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Review of the game "Black stories".
Evening. Riga. Avotu street. There is a youth company.
"So did they kill someone?"
"Yes."
"What?"
"It doesn't matter, just someone."
"But why is the devil involved?"
Do you think this is not normal? But in Black stories there is both.
About the game Black Stories
Mechanics: Deduction and Storytelling
Game difficulty: easy
Game duration: from a minute to an hour
Number of players: 2+
Recommended number of players: 5-6
Can you play remotely? Yes!
Black Stories is a very fast gallows creativity game . The game consists of 50 unique stories, divided into two parts - one side of the card contains the entire story, while the other side contains the title, one introductory sentence and a small picture . One player reads the entire story, while the others see only this one sentence with a picture.
The task of the game is to reveal the full story by asking questions that can be answered with "yes" or "no". Of course, if the leader of the round feels that the players are going in the wrong direction, he can also answer that "it is not given", "it does not matter".
Well, for example, if the story was that "Peter lives on the 12th floor, in a house without an elevator, and once he forgot his car keys and had to go back up 12 floors - after that time he always pats all his pockets when he leaves the apartment" , then the short version could be called "Forgetful Peter" and the sentence would be "Peter with trembling legs swore never to do that again" .
Then the questions begin. Does it matter in which country it happened? No. Did Peter survive? Yes. Were your legs shaking with fear? No. Was there anyone else on the stairs at the time? Does not matter.
And so on.
I'll tell you the only negative thing - the game can be played in one company only once . Once the stories are known and guessed, they won't be interesting the second time. It can be solved in a purely friendly and simple way, by giving the game to someone else after playing it.
Facts:
- There is no limit to the number of players.
- If the company has an appropriate orientation of black humor, then the flights of thought are sometimes simply fantastic.
- On the way to the truth, ridiculous and simply fantastic theories are invented.
- You can really play anywhere - walking down the street together, riding the bus, actually even on a conference call.
Summary
Playing without playing, without a table and a field, let's say, on the day of the games, we take a break to make lunch - but you can guess while peeling potatoes too !
At the moment, 3 editions of the game are available in Latvian:
And they can last quite a few playthroughs - and hopefully more editions are coming soon!
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