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Feb 13, 2011·Review·08:49·166·Watch on YouTube

Board Game Review: Mystery of the Abbey

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Watch “Board Game Review: Mystery of the Abbey,” a board game review for Mystery of the Abbey from TheBoardGameFamily on BoardGameVideo.

Description provided by TheBoardGameFamily on YouTube:

Mystery of the Abbey is a great deduction board game for the whole family. We've always liked Clue for the deduction and that all 6 of us can play it together. But Mystery of the Abbey creates a whole new dimension in family deduction games. Read more at www.TheBoardGameFamily.com

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Mystery of the Abbey

Mystery of the Abbey

1995·Bruno Faidutti, Serge Laget

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15
Creators
13

Mostly reviews. Mystery of the Abbey is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 10 reviews, 4 how-to-play guides, and 1 unboxings.

3 - 6 players
60 - 90 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting

About Mystery of the Abbey, from BoardGameGeek:

Mystery of the Abbey is a whodunit deduction game in the spirit of Clue. A monk has been murdered in a medieval French Abbey. Players maneuver their way through the Abbey examining clues and questioning each other to find out who is the culprit. Monks are of three orders, three titles, fat/thin, bald/hooded, and bearded/clean shaven. One monk card is hidden, and the rest of the cards are distributed. Turns consist of moving up to two spaces, and then asking a question of any other monks who are present there. (For instance, "how many fat monks do you have in your hand of cards?".) Players may either take a "vow of silence" or answer truthfully; they then in turn get to ask the accuser a question if they answered the accuser's question. "Mass" occurs every four turns: all players go back to the Sanctuary, an event card is read, and they then pass an ever growing number of cards to their left neighbor. Various rooms have special events or cards associated with them, e.g. in a Cell you get to pick a card from a neighbor, in the Cryptorum you get to pick up a card to take an extra turn later. Unlike Clue, you don't automatically win by making a correct Accusation: you get 4 points for getting it right, but you also get 2 points for each correct Declaration of a single trait, and lose points for incorrect declarations and accusations. So, e.g. a person could correctly Declare the culprit but lose the game. Unique Events cards add randomness to each play, and the game begs for House rules to limit the questions.

Designers

Bruno Faidutti, Serge Laget

Artists

Cyrille Daujean, Julien Delval, Xavier Gueniffey Durin, Emmanuel Roudier

Publisher

Days of Wonder

Categories

MedievalMurder / Mystery

Mechanics

Area MovementDeduction
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