Deduction Games

My picks for the top 5 mystery games.

A locked-room mystery of sorts, and an updated version of the game 13 Dead End Drive.

Bruno Cathala, co-designer of the deduction game Mr. Jack in New York, talks about that game and the original.

A profile of Mr. Jack in New York, a deduction board game designed by Bruno Cathala and Ludovic Maublanc and published by Hurrican.

A profile of Mystery Express, a deduction board game published by Days of Wonder.

One of the best deduction games I've ever played, Mystery of the Abbey also has some laugh-out-loud moments.

A Game File for this terrific 1983 Ravensburger release. One player is Mr. X; the rest of the players track him down through the streets of London.

A profile of the deduction game Tobago, designed by Bruce Allen and published by Rio Grnade Games / Zoch Verlag.

Mystery and deduction board games and card games are among my favorites. Here are my picks for the top 10 mystery games.

A profile of the board game Letters from Whitechapel, designed by Gabriele Mari and Gianluca Santopietro and published by Nexus.