Guilty - Houston 2015 - New Mystery Game Series - Spoiler free Review

[@DeeFaj]

Enjoyed this adult themed mystery game. The game itself has a high production quality - art is amazing, excellent narrative, long playing time. I also really like the game mechanics especially the tension the time deck gives. Will definitely buy the next game to play myself! Hoping for more cases in this series!

[@jonathanwarner2893]

Enjoyed the mechanics of the game. Timer did work very well. I do wish there had a been a bit more of a system that let you follow up on threads of the case you thought you understood more directly. For the case itself, felt like the group didn't quite sync up on the wave length of the designer. Maybe we read too much into certain clues and wound up with some overly complicated theories. Even though we understood the main thrusts for the case might have been more rewarding to have locked down some more of the details. I think maybe we should have done a third session and reread everything to try and come up with a more consistent understanding. I think that would be my advise to another group playing. While you should still theorize try to not read more into a clue than there is. And if you're near the end and still feel confused consider taking a step back and rereading everything.

[@COOPFORTWO]

It's almost always the case that re-reading everything would help make sense out of everything. On the other hand sometimes I feel like we make a reasonable decision about whether we think doing so is going to increase our enjoyment and if its worth the effort. Sometimes that real world stamina question is part of our decision process Ocassionally we find ourselves like we did here, where an extra session seems excessive but where we are tight for time trying to finish it. Luckily we didn't get burned here.

[@janzerovnicky8296]

Thanks a lot Jesse, honestly, I do not have time to keep track on all new detective games which are published, but your reviews are huge help to pick up at least interesting ones!

[@bowenqiu9123]

I've played similar games before with a long scenario book, and once I completed a scenario, there will be no reason to play it again in the future because I already know the answer of the questions. I'm wondering if this game has the same problem. I saw there are bunch of cards can be drawn, so if this game is not re-playable, are those cards that I haven't seen in the first time playing wasted?

[@COOPFORTWO]

This game is a one-time play only. There will only be a few cards you haven't seen and you will end the case learning what happened. No possibility for replay. That's just the nature of these games. But nothing is destroyed so you can resell or trade it afterwards.

[@TypicalJoker94]

Looking forward to trying this as me and my girlfriend really like Suspects. We don't usually like time limits on these kinds of games because we like to read everything and chew on every clue. If we followed your suggestion of reading more cards after the timer runs out, would the answer be too obvious or would it still be a challenge?

[@COOPFORTWO]

@@TypicalJoker94 I would write down your answers before you read any extra cards, then see if you're answers change.

[@TypicalJoker94]

@@COOPFORTWO Thank you