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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 publiés par 999 Games et utilisants Deduction

Exit: The Return to the Abandoned Cabin

Exit: Kidnapped in Fortune City

Exit: The Sinister Mansion

Exit: Dead Man on the Orient Express

Exit: The Cemetery of the Knight

Jeux publiés par GaGa Games et utilisants Deduction

Checkpoint Charlie - K-Nines

Hunt for the Ring

Deal with the Devil

Codenames - Deep Undercover 2.0

Detective - Season One

Jeux utilisants Image Interpretation et Deduction

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...

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...

Starseekers! Explore the sky and bring some light back to your world.Stella is a competitive game in the Dixit universe. In each round, players interpret Dixit cards on a board after receiving a common clue word. Each player observes the Dixit cards ...

Jeux publiés par Game Factory et utilisants Deduction

Deduckto - A Quacking Deduction Game

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 ...

principalement positif, 78 %

Jeux utilisants Paper-and-Pencil et Deduction

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...

A Narrative Puzzle Adventure in Four PartsThreads of Fate is a remastered version of PostCurious' acclaimed debut game, The Tale of Ord. Blending escape rooms, board games, and interactive fiction, Threads of Fate will have players progressing through...

120 to 180 mins

Box One is presented by Neil Patrick Harris. It’s an ever evolving game of trivia, code breaking, and puzzles uniquely designed to challenge only one person, and it seems that person is you. And only you. Alone.It’s a game for one, created by one.

Jeux utilisants Communication Limits et Deduction

Paint the Roses

Perspectives: Orange Box

Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window Game

Beyond Baker Street

It's a Balloon!?

Concept Kids: Animals

There's Been a Murder

Jeux publiés par MINDOK et utilisants Deduction

Jeux utilisants Simultaneous Action Selection et Deduction

Party Game utilisants Deduction

Escape the Room: Secret of Dr. Gravely's Retreat

Secret Identity

Dracula's Feast (Kickstarter Edition)

Inhuman Conditions

Jeux utilisants Bluffing et Deduction

A thrilling board game adventure on a runaway train headed for Paris! Can you identify the Saboteur in your midst and avert disaster?Stop the Train is a semi-cooperative, social deduction board game for 4-6 players. Each game uniquely plays out across...

What's wrong with that testimony?This town has too many murders and too many detectives. Today several detectives have witnessed a murder. Using the information that only you are aware of as well as considering the reasoning of the other detectives,...

Houston, we have a Dolphin! is a card-based social deduction game for 3-5 players. It's the board game for all Among Us fans out there!Each player controls a team of up to 4 astronauts with different abilities, possibly fooled by a murderous dolphin...

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...

Solo / Solitaire Game utilisants Deduction

Pocket Detective Season 1

Break In - Alcatraz

Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: Jack the Ripper & West End Adventures

Black Sonata - The Fair Youth Expansion

Cooperative Game utilisants Deduction

Jeux publiés par The Op Games et utilisants Deduction

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...

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...

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...

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...

Jeux utilisants Negotiation et Deduction

Blood on the Clocktower

The Stifling Dark

Ultimate Werewolf: Extreme

Jeux utilisants Hand Management et Deduction

Decktective: Nightmare in the Mirror

Bang!: Gold Rush Expansion

Games: Good Cop, Bad Cop (3rd Edition)

Shipwreck Arcana w/Stars Below Expansion

Veiled Fate - Metal Edition

Jeux utilisants Companion App/Site et Deduction

Real-life escape rooms challenge you to escape a room within 60 minutes by solving various puzzles. With Unlock!, you can experience the thrills of escape rooms without setting foot outside.Unlock! Supernatural Adventures includes three supernatural ...

The Road to lnnsmouth is an immersive, multimedia puzzle-solving experience, combining collectible artifacts with digital gameplay to tell the story of Stella Clark's mysterious journey into the heart of lnnsmouth.Players step into the shoes of Stella...

Shenanigans are afoot at the North Pole, and it's up to you to figure out what happened!The Kringle Caper, title #1 in the Holiday Hijinks line, is an escape room style game in just 18 cards! As a group, you will solve a series of puzzles to unravel ...

Strategy Game utilisants Deduction

Jeux conçus par Jeppe Norsker et utilisants Deduction

Maria is on the run with her son while also preparing for the big showdown. But will she make it? “White Sleep” is the second episode of the murderous trilogy about Maria.50 Clues is an immersive puzzle game that offers the experience of an escape room...

Maria has gathered enough strength to confront Leopold, but first, she must track him down. “The Fate of Leopold” is the third episode of the murderous trilogy about Maria.50 Clues is an immersive puzzle game that offers the experience of an escape ...

Maria is locked up in a psychiatric ward and must escape to find her son before it's too late.The Pendulum of the Dead is the first part of the Leopold trilogy, followed by White Sleep and The Fate of Leopold.50 Clues is an award-winning immersive puzzle...

Jeux publiés par Delta Vision Publishing et utilisants Deduction

Jeux illustrés par Lauren Bello et utilisants Deduction

The Morrison Game Factory

The Morrison Game Factory is a narrative puzzle adventure based in a board game factory full of mystery. On the outside, the factory is busily churning out games for the whole family to enjoy. On the inside, hidden messages and untold stories await. ...

très positif, 90 %

Cooperative Game

Jeux publiés par Pegasus Spiele et utilisants Deduction

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...

From the mind behind the Turing Machine game comes a fresh deduction experience! Step into the role of an investigator like never before with Kronologic and explore the strange occurrences haunting the Paris Opera.Gather clues on the whereabouts of key...

Love Letter is a game of risk, deduction, and luck, for 2–4 players. Get your love letter into Princess Annette’s hands while keeping other players’ letters away. Powerful cards lead to early gains, but make you a target. Rely on weaker cards for too...

AI Space Puzzle is a cooperative board game, where players take on the roles of distressed AI and Astronauts. The goal of the game is for the Astronauts to reach the correct rooms with the correct Security Keys.While playing, you will create a shared...

Jeux à thématique Mystery / Crime utilisants Deduction

Find clues and catch the culprit like your favorite neighborhood detectives. Work together in this cooperative game to confirm clues and uncover the mystery. But watch out! Don’t let the suspect interfere or escape before you can crack the case.Unlock...

A Narrative Puzzle Adventure in Three PartsThe Emerald Flame tells a vibrant story over thre distinct episodes, each packed with hand-drawn illustrations, unique components, and original puzzles of varying difficulty, challenging and engaging players...

120 to 180 mins

The mystery you love to solve again and again is even more intense! Clue is back with a modern twist, and you have to find out who is responsible for murdering the host at a millionaire's mansion or a boardwalk. Get the scoop on the updated rooms, weapons...

Jeux conçus par Dave Neale et utilisants Deduction

Sherlock Holmes calls on you to solve ten original cases. Will you rise to the challenge?Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective is a cooperative game, where the players try to solve mysterious cases by interviewing suspects, searching through newspapers...

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 ...

In the distant future, the world lies in ruins. Listen to remnants of the past and solve the dark secret behind the downfall of modern civilization.• Listen to the sounds and dialogue connected to the game components.• Find all the audio clues and bring...