Detective A Modern Crime Board Game
Detective A Modern Crime Board Game is a narrative detective game by Portal Games for anyone who loves unraveling mysteries. Using playing cards, you progress through the story and each time you have to choose what to do next. Are you going to interrogate the suspect, investigate the crime scene or continue working on a specific clue? Unfortunately, you can't do everything, because you only have a certain number of hours or days to solve everything.
The game works with cards, a game board and tokens, but there is one more thing that is very important: the Antares Database. On this special website you will find the computer system of the police, where you can enter DNA or fingerprints you have found to see if this matches with certain people. And that is not only important to substantiate your theory, but also essential to score points in the game.
The base game of Detective A Modern Crime Board Game contains 5 scenarios that together form one big campaign. After the first story you will definitely want to go straight to the next one! As far as we are concerned, Detective A Modern Crime Board Game is the perfect game to fully immerse yourself in. It is very challenging and it really gives you a kick when you have collected the right evidence to prove your theory!
Standalone Detective Games
It all started with Detective A Modern Crime Board Game. A tough detective game with 5 different stories that together form one big campaign. Later followed Detective Season One, a standalone game with 3 unique cases with different styles and locations. The writing style of the cases in Detective Season One is lighter than in Detective A Modern Crime Board Game and is full of humor and deep storylines.
In Vienna Connection you are not a detective for once, but a spy! It is a completely independent title, with the idea of Detective A Modern Crime Board Game. It is set in the Cold War where you are led in 4 unique missions across Europe. As a player you command a team of CIA agents who carry out secret missions in 1977. The game is most fun if you play all 4 missions, because then the story comes into its own.
The system of Detective A Modern Crime Board Game also returns in Dune House Secrets. In this adventure game, players are rebels who have to solve challenging missions and make decisions together about how the game will continue. You use a card game with clues and plot twists, physical handouts and a special website for an immersive experience.
Detective Expansions
Have you finished the base game Detective A Modern Crime Board Game? Don't worry! There are many more crimes waiting to be solved. Detective LA Crimes is set in the 80s and there is only one detective who can stop the criminals of La-La Land and find out what exactly happened. Dig Deeper is written by another board game author and not just any one. Rob Daviau also worked on Pandemic Legacy and Cthulhu: Death May Die. Dig Deeper is set in the 70s and players must solve the mysterious death of a local politician.