| A number of board games make their purpose to | | | | baroness, and a count. Someone on the train was |
| have players figure out a mystery, usually the murder | | | | murdered by someone in that group and it is the duty |
| of a character. Murder mysteries have quite a popular | | | | of the players to discover who. |
| following in the board game world, as they generally | | | | Another inventive deduction game is Mystery of the |
| raise the stakes higher than most other forms of | | | | Abbey, which allows players the chance to solve a |
| mystery. With a number of suspects available, players | | | | thrilling murder mystery while additionally providing a |
| usually race against each other to uncover information | | | | unique atmosphere to enhance the level of fun and |
| and solve the crime before the others. Sometimes, | | | | game play. The goal of the game is to solve the |
| players play as the suspects themselves and other | | | | murder of the unfortunate Brother Adelmo, who was |
| times they act as independent gumshoes. In either | | | | discovered at the bottom of a cliff by the monastery. |
| case, however, deduction board games are some of | | | | Twenty-four different monks live in the monastery and |
| the most popular sources of entertainment in the | | | | it is the goal of players to discover the murderer |
| gaming realm. | | | | before anyone else. However, normal monastic life is |
| One such game, Orient Express, gives players the | | | | still observed during this investigation, providing a |
| chance to use their highly developed skills of deduction | | | | number of twists during the game. |
| and reasoning to solve an intriguing mystery. However, | | | | Suspects are divided into a number of different |
| unlike other detective games, Orient Express doesn't | | | | categories to distinguish them. All of the monks are |
| end when the first player figures out the solution to the | | | | either of the Templar, Franciscan, or Benedictine |
| murder. The train is on a set path from Paris to Istanbul | | | | orders, and are either Fathers, Brothers, or Novices. |
| and will make its complete route before the game | | | | They either wear hoods or they do not, are either |
| ends. It is the job of the players to solve the mystery | | | | clean-shaven or bearded, and are either fat or thin. |
| within this time frame, and it is perfectly possible for | | | | With all of these different distinguishing characteristics, |
| more than one player to correctly solve the mystery | | | | players can slowly narrow down the list of suspects |
| by the time that the Orient Express reaches Istanbul. | | | | until they feel confident enough to make an accusation. |
| Players begin the game by choosing one of 10 preset | | | | However, as the game progresses and players begin |
| mysteries before the game starts. Each of these 10 | | | | to learn more about the culprit, they make revelations. |
| mysteries has been predetermined and can only be | | | | If these revelations prove correct at the end of the |
| played once. There is a common theme through all of | | | | game, they can score points for the player. In the end, |
| the cases, in that a murder has been committed by | | | | the player with the most points wins, making it possible |
| one of the eight possible suspects and it is up to the | | | | to win the game without being the player who solved |
| players to solve the murder before the train reaches | | | | the murder. A unique twist on a mystery, both of these |
| Istanbul and the murderer runs free. The eight different | | | | games give players the chance to play detective in an |
| suspects under investigation are an actress, a ballerina, | | | | exotic setting. |
| a colonel, a fortune-teller, a gambler, a diplomat, a | | | | |