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Black Stories: Mittelalter Edition

Black Stories are fiddly, morbid and mysterious riddles for teenagers and adults. The players try to reconstruct the crime by asking, guessing and fiddling about. A spooky card game just right for any party. Outrageous witch trials, wicked instruments, ghastly and catastrophic pe...

Players

2-15

Time

?-?

Age

12+

Weight

1.75

Rating

5.80

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Moderate level of direct confrontation and strategic depth, with high frequency of interaction. Limited emphasis on cooperation.

Teach 2.3

Teaching signal

Replay 3.9

High replayability

Interaction 3.7

Highly interactive

Scaling 4.0

Scales well

Strategy 4.5

Deep strategy

Control 2.7

Luck-sensitive

Table feel

Moderate level of direct confrontation and strategic depth, with high frequency of interaction. Limited emphasis on cooperation.

Replay value

The game offers a high degree of variability with different experiences each time it is played. The expansions available add new content and gameplay elements. There is deep strategic depth and room for players to improve their strategy over time. The game scales well with different numbers of players without compromising its appeal or balance. It is moderately easy to learn, providing a good balance between accessibility and depth. Overall, the game has a strong replayability score of 7.79.

Luck profile

The final luck score for Black Stories: Mittelalter Edition is 5.33, indicating a moderate influence of luck in the game. Random elements have a notable but not exclusive impact on the game outcome. Players have substantial ability to mitigate randomness through strategic decisions and planning. The game outcome is primarily determined by player strategy and decisions, with luck playing a minor role.

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Black Stories are fiddly, morbid and mysterious riddles for teenagers and adults. The players try to reconstruct the crime by asking, guessing and fiddling about. A spooky card game just right for any party. Outrageous witch trials, wicked instruments, ghastly and catastrophic personal hygiene counts - what age could better fit to black stories as the Dark Ages? Part of the puzzles are based on historical events in this edition, some of them are from the medieval life.

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Designers

2
Corinna Harder Jens Schumacher

Artists

1
Bernhard Skopnik

Publishers

4
Gen-X Games Kaissa Chess & Games Kikigagne? MINDOK

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