One of the best formats for suggesting games. Not a straight up review as such, but a clever way of putting games on people's radar, especially newbies. And we need more of those. Many more.
I really liked his video explaining how games have evolved and the appeal of Eurogames or why that style usually works. He said it's no fun for a person to keep playing a game for another hour or so with no chance of winning; or to be eliminated and have to wait for the rest to finish. It's not much fun for a game to go on seemingly indefinitely; there needs to be a time or turn limit. And so on.
Love that you threw Outfoxed on here. My daughter was obsessed after her first play. My daughter’s grandma has Clue Jr. at her house. I opened it up, looked at the manual, and put it back where it came from. Impossible for my daughter to play and way too dry and boring.
I always loved Cluedo as a kid but I could never get enough people to play it, and now I realise my lack of playing it is probably why I still have fond memories of it. Great alternatives suggested here, great video. 👍🏼
Really love the video, but extremely surprised that awkward guests is not here. That game is literally designed to be a Clue killer xD. The theme and the movement around the house is all straight up the same but better
Love Mysterium and have played it many, many times. But in my opinion, the best Cluedo replacement, hands down, is Awkward Guests. I'd recommend you give it a go as it adds quite a bit more to the basic idea and is much more enjoyable.
After playing Kronologic mentioned in the video recently, I'd say this game kills off Awkward Guests for me. AG is great, but a bit messy. Kronologic is cleaner and easier to teach, and just a bit more fun. Give it a go!
The best alternative for the Clue is Awkward Guests: The Walton Case. I dont want to translate ghost player mumbling. Just to crack the case. And Awkward Guests is the best. Of course on hardest difficulty and with app.
Back to basics, I love it. The kids game suggestion was really good and you should do more or even dedicated videos. Regarding your content, you are a good comedian and using that to show how playing a game feels is a thing that many boardgame channels cannot do as well. They can describe as much as they want but showing through acting is a thing that you do way better. Do not feel bad if sometimes videos do not perform as you expect. You have a good niche (less heavy games) and pick different games. I am sure that getting bigger audiences is a question of time.
I think I remember hearing somewhere the original lore for clue explaining how one of the players is the killer is that if that person wins, it signifies them destroying the evidence and escaping.
I share this deep disatisfaction with Clue, but my Mom loves classic Clue. As a compromise, we play Clue FX--an electronic "talking" version of the board game that fixes most of the problems with Clue without losing its core identity. It has the lush, gorgeous artwork of Mysterium and the public clues of Paris 1920. The suspects are completely different from the players' characters, and there is no wasted time moving from location to location. 😊
I found that Mysterium had a similar logic problem to Cluedo, it might be a thing between different versions, but when I played it, everyone solved their own murder and had to decide which was the real murder at the end. It just didn't make sense. For a young audience, I reckon Small Detectives is pretty good, but sadly out of print. It's a similar mechanic to Cluedo in that you're uncovering suspects, and it has a different movement rule that means most times you can discover something, but you can also mess with opponents a bit
Your ability to capture the essence of game and why it's great in such a concise way is unparalleled. I always come away from your videos wanting to guy ALL of them.
Our group loves the Sid Sackson classic, Sleuth. It checks the deduction box without falling into the mistakes you mention. Also benefits from being easy to teach and difficult to master.
We got a copy of Cludo a decade ago. It was so boring that after a single we read through all the rules and were racking our brains trying to work out if there was a mechanic or rule that we'd missed. I remember it being fun as a kid and also having genuine nightmares about the Colonel Mustard card.
Love your channel. It occurred to me during your Outfoxed review that, as a relatively new parent whose kid is just starting to get into board games, if you made a 'Top 10 Board Games to play with your Kid" (Maybe even a couple, one for toddlers, and one for ~6-13 years old), I'd probably use your affiliate links for every single game I didn't already own. (And if you already have a video like this, please point me to it!)
Glad you covered Outfoxed. My friend who designs board games (for adults) couldn’t recommend Outfoxed more for kids. Can’t wait until my kids are old enough for it.
16:52 - aww, thanks! As someone who has two 5-year olds, it's great that I still look 25. And it's awesome to see Outfoxed! on this list! Although my 5-year olds do still get sad when they don't get their roll on their turn.
I really like Mystery of the Abbey. It’s older but it being clergypersons in a monastery is nice and you get to ask questions but the recipient can choose to take a vow of silence.
Mystery Express is an exceptional Advanced Clue game. The removal of movement, plus the presence of 2 cards of each type (so you are trying to find the cards in each category that have only 1 cards out) really step things up several notches. I am surprised it didn’t make a “Clue replacement” list!
That's like Mr Bean taking on Mike Tyson in a boxing match.Scrabble is a near perfect boardgame. There's a reason why it's sold hundreds of millions across the whole world
Thanks John for that entertaining presentation. They are all good alternatives to Cluedo, I would also throw games like Scotland Yard: Sherlock Holmes edition and Whitehall Mystery into the mix. Cluedo was fantastic back in the day when I was a boy, so was Uno, but there are certainly better games out there today.
Probably my favorite game that I bring to meetings every time is _"P.I."_ which plays 2-5 (but 2 is not fun). You try to get the best score by solving 3 cases, each time guessing the suspect, crime and hideout cards held by the person on your right. You mainly pick from one of nine face-up cards of the 14 locations, 12 suspects and 10 crimes. The person on your right then tells you whether you guessed correctly (you get a disc), guessed adjacent to the card (you get a cube) or are cold (you keep the card in front of you). If none of the nine cards will help you, then you can use one of your five private investigators to go to a location and get cubes and discs for all three cards, but not learning which is which. They can only be used once over the three cases and are the tie-breaker. Once you think you've figured it out, you can take a turn to make the accusation. If you try to solve a case and fail, you take a -2 penalty but can keep playing. If you solve your case first you get 7 points (so maximum for three cases is 21). If you solve your case on the same turn you also get 7. The next time someone solves their case they will get 5 (then 3, then 1). Normally, the last person doesn't get to solve their case, but that wasn't fun, so we use the house rule that they get 1 or 2 more turns, depending on their order, to either get the same points (solving on the same turn), or 2 less. The suspects and crimes on the board are randomly placed, so we nearly always shuffle them and place them in new positions for the next case. The other drawback for this game is the fonts and colors on the board can make it difficult to see the locations, though suspects generally have distinctive colored backgrounds on their cards. *** There were other detective games that I played as a kid, tried to play, or wanted to play: Long before eBay we got _Manhunt_ at a garage sale, but it was missing pieces or instructions so we never played a full game. It has a way for a player to secretly find information like it seems _Kronologic_ does. But it only has 16 scanner cards for cases, so limited like the one shown in this video. We tossed it when we moved. I got to play _Electronic Detective_ as a kid. Basically you go around town to find information and punch it into the computer to see what the result is. I picked up a working device at a thrift store, but it was missing the cards and maybe instructions, so without internet and eBay to get the missing ones, we tossed that one too. Too bad, because it's said to have more cases than you could possibly ever play. Another game that came out in the era of handheld electronic games, was _Stop Thief._ I don't remember playing that or getting that either.
My partner and I play Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detectives. It's a grand time full of silly character voices and theory crafting. Definitely recommend it if you're interested !
Thank you for the tips and the reasons to play the alternatives. For me i loved Clue, until i started hating the game