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2008 · 3-5 players · 30min · weight 1.57 · 1,735 ratings
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Rating
5.74
Users rated
1,735
Owned
5,574
Wishing
155
At a glance
What playing it feels like, broken down.
Core loop
Roll dice, move to a room, show a card to another player, cross off eliminated suspects on your notepad.
What it gives you
How strongly each kind of experience comes through (0–3)
Sensation
0
Fantasy
2
Narrative
1
Challenge
1
Fellowship
1
Discovery
2
Expression
0
Submission
2
How it works (3 mechanics)
- [3]deduction_grid_elimination— “person card, weapon card, room card removed; show cards to narrow down — standard Clue loop”
- [2]pip_movement— “Roll / Spin and Move — move token through Hogwarts rooms to trigger deduction queries”
- [2]partial_observability— “hidden solution envelope; cards shown incrementally reveal state to active player only”
Under-the-radar score: -0.29
Sources (2)
Inputs to rules-card synthesis. Click any pill with ↗ to open the original source.
Wikipedia0.70LLM memory0.10
BGG tags
Mechanisms (2)
Categories (6)
Children's GameDeductionFantasyMovies / TV / Radio themeMurder / MysteryNovel-based