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Deduction

Deduction in Board Games

Deduction mechanics in board games involve players using logic and reasoning to solve a puzzle or uncover hidden information. Games featuring these mechanics challenge players to collect clues, identify patterns, and make informed guesses to progress towards a goal.

Importance of Deduction Mechanics

  • Enhances Critical Thinking: Players are encouraged to think critically and logically to piece together information.
  • Promotes Social Interaction: Deduction often requires discussion and reasoning with other players, fostering social dynamics.
  • Varied Complexity: Deduction mechanics can range from simple to complex, making them suitable for diverse age groups and preferences.

Examples of Deduction Board Games

  • Clue (or Cluedo): One of the most famous deduction games, players must determine the murderer, the weapon, and the location of the crime.
  • Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: An immersive game where players solve mysteries by interpreting clues and interviewing suspects.
  • Mystery of the Abbey: A whodunit game that combines deduction with player interaction, as players visit rooms and question others to solve a murder.

Deduction mechanics enrich the gaming experience by emphasizing cerebral skills and social play. The mechanic has maintained popularity through classic and modern board games, appealing to those who enjoy problem-solving and strategic thinking.

Jeux conçus par Pierluca Zizzi et utilisants Deduction

Similo - Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

9,95 $US
A cooperative deduction game where your goal is to make the other players guess one secret character by playing other character cards from your hand as clues, stating whether they are similar to or different from the secret character.Similo: Fantastic...
principalement positif, 70 %
7 ans et +
2 à 8 joueurs
10 minutes
Légé
Card Game
Fantasy
Folklore
Deduction
Communication Limits
Give a clue, Get a clue
Image Interpretation

Card Game utilisants Deduction

-63 %
35,00 $US
12,95 $US
Calling all Ducktectives! Put your sleuthing skills to the test in this race to nab your secret suspect. Use logic and deduction to correctly figure out the animal, disguise, and location on your hidden card. Do the clues point to Paulie the Pigeon ...
79 %
8+
2 à 4
15 mins
Légé
9,00 $US
8,95 $US
In this social-deduction game, defeat Marvel villains as you try to identify hidden HYDRA agents! Play as fourteen of your favorite Marvel heroes to save New York City from destruction, try to identify which players are hidden HYDRA agents sabotaging...
59 %
14+
5 à 8
40 mins
Détendu
-20 %
29,99 $US
23,99 $US
Concept Kids: Animals is a cooperative version of the game Concept, adapted for children who don't yet know how to read.In turn, the children attempt to make the others guess an animal by playing pawns on the illustrated icons on the game board. Through...
74 %
4+
2 à 12
20 mins
Légé
9,00 $US
8,95 $US
One key is a light and smart game for all kinds of players. It provides a fresh new cooperative experience based on visual association and deduction, with uniquely shaped and richly illustrated cards. One key is best played with its free app. It features...
64 %
8+
2 à 6
20 mins
Légé

Jeux utilisants Memory et Deduction

40,00 $US
28,00 $US
19,95 $US
27,18 $US
14,99 $US
9,95 $US

Jeux à thématique Mystery / Crime utilisants Deduction

Exit: The Return to the Abandoned Cabin
17,95 $US
12,99 $US
MicroMacro: Crime City - Showdown
34,99 $US
26,99 $US

