Deduction games
Anttoni Huhtala
Finland
Helsinki
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I really like deduction games. They can really get your brain frying..
 And thats exactly what i like. I've tried some games, and im allways on the lookout for new ones. Ofcourse your marking mecanism adds a lot to the game..
Here is some i have tried. Please add deduction games you enjoy.
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José Carlos de Diego
Spain
Zaragoza
Zaragoza
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The Tuesday Club Murders (El Club de los Martes) is formed when the host, is entertaining friends and they decide that each should tell a story of a mystery, without revealing the answer, so that the others can try to guess the outcome. It is felt that with their combined skills and variety of individual experience, they will be able to solve the problems presented. The players try to reconstruct the crime by asking, guessing and fiddling about.
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Board Game: Zendo
[Average Rating:7.31 Overall Rank:282]
Sonja Elen Kisa
Canada
Toronto
Ontario
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This one is quite popular on BGG.
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Jens Guder
Germany
Hamburg
Hamburg
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In my eyes the best deductive game - ever. Big disadvantage: you can only play it 16 times (with the expansions). But believe me after 10 years, you can start again ;-))
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Anttoni Huhtala
Finland
Helsinki
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Black vienna is a nice deduction game. It was my first good deduction game after cluedo. Noticing that im starting to think black vienna is on the lighter side of games, so probably im needing something stronger...
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Tim Isakson
United States
Richardson
Texas
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Code 777 is another good deduction game - definitely on the lightweight side of the scale, but fun (and relatively quick).
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Tim Riley
United Kingdom
Unspecified
East Sussex
Ole Boot - A sheepdog or a cursed English milor' depending on your viewpoint
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This is a follow up to Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective already mentioned above. Solitaire or co-operative play. Bags of period atmosphere and detailed inclusions such as telephone directories, mugshots, maps and newspapers. As with SHCD, low replay value once you have completed the cases though.
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Board Game: Sleuth
[Average Rating:6.79 Overall Rank:618]
Anttoni Huhtala
Finland
Helsinki
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And that's where sleuth comes in. i've played it as a 4 player game only. Heard that its quite light with three and a real brain burner with seven. Fortunately ower gaming group has enough interersted people to try it someday...
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Anttoni Huhtala
Finland
Helsinki
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I have heard a lot of positive feedback on timbuktu, so its high on my purchase list. Id still like to hear more, before buying it...
Thats really all i have on deduction games. Hopefully somebody knows some more good games to introduce to this list.
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Tim Riley
United Kingdom
Unspecified
East Sussex
Ole Boot - A sheepdog or a cursed English milor' depending on your viewpoint
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I think this may belong here. Deduction from witness statements and telegrams. Have only played it once but it has a nice theme and board. The game is given some momentum by the progression of the train along its route. Low replay value though once you have gone through the 10 included cases.
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Board Game: Clans
[Average Rating:6.57 Overall Rank:683]
Tom Rosen
United States
Arlington
Virginia
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Well, I must admit that I've never really understood the difference betwee deductive and inductive reasoning, but I think that you might enjoy a game called Clans. I've been playing it for a while on BSW ( http://www.brettspielwelt.de/) and recently got the actual game. It's a fun little game that accomodates 2-5 players. The key mechanic of the game is that you are secretly assigned a color, and don't know what color everyone else is, and you are trying to earn points for your color without giving away what color you are, and simultaneously trying to figure out what color your opponents are while trying to deny them points. It's really easy to learn and very fun.
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I'd rather be gaming...
Australia
Brisbane
Queensland
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If you like Clue but felt it was a bit light then Mystery of the Abbey may be what you're looking for.
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Hannes Riener
Austria
Vienna
Austria
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Recreating an old Western town based on clue-cards.
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Patrick Christenson
United States
Austin
Texas
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Deduction is used to find out the vulnerablities of the Shadow(main bad guy). The Clue mechanic allows the Shadow to be different every game which makes each Hunters in the game valued differently from one game to the next based upon their skills.
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Board Game: Coda
[Average Rating:6.09 Overall Rank:1870]
Chris Bailey
United States
Broomfield
Colorado
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Short filler that's recieved good reviews.
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John Farrell
Australia
Aspley
Queensland
Averagely Inadequate
Buster Keaton from 'Go West'
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Two players, figure out who the ring leader (the guy at the top) is by asking what the others can see, hear, point to, etc. Not seriously hard, but my kid played a mean game of it when he was 8.
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Tim Isakson
United States
Richardson
Texas
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Clue: The Card Game, basically *is* Clue without the movement mechanism (or, rather, you can move anywhere you want, if you need to). It definitely has a luck element - what cards you get are quite important - but it's a good, lightweight deduction game.
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Inferior to "Consulting Detective", but still a worthwhile Sherlock Holmes themed item on this list.
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Lateral puzzles! Check out the images for some sample cards.
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Board Game: Clue
[Average Rating:5.60 Overall Rank:5617]
Anttoni Huhtala
Finland
Helsinki
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Cluedo is a old classic. Would be a ok game, if the roll and move mecanism would be something else. Very light, not really a brain burner
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Board Game: Alibi
[Average Rating:5.39 Overall Rank:7063]
Kevin Fowler
United States
Virginia Beach
Virginia
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A lot like Clue and/or Mystery of the Abbey, but without the game board
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Sonja Elen Kisa
Canada
Toronto
Ontario
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I remember this one from my childhood! Now I kinda miss it.
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Pretty much Clue but with some event cards and a nifty ghost mechanism. I prefer it over Clue, myself.
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A L D A R O N
United States
Boston
Massachusetts
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Deduce opposing inspectors' rules for rejecting your gadgets.
Winning depends on figuring out the optimal trade-off between exposing inspectors whose rules you have deduced, and exploiting them to ship high value gadgets.
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Jeff Widderich
Canada
Newmarket
Ontario
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Anttoni, this is the strangest deduction you can play. It should also be available in your local game shop in Finland.
Shillking
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Kayl
United States
Seal Beach
California
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Deduce/induce, whatever.
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