Orient Express

1985 · BGG

Avg rating

6.69

Bayes rating

5.77

Weight

2.25 (Medium Light)

Players

1-6

Playtime

1 hr

Ratings count

739

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Description

A murder mystery style game. You must collect clues from different rooms, but you have only a limited time before the train reaches the station. If you don't catch the culprit before then, the killer will escape. It is unique in that the solution is NEVER 100% sure. You must make some logical assumptions to get the killer. The killer is different each time based on a number of prewritten murder cases (extras are sold separately).



Mechanics

Area Movement Deduction Dice Rolling Events Paper-and-Pencil Race Roll / Spin and Move Track Movement Variable Player Powers

Themes

Murder/Mystery Theme Mystery / Cri Trains

Publishers

Abeilles Editions Diset S. A. Jumbo Just Games (I) Oy Lollipop Ab

Designers

Jeff Smets R. Wayne Schmittberger