Museum Suspects
2-4 players | Ages 8+ | 20 minutes
Publisher: Blue Orange, 2022
Art: Maxime Sarthou
Hurry, close the doors, a museum piece has been stolen! The director calls in a number of highly skilled investigators to find the thief or thieves amongst the 16 suspects held inside the building. Some clues are more valuable than others. Find the best ones to solve the case while obstructing your competitors’ investigations! Will you find the culprit(s), unless they have escaped before the closing of the doors?
Like many kids, I played Clue/Cluedo growing up and loved the feeling of getting to solve a murder mystery with a mysterious solution that only the game “knew”. I also love many mystery and suspense films, so a crime deduction game was always on my list of designs to tackle. Museum Suspects started out as quite a complex game about gathering evidence and bribing witnesses, but as development went on, it seemed natural to hone the game to just a few elements: finding clues, placing a cost on those clues for other players, and then having to place suspicion on a suspect every turn. As always, Blue Orange did a great job with the production - I especially love the thematic notepads and pencils that come with the game!
Links
➚ Museum Suspects at Blue Orange
➚ Museum Suspects at BoardGameGeek