Strategy Game utilisants Deduction

Break the Code
-20 %
17,49 $US
13,99 $US
Paint the Roses
39,99 $US
28,00 $US
Destination X
25,00 $US
8,95 $US
Hack Trick
35,66 $US
Letter Jam
24,95 $US
19,95 $US
Dracula's Feast (Kickstarter Edition)
24,00 $US
18,00 $US
Decorum
39,95 $US
35,95 $US
Break In - Alcatraz
-35 %
13,95 $US
9,00 $US
Xylotar
-20 %
14,95 $US
11,99 $US
Bang!: Gold Rush Expansion
-44 %
17,95 $US
10,00 $US
Beyond Baker Street
-12 %
26,12 $US
23,00 $US
Houston, We Have A Dolphin!
22,00 $US
Hunt for the Ring
49,90 $US
30,00 $US
Pass Pass
12,95 $US
10,00 $US
Shipwreck Arcana w/Stars Below Expansion
15,00 $US
Spy Club
45,00 $US
15,00 $US
Pie Town
52,86 $US
Gempire - Zarmund's Demands
0,00 $US
Deal with the Devil
69,95 $US
24,24 $US
There's Been a Murder
-21 %
13,95 $US
11,00 $US
Ultimate Werewolf: Extreme
24,95 $US
17,99 $US
Tempest: Love Letter - Premium Edition
195,00 $US
Holiday Hijinks: The Kringle Caper
-25 %
9,99 $US
7,49 $US
Stew
0,00 $US
Stella
39,99 $US
31,99 $US
A.I. Space Puzzle
29,95 $US
23,99 $US
Stop Thief!
29,95 $US
23,99 $US
Inside Job
19,95 $US
14,99 $US
Black Sonata - The Fair Youth Expansion
49,95 $US
Fiction
15,00 $US
9,00 $US
Expressions
17,95 $US
Unboxed
23,95 $US
14,00 $US
Box One
45,99 $US

Party Game utilisants Deduction

-13 %
32,99 $US
28,67 $US
For game enthusiasts who are looking to host an unforgettable night of fun, ESCAPE ROOM IN A BOX is a 60-90 minute cooperative game where 2-8 players solve puzzles, crack codes, and find hidden clues in order to unlock an antidote to thwart a mad scientist...
68 %
13+
2 à 8
30 mins
Détendu
-12 %
15,95 $US
14,00 $US
Decipher is a different kind of word game for 2-4 players. Players use 4 different letter pieces to create and solve word puzzles.In each round a different player builds a secret word puzzle. The others only know which letter pieces are in the secret...
63 %
10+
2 à 4
30 mins
Légé
21,95 $US
In Haiclue, 2-12 players combine random word tiles into meaningful clues. Games last about 30 minutes.Each round, players use 15 random tiles to make a clue for one of the four words in the center of the table. Then, the group reads the clues out loud...
57 %
14+
2 à 12
30 mins
Légé
-43 %
39,99 $US
22,73 $US
Mystic Paths is a fantasy-themed cooperative game where players team up to navigate a maze, crafting and interpreting clues to find their way through an enigmatic forest known as the Eternal Forest. The game combines elements of word games and deduction...
72 %
12+
2 à 6
20 mins
Légé

Jeux utilisants Bluffing et Deduction

24,99 $US
15,00 $US
0,00 $US
5,00 $US

Jeux utilisants Storytelling et Deduction

Escape the Room: Secret of Dr. Gravely's Retreat
26,99 $US
Pocket Detective Season 1
-44 %
24,95 $US
14,00 $US
Decktective: Nightmare in the Mirror
14,99 $US
10,00 $US
Unlock! Supernatural Adventures
36,99 $US
Inhuman Conditions
145,00 $US
31,99 $US
50 Clues: White Sleep
12,00 $US
Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: Jack the Ripper & West End Adventures
-20 %
57,99 $US
46,49 $US
Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: Baker Street Irregulars
-19 %
57,99 $US
46,99 $US
Echoes: The Microchip
7,50 $US
50 Clues: Fate of Leopold, The
12,00 $US
50 Clues: The Pendulum of the Dead
-28 %
19,99 $US
14,49 $US

