Pocket Detective cover
2019BGG rank #5,659

Pocket Detective

by Yury Yamshchikov · Jet Games Studio

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Players1–6
Time45–60m
ComplexityLight
Age14+

About the game

What is Pocket Detective?

In the Pocket Detective game series, players take up investigations of different tangled cases and mysterious stories. Players are gathering clues, interrogating suspects, performing arrests and matching pieces of information to successfully solve the case. During each turn, a player chooses one of the cards available this turn. These cards can represent a Clue, a Location, Witness Interrogation, Special Action, Arrest of a Suspect etc. Using the cards, which were received during investigation, a player discovers what actually happened. The objective is to solve a case in a minimum number of turns. Pocket Detective is a series of cooperative card games which will test your deduction, for 1-6 players, age 14+.

How it plays

Mechanics

Cooperative GameStorytelling

On the shelf

Categories

Card GameDeduction

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