http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/756 en-us Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:25:17 -0500 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:25:17 -0500 aldie@boardgamegeek.com BoardGameGeek features information related to the board gaming hobby Thanks guys. http://www.boardgamegeek.com/article/2450633#2450633 2008-07-05T07:00:25+00:00 killjoy00 I have played both game face-to-face. <br> <br>To me, Sleuth is more a pure deduction exercise, the sole objective is to find the missing cards as soon as possible. One can still use their question cards to obtain useful information without leaking much to other players. Information flow is a little bit slower in Sleuth because the card set is larger (36 vs 27 cards) and an answer of a question is fully known to a particular player (while every player gets the same answer for each question in Black Vienna). <br> <br>On the other hand, Black Vienna is more like a game (rather than a deduction exercise) when compared to Sleuth. A player has more options to gather information. One can also deliberately to hide particular cards by consuming available question cards so that other players can't really know what cards are missing. In addition, the time-pressure in Black Vienna is more exciting, in which players have to find the answer before tokens are used up. Nonetheless, it would be easier to have a fail game in Black Vienna (i.e. no one can find the answer before tokens are used up) when a player deliberately consumed tokens or a player (unwillingly) wasted tokens by asking a question that does not bring any additional information. <br> <br>In all, I prefer Black Vienna to Sleuth. http://www.boardgamegeek.com/article/2449969#2449969 2008-07-05T12:21:51+00:00 Starsunsky Brilliant :D <br> <br>Pure Genius - a little tip for this outstanding and fun to read review. http://www.boardgamegeek.com/article/2448589#2448589 2008-07-04T01:24:07+00:00 DarkS0uL I have played both. I've only played Sleuth once however and didn't really love it. The game was large and took place late at night. It went on longer than we had supposed it would and it seemed like a bit too much mental work. Black Vienna is also a tricky puzzle to crack but it seems to be a bit more fun. <br> <br>Both games feel very similar in that developing a method of efficient note-taking is crucial to each. http://www.boardgamegeek.com/article/2448563#2448563 2008-07-04T01:12:28+00:00 latindog anyone played them both? http://www.boardgamegeek.com/article/2448159#2448159 2008-07-04T06:22:20+00:00 killjoy00