Jeux à thématique Puzzle utilisants Deduction

51,69 $US
25,00 $US
34,95 $US
30,00 $US
63,48 $US
24,99 $US

Jeux publiés par USAOpoly et utilisants Deduction

-60 %
49,90 $US
19,99 $US
A Vibrant Game of Colorful Communication!A family game for 3-10 players that challenges your ability to make connections to colors with words!Using only one and two-word cues, try to get your friends to guess a specific color from the 480 on the game...
65 %
8+
3 à 10
30 mins
Légé
35,00 $US
In Codenames: The Simpsons, two teams compete to see who can make contact with all of their agents first. Spymasters give clues which can guide their team to multiple cards on the board. Their teammates try to guess words of the right color while avoiding...
66 %
8+
2 à 8
15 mins
Légé
-54 %
50,00 $US
22,99 $US
Two teams compete to be the first to identify all of their team's Treasure Cards displayed on the grid.Only each team's Cluemasters know the locations of the Treasure Cards their team is trying to find. They give clues in the form of a code word that...
66 %
8+
2 à 8
15 mins
Légé
30,00 $US
CODENAMES: Harry Potter is a fun, easy-to-learn cooperative word and picture deduction game for Harry Potter fans of all game levels. Players help their teammates locate secret Agents who are concealed among a grid of Harry Potter references. Use only...
62 %
14+
2 à 8
15 mins
Légé

Jeux utilisants Hidden Roles et Deduction

125,00 $US
29,99 $US
24,99 $US
174,95 $US
150,00 $US

Jeux à thématique Movies / TV / Radio theme utilisants Deduction

-30 %
34,99 $US
24,49 $US
What If You Thought You Saw a Murder?Experience Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece Rear Window in this game of deduction and suspense. Carefully observe strange clues and ominous patterns in the things going on in the apartments across the way. There are...
78 %
13+
3 à 5
40 mins
Légé
-20 %
34,95 $US
28,00 $US
Scandaloh! Is a deduction card game of investigative journalism in which you’ll compete to unravel the next big scandal involving a celebrity.Each game presents a completely different challenge thanks to its Brilliant Deck System.The only way to get...
66 %
12+
1 à 6
45 mins
Impliqué
-20 %
49,90 $US
39,99 $US
The Nightmare Is About to Begin...Again!Last Friday (Revised Edition) is the updated and revised version of our hidden movement, hunting, and deduction board game, inspired by the popular "slasher" horror movie genre. Subtle but important changes to ...
57 %
13+
2 à 6
30 mins
Détendu
-20 %
15,00 $US
12,00 $US
As is the case with many Escape Rooms across the world, you are "locked in" this game and the objective is to find the codes to "escape" within 60 minutes by solving puzzles and riddles. Use your brain! Teamwork, good communication, ingenuity, creativity...
58 %
10+
3 à 5
60 mins
Détendu

Jeux publiés par PostCurious et utilisants Deduction

92,00 $US
39,00 $US
80,00 $US

Jeux utilisants Guess the Word et Deduction

Mind Map
25,00 $US
19,99 $US
It's a Balloon!?
39,95 $US
28,99 $US
Master Word
-44 %
22,99 $US
12,96 $US
CrossTalk
29,95 $US
22,00 $US
Codenames - Deep Undercover 2.0
55,00 $US

Jeux publiés par Maldito Games et utilisants Deduction

-49 %
95,00 $US
47,99 $US
The Stifling Dark is a one-vs-many hidden-movement horror board game with an innovative line-of-sight mechanic for 2-5 players.One player assumes the role of the Adversary, whose goal is to prevent the other players (the investigators) from escaping....
72 %
14+
2 à 5
25 mins
Impliqué
-62 %
50,00 $US
18,99 $US
Batman: Everybody Lies is a crime-solving deduction game for 2-4 players set in rich lore of the Batman comics universe. Players take on the roles of four key investigators - instinctive journalist Warren Spacey, tenacious reporter Vicki Vale, brutish...
63 %
14+
2 à 4
120 mins
Détendu
-64 %
24,95 $US
9,00 $US
Detective: Season One is a fully cooperative, deeply immersive, board game in which 1 to 5 players take on the roles of investigators trying to solve a crime. Detective: Season One stand-alone game in the award winning Detective line. The game has a...
66 %
12+
1 à 5
90 mins
Détendu

Jeux utilisants Player Elimination et Deduction

35,00 $US
32,00 $US
17,95 $US
14,99 $US
11,99 $US

Jeux illustrés par Janette Ramos et utilisants Deduction

Cult of the Deep (Clearance)

-67 %
45,00 $US
15,00 $US
Cult of the Deep is a hidden-role dice game for 4-8 players where you are a cultist trying to establish your faction's rise to power. Battle for control of rituals and mythical monsters as you seek victory and control of the Cult.A social deduction game...
mitigé, 62 %
13 ans et +
4 à 8 joueurs
45 minutes
Détendu
Card Game
Fantasy
Horror
Bluffing
Deduction
Dice Rolling
Bribery

Jeux rédigés par Christian Lemay et utilisants Deduction

Turing Machine

-23 %
49,99 $US
38,28 $US
"Codes are a puzzle. A game, just like any other game."- Alan Turing, The Imitation GameTuring Machine is fast, demanding, and intense! Find the secret code using a "mechanical" computer that works with punch cards alone. Ask the machine the right questions...
principalement positif, 78 %
14 ans et +
1 à 4 joueurs
20 minutes
Détendu
Abstract Game
Math
Spies / Secret Agents
Deduction

Jeux illustrés par Dave Neale et utilisants Deduction

Echoes - The Dancer

7,50 $US
The ghost of a young girl haunts the halls of a stately Scottish manor. Gather clues as you listen to the fragments of her tragic story and solve the mystery of her death. Listen to the sounds and dialogue connected to the game components. Find all ...
mitigé, 64 %
14 ans et +
1 à 6 joueurs
1 minute
Légé
Murder / Mystery
Mystery / Crime
Deduction
Companion App/Site

Jeux développés par Sandra Dochtermann et utilisants Deduction

-26 %
14,95 $US
10,99 $US
Crime runs rampant in the frontier town of Fortune City, and now the sheriff has disappeared like a tumbleweed in a dust storm. With precious little time, you must try to find him by uncovering clues and evidence in the saloon, drug store, gunsmith, ...
79 %
12+
1 à 4
120 mins
Impliqué
-26 %
14,95 $US
10,99 $US
You are invited to be guests at a palatial mansion, but upon arrival, you find yourselves forced to take part in a macabre game. The clock is ticking, and there is not much time left to solve the puzzles. Can you escape the mansion before it's too late...
71 %
12+
1 à 4
60 mins
Détendu
-26 %
14,95 $US
10,99 $US
One murder, eight suspects. By chance, the world-famous private detective Achilles Pussot happens to be on board the train - but he has been knocked out. Can you use his documents to solve the case before the Orient Express reaches Constantinople?Difficulty...
75 %
12+
1 à 4
60 mins
Détendu
-30 %
14,95 $US
10,49 $US
According to an old legend, a priceless red ruby is said to be hidden in the tomb of Sir Reginald Wreston. It can only be found when the moon is at just the right angle in the night's sky - which only occurs once every 87 years! But guess what? Tonight...
64 %
10+
1 à 4
60 mins
Impliqué

Jeux illustrés par Scott Nicely et utilisants Deduction

Fury of Dracula (2nd Edition)

85,00 $US
80,00 $US
Fury of Dracula is a gothic board game of cunning, terror, and deduction. It is playable by 2-5 players in 2-4 hours.It is 1898. Eight years ago, the most evil Count Dracula traveled to London in a bid to create an empire of Un-Dead! In this he was ...
mitigé, 65 %
10 ans et +
2 à 5 joueurs
120 minutes
Impliqué
Team-Based Game
Horror
Adventure
Deduction
Dice Rolling
Hidden Movement
Point to Point Movement

Jeux conçus par Dominic Crapuchettes et utilisants Deduction

Paint the Roses: Escape the Castle Expansion

24,99 $US
Escape the Castle is a collection of 6 modules. Each module features a unique challenge, along with a lovable Wonderland character to help you.You and your fellow gardeners are no longer satisfied staying one step ahead of the Queen's axe. You dream ...
principalement positif, 73 %
11 ans et +
2 à 5 joueurs
60 minutes
Impliqué
Cooperative Game
Novel-based
Puzzle
Deduction
Tile Placement

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