Modiphius MUH051795 Agatha Christie Death on The Cards, Mixed Colours

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That shamed player still participates and can share victory if the murderer's identity is discovered. However the path of justice won’t be that simple for you have deep dark secrets you want to keep hidden, while trying to shine the light of truth on to this dastardly deed! It’s as if the villain in one of the original novels, rather than cleverly covering their tracks, preferred to walk around covered in blood, clutching a dripping dagger and wearing a bright pink T-shirt saying: IT WAS ME! Each turn, players can play an event card or a set of detective cards and may discard and draw as many cards as they like at the end of their turn.

One person's shy new girlfriend who nobody knows might slide under the radar only to be the werewolf all along. To unmask the killer, you’ll play cards representing detectives from Poirot and Marple to less well-remembered characters like Tommy and Tuppence Beresford and Harley Quin (no, not that Harley Quinn). When played, they cancel out a previous player’s action, which is a handy card if you aren’t ready to reveal one of your secrets. Her stories have been endlessly adapted for TV and film, and more than 130 years since her birth she remains one of the most popular mystery authors ever to put pen to paper.When it comes to presentation, Death on the Cards satisfies even if it does come up a little simple. Whether you are taking tea at the vicarage, enjoying a train journey, sojourning up the Nile or simply having friends for supper – it really is the perfect addition to your evening. You might be concealing the fact that you’ve faked your own death, or that you’re a problem gambler, or a kleptomaniac, or that you’ve written a steamy account of your passionate affair with the prime minister. Each detective acts slightly differently and each card has a different quotation from that character.

The Point Your Suspicions card is a fun card which, timed well, can have a significant impact on the game. We got a grasp of the game's rules and mechanics early on, but still had to refer to the rules sheet from time to time. With the way the box opens, it would have been a clever idea to make it look like an Agatha Christie novel.In addition, should the murderer reveal everyone’s secrets the murderer wins while should the murderer’s secrets be revealed the murderer loses.

These include slow poisoning, fake royalty, faking your death, being an impostor, having a gambling problem, etc.

As one of the bestselling authors of all time, Agatha Christie’s works have been adapted into movies, television shows, a series of video games for PlayStation, Xbox, Wii, and PC, and even a board game, though Death on the Cards is the first Christie-themed card game. The goal of Death on the Cards is to discover the murderer among the players before the cards run out and the murderer escapes. The ‘Detectives’ must be played in sets of 2 or 3 as the card specifies (Harley Quin can only be used as a wild card).

With various interruptions during the game and going over the rules, it took about an hour to finish a game. Death on the Cards is incredibly simple to set up—each player begins the game with three secret cards and five mechanic cards, which could be any mix of detectives, events, and Not So Fast! In this case, very literally; players receive three 'secret' cards at the beginning of the game that only they are allowed to see. Sidequest was provided with a copy of Agatha Christie’s Death on the Cards in exchange for a fair and honest review. Find out more about the inspiration of the game, challenges, and interpreting the iconic characters of Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple?The twist is that one of the players is the murderer and must work against the group to keep themselves hidden. It’s a typical Christie-style setup: a murky morass of dark deeds and deceptions where everyone has things they’d rather the rest of the world didn’t know about. In this card-driven game players work co-operatively to solve a murder, using their detective skills to unmask the culprit and prevent their escape.