Mystery Express review - Board Game Brawl

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[pnutbutrncrackers]

Maybe it's good I saw this. TheGameBoyGeek really liked it and included it among his best deduction board games.

[Fergit_]

They made a cards only version of Cluedo if you both want Cluedo and also want it to end quickly.

[BadFish]

Pretty big contrast from Tom Vassels' raving review declaring how luck free the game is.

[staciehaden]

Thanks Nick. I was just about to bid for it on eBay, and thought I'd look at reviews again before l did so (it's been on my wish list for about a year, and l check for it now and then). I think l might like it, but everyone else in my family would hate it. I'll buy it in a second at a garage sale or Goodwill, but today I've saved $40. :)

[WispNL]

Is it random, or hard? It doesn't look like there's any luck involved, so possibly the game was just too much for you guys?

[RicoCordova]

I couldn't agree more. We played this for the first time yesterday. What a horrible game by today's standards. Horrible.

We were trying to figure out what was going on with the bag and how it's supposed to work and my wife jokingly suggested we just guess which hand it is in. That's what the rules ended up saying. So stupid. So contrived. So lame.

There wasn't a single redeeming quality about this game, imo. The time cards mechanic was ridiculous. The analog w/o numbers made it pointless. Especially if they were being flipped from an upside-down perspective.

The worst game I've ever played (with this level of a production value) by a wide margin.