The impossible must be possible in spite of appearances
SUSPECTS
Designer: Various | Publisher: Studio H
Think games like Detective: A Modern Crime Game, the Unlock! series of games, and perhaps a choose your own path game, add in some Agatha Christie style flair, shake it up, and out pops Suspects. What’s not to love?
The game follows Claire Harper, an adventurous traveller with a Cambridge based back story, and three mysteries she finds herself in the midst of. It plays by way of cards – you’ll have your set up on a large card, explaining what’s taken place and why you’re being asked to solve it, a few additional bits of flavour in the form of evidence, and then a pack of cards and an envelope. You’ll overturn cards, making decisions about what you do next based on the options given and the clues you’ve already uncovered. The cards are numbered, which allows you to pursue different options, and twist the investigation as you see fit.