Guilty - Monaco 1955: Spoiler-free Review

[@JimmyPattaya]

Your very positive review has definitely whetted my appetite to get this game to the table as soon as space opens up (i.e. when I finish Masters of Crime: Rapture where I'm about half way through). I already own Guilty: Monaco 1955. I was a huge fan of Guilty: Houston 2015, and this sounds even better to me. I don't get frustrated easily when suggested solutions fall a little short of the mark --- and my primary motivation is "to go along for the ride" when there is a well-written narrative that is woven throughout the mystery, although I do try my utmost to successfully solve the case over a period of a couple of weeks through solo play. Your emphasis on the deft handling of the cinematic action and the subtleties of the new card combination system plus the historical flavour are all extremely appealing to me. I was a little worried when the Designer of this game some time ago made an oblique reference to Monaco 1955 being somewhat more elementary than the first entry into the Guilty series ---- but thankfully this does not appear to be the case based upon your review.

[@jonathanwarner2893]

Great review. The one thing I'm not sure was mentioned is as far as I could tell this case was standalone. So if the theme of this one appeals more to you, you don't have to worry about playing Houston 2015 first.

[@nelbr]

Wow, great and positive review. It shows how much fun we had. I just wanted to add that in terms of background theme, in my opinion, Monaco 1955 does an incredible job of keeping us engaged as if it were a movie, and in this sense, it is better than Houston 2015. IMHO.