How to Host a Mystery: Star Trek – The Next Generation (1992)

About this game

[from the box] You and your guests are the "star suspects!" Eight of the galaxy's most colorful characters await the arrival of their host at a commemorative dinner held in the banquet room of the U.S.S. Enterprise. High spirits soon turn to astonishment as Captain Jean-Luc Picard announces a theft of universal proportion! You and your dinner guests will enjoy hours of suspense and intrigue recreating eight of television's most fantastic roles and figuring out which "STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION" suspect is guilty of committing the crime? [sic] All you need is a sense of humor and a willingness to take a lighthearted attitude toward blackmail, sex, larceny, deceit and sci-fi. Just add eight suspects and the food. This special edition game supplies the rest!

Does it fit your group?

• Group size. Strictly 8 players — no more, no fewer.
• Rules load. At 1.8/5 this is a light game — explain it in a few minutes, good for a table that has not played much.
• Age. The publisher suggests 14 and up. That rates the rules rather than the artwork, so judge the box yourself for younger players.