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2004BGG rank #4,785

Black Stories

by Holger Bösch · Boosterbox.nl

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Players2–99
Time20m
ComplexityLight
Age12+

About the game

What is Black Stories?

50 black stories, 31 crimes, 49 corpses, 11 murders, 12 suicides and one deadly meal. How could that have happened? Black Stories are fiddly, morbid and mysterious riddles for teenagers and adults. The players try to reconstruct the crime by asking, guessing and fiddling about. A spooky card game just right for any party.

How it plays

Mechanics

Storytelling

On the shelf

Categories

Card GameDeductionHorrorHumorMurder / MysteryParty Game

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