	Roliander	12
19	Reviews Second Chance Review - How I almost let the Ripper Escape	2010-09-22	Driver 8	8
2	Rules Voting question	2010-08-17	madhujith	5
10	Sessions Two Ripper Escapes? Unbelievable!	2010-08-17	Fabpat	1
3	Rules Small glitches after my 1st play	2010-08-05	madhujith	6
4	Rules Ending a turn without discarding	2010-07-19	kallisti_dk	5

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Whodunnit Wheel

Voting aid for Mystery Rummy, small enough to be kept within the box.

Daniel666

2011-05-26

Mystery Rummy: Jack the Ripper -> Reorganized rules

This is a reorganized version of the rules I wrote to figure out how to play. It helped me clear up the issues I was having with the original rules.

AnyMouse

2010-07-11

Jack The Ripper Brief by Liumas

The least you need to know in order to play. And the score sheets we use as a bonus.

Liumas

2010-01-14

Mystery Rummy: Jack the Ripper Card Overview

This is an excellent game but it is challenging to learn. Knowing the cards and their functions will make this process easier.

bboppr

2009-10-27

Player Aid (PDF)

Player Aid

EvanMinn

2009-01-02

Mystery Rummy Tuckbox

Our game came in the larger style box, and eventually fell apart, so I made this tuckbox using the utility at http://www.comfused.be/flex/tuckboxmaker/v3.swf and images from BGG.

cturnitsa

2008-07-09

Simplified Rules for Beginner Players

drmwoz

2007-10-12

JtR - Rules Often Played Incorrectly.doc

Guide for New Players - Rules often played incorrectly the first time

EndersGame

2007-06-06

Mystery Rummy-Ripper Rules Rewrite v1.pdf

Rewritten rules for improved clarity. Useful guide for new players.

MonkeyMagic

2006-10-29

Mystery_Rummy_Case_n1_Jack_the_Ripper_SP.zip

Traducción al castellano

ennio_lombardi

2005-06-23

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Board Game Rank:	361
Strategy Game Rank:	214
Family Game Rank:	58
Num Ratings:	1954
Average Rating:	7.03
Standard Deviation:	1.24
Num Views:	114287
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Avg. Game Weight:	1.7
Fans:	19

Personal Comments:	843
Users Owning:	2933
Users Wanting:	149
Users Trading:	88 [find trade matches]
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Rummy with a Twist of a Knife: Mystery Rummy, Jack the Ripper Review at The Gaming Gang	http://thegaminggang.com/2010/08/rummy-with-a-twis...	2011-08-17
French Videorules in Yahndrev Website	http://yahndrev.over-blog.fr/article-mysterami-jac...	2011-02-17
German review at Blogspiele - Die ganze Welt der Spiele	http://www.blogspiele.de/2010/10/14/mystery-rummy-...	2010-10-15
English Review on Spotlight on Games	http://spotlightongames.com/list/nights/m.html#mys...	2010-06-08
Video review by Tom Vasel	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beI4il6EtzA	2010-06-01
English review from Gamers Alliance	http://www.gamersalliance.com/F98.htm	2009-10-02
Overview of the Mystery Rummy series by the Great Game Gate	http://greatgamegate.livejournal.com/21568.html	2009-09-18
German Review at Das-SpielEn.de	http://das-spielen.de/index.php/jack-the-ripper/	2009-08-06
Deutsche Regeln zum Runterladen auf Pegasus.de	http://www.pegasus.de/1560.html	2009-01-14
BdmL french review - Description et critique sur BdmL	http://bdml.free.fr/jeuxsoc.php?page=mysteryrummy1...	2008-10-14