We Detectives (2015)

About this game

Work together with your friends and family to put the crooks behind bars! Play as detectives and walk around the city hunting for clues and completing tasks. The Chief Detective has given you a 24 h deadline to solve the crime, make sure you complete your investigation by then or the robbers go free! Teamwork will get you to the bottom of each case. Unforeseen events may hinder your progress, though.... In this game you move around the board taking your tiles to the required locations to collect evidence. Each turn before you move you draw a WePhone tile, and these might help or hinder your progress (give you extra movement, shut various buildings, or return tiles you've already collected to collect again). You are cooperatively trying to collect all the 12 evidence tiles before the game ends (24 turns, represented by the WePhone deck).

Does it fit your group?

• Group size. Works with 2 to 4.
• Rules load. At 1.2/5 this is a light game — explain it in a few minutes, good for a table that has not played much.
• Age. The publisher suggests 7 and up. That rates the rules rather than the artwork, so judge the box yourself for younger players.