【A+D】Murder at the Ducal Palace

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Title: Murder at the Ducal Palace

Players: 3-6
Time: 20-45min
Theme: Mystery
Mechanies: Set collection
Gadget: 76 Cards
Outline: Collect testimonies and murder weapons to narrow down the list of perpetrators.




Game preparation:

① Shuffle the Palace cards and place them face down in 2 x 4.
② Shuffle the character cards and lay them face down one by one beside the Palace cards.
③ Each player chooses a character cards and places it in front of him or her.
④ Arbitrarily select one of the remaining character cards near the Palace cards and turn it over.
This will be the person killed this time and the murder scene.
Any other character cards still remaining near the Palace cards are removed from the game.
⑤ Shuffle the Investigation cards and deal three cards to each player for their hand.
The remaining Investigation cards are placed face down in a deck,
and one card is turned from the top and placed face up next to the deck.





Game procedures:

【Gathering evidence for the case】
① Draw one card from the deck and choose between the following two actions.
    ⒶCards drawn from the deck are added to the hand.
    ⒷExchange cards drawn from the deck with cards opened next to the deck and add them to the hand.


The objective of each player is to have the following cards.
    ● Suspect duplicates 'evidence' card ... 2 cards.
    ● Weapon' card with duplicate holder ... 1 card.
    ● Murder scene' card pointing to the room where the victim was murdered ... 1 card.
※Characters removed from the game and killed cannot be the killer,
　so try to collect character cards (of the same colour) held by other players.







② Maximum number of cards in hand is six; if more than six cards are in hand, they are discarded.

【Prosecution】
・You declare "I accuse" when you have collected four Investigation cards, which are evidence in the case.
　You reveal the four Investigation cards to the other players and name the character the evidence indicates as the culprit.
・If the player with the incriminating character card has an [Alibi] card, the accusation fails.
　The revealed Investigation card is discarded and [Gather Evidence] or [Prosecution] resumes with the next active player.
・The player who successfully identifies the culprit wins as a 'detective'.

【Unsolved】
If all players have not collected all the evidence and the deck is exhausted, the case is "cold" and there is no winner.

Superissacboy

Seems interesting,I have also conceived a similar design, but did not come up with a better way to identify the killer and gave up. I like your design.Having randomness and a tendency towards hand management.

幻视蔷薇

It looks good.
I want to know if the colors on the front and back of the character card consistent

hockleonggoh

Interesting theme. It is a race to gather the right 4 investigation cards. The victim's murder scene can be at a corner of the 2x4, making it only having 2 adjacent rooms instead of 3. Will it have a different effect?
Is there a strong first player advantage in this game?

Ss111

很有想法的桌遊，設計得很好看，希望可以補全玩法細節。

HagridKuan

interesting theme  ， the real game experience rely on good cards design， wonder to see more details.

mingge

规则简洁明了，蛮容易上手的。