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1986 · 1-6 players · 120min · weight 1.50 · 42 ratings
v2 —v3 —v4 wide —v4 deep —
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ID
5137
Name
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine Game
Year
1986
Rank
25272
Min players
1
Max players
6
Playing time
120
Min playtime
120
Max playtime
120
Avg weight
1.5
Num weights
2
Bayes avg
5.50144
Average
5.59
Users rated
42
Num owned
188
Wanting
12
Wishing
41
Num comments
30
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:41:48 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (4)
Area MovementDeductionSemi-Cooperative GameVariable Player Powers
Categories (3)
DeductionMovies / TV / Radio themeMurder / Mystery
Description (253 chars)
From the box: The game is afoot! Now you can be the detective. You and your friends can solve the five challenging mysteries included in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine Game. Regular supplemental Casebooks will contain even more mysteries to solve.
LLM v2 (wide)
Not yet enriched at v2 (wide pass).
LLM v3 (deep)
Not yet enriched at v3 (deep pass).
LLM v4 wide (controlled-vocab primitives)
Not yet enriched at v4 (wide pass).
LLM v4 deep (archetype fit)
Not in the v4 deep-pass top-20% slice.