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Black Sonata

#231218BGG ↗

2017 · 1-1 players · 30min · weight 2.11 · 3,726 ratings

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ID
231218
Name
Black Sonata
Year
2017
Rank
1990
Min players
1
Max players
1
Playing time
30
Min playtime
30
Max playtime
30
Avg weight
2.1062
Num weights
113
Bayes avg
6.67168
Average
7.46354
Users rated
3726
Num owned
9016
Wanting
241
Wishing
1981
Num comments
1146
Fetched at
Sat Apr 25 2026 16:17:52 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (6)
Action QueueDeductionHidden MovementPoint to Point MovementPush Your LuckSolo / Solitaire Game
Categories (3)
DeductionPrint & PlayRenaissance
Description (983 chars)

For more than four centuries scholars have argued over the identity of the mysterious Dark Lady of William Shakespeare's sonnets. According to the sonnets, the Dark Lady seduced the poet and held him in an agonised thrall while also conducting an affair with the Fair Youth whom Shakespeare also loved. In Black Sonata you will find yourself in Shakespeare's London, circa 1600, in pursuit of the shadowy Lady. A specially ordered deck of cards determines her hidden movements from place to place. You must deduce her location and then intercept her to catch a glimpse and gain a clue to her identity. You will need several clues to deduce her identity, but with each clue gained the Lady becomes harder to track. Black Sonata combines hidden movement and logical deduction into a unique solitaire steeped in literary history. Can you finally solve English literature's greatest mystery? Or will the Dark Lady elude you, melting from your grasp like a curl of smoke and promises?

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