Pocket Detective №2 cover
2020BGG rank #8,013

Pocket Detective №2

by Yury Yamshchikov · Jet Games Studio

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Players1–6
Time45–60m
ComplexityLight
Age10+

About the game

What is Pocket Detective №2?

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. In 2nd case you will play as journalists. Every year you are aimed to a small town to make report about local festival. But this time you'll write about something rather more interesting...

How it plays

Mechanics

Cooperative GameStorytelling

On the shelf

Categories

Deduction

Questions players ask

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