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Murder of Crows

#128475BGG ↗

2012 · 2-5 players · 20min · weight 1.29 · 569 ratings

v2 v3

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ID
128475
Name
Murder of Crows
Year
2012
Rank
10692
Min players
2
Max players
5
Playing time
20
Min playtime
20
Max playtime
20
Avg weight
1.2917
Num weights
24
Bayes avg
5.57749
Average
6.02058
Users rated
569
Num owned
1508
Wanting
12
Wishing
148
Num comments
155
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:34:56 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (4)
Hand ManagementSet CollectionSpellingTake That
Categories (3)
Card GameMurder / MysteryWord Game
Description (1176 chars)

Murder of Crows invites you to be the first player to spell "murder" – but thankfully you don't have to use crow carcasses to do it. Instead you're spelling the word with letter cards from your hand. Each player starts with five cards in hand, and on a turn a player either (a) draws two cards or (b) draws one card and plays one card. In addition to the Wild Crow card, which can do just about anything, cards come in five letters, each with a special power that takes place when you play that card: M – Misplace: Take one card from a player's murder – that is, his collection of cards on the table – and add it to your hand. U – Uncover: All players reveal their hands and you take any one card and add it to your hand. R – Reap: Draw one additional card. D – Drain: Choose one letter. All players discard one of those letters from play, if possible. E – Expel: Everyone discards their hand and draws three new cards. When an opponent's card would affect you, you can discard a card of matching crow power – as indicated in the top left corner of the card – to be immune from the action.

LLM v2 (wide)

Not yet enriched at v2 (wide pass).

LLM v3 (deep)

Not yet enriched at v3 (deep pass).