Modiphius MUH051795 Agatha Christie Death on The Cards, Mixed Colours

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This game is well executed and designed. The rules slightly change depending on the number of players, and I like how it adapts to the number of participants. With

To unmask the killer, you’ll play cards representing detectives from Poirot and Marple to less well-remembered characters like Tommy and Tuppence Beresford and Harley Quin (no, not that Harley Quinn). Each comes with special abilities forcing players to reveal some of their secret cards, but you’ll need to collect them in sets to activate them. The result is that you’ll try to trade cards with others around the table, accumulating the ones you need to unmask the murderer.In a word, reading this was fun , pure and simple. Christie isn't brilliant at any one aspect of writing, but she's decent at all of them. And I love the pace. The plot moves along briskly without feeling rushed, and the various misdirections at the end are deliciously entertaining.

Designed by Dr Tomas Rawlings of Auroch Digital, Death on the Cards aims to bring the feeling of the classic novels to the tabletop. The game is lightweight, designed to be played in 30 minutes or under and aimed towards both older children and adults. Perfect for a family gathering or an after-dinner spot of murder most horrid. Interestingly, “Shaitana” is a Hindi word, meaning “Devil”. Mr. Shaitana does seem to be universally disliked: Writer Oliver, at the (apparent) moment of Poirot’s revelation of the murderer: “Least likely person! It seems to work out in real life just the same as in books. . .” and later, when she sees it is now someone else, she says, quite untruthfully, “I always said he did it!” We put our heads together, along with contributions from some fantastic Christie fans, to create an accompanying list of Bingo call-outs to help you enjoy the game.

The aim is to get your suspects to turn over their ‘Secret’ cards and reveal the ‘Murderer’. Who dunnit? The youngest of three children of the Miller family. The Millers had two other children: Margaret Frary Miller (1879–1950), called Madge, who was eleven years Agatha's senior, and Louis Montant Miller (1880–1929), called Monty, ten years older than Agatha.