One of the two players represents Jack the Ripper, who will be one of the 8 characters on the board. This player knows the identity of this character and his goal is to flee from the district as soon as possible (or avoid being accused for eight turns). The other player represents an independent investigator (not represented on the board) who tries to guess the identity of Jack. But he can make only one accusation during the game!
During each turn the players move the characters, using their special powers, placing them either in shadow or light. At the end of each turn, the witnesses declare if Jack is visible (in light, or adjacent to another character) or not (alone in the shadows). This allows the investigator to know which characters are innocent. This continues as the investigator tries to eliminate suspects while Jack tries to escape. Intuition, logic and cold blood will be necessary for each of the two participants.
Check out the awesome graphics by our own BGGer/genius graphic designer Piero Lalune (pierolalune)
Contents:
1 game board
8 character tokens
6 lit gaslight tiles
2 covered manhole tiles
1 witness/no-witness card
2 police cordon tokens
8 character cards
1 turn-counter token
8 alibi cards
rules (English, French, German, Dutch, Italian)
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Winner of the 2007 International Gamers Award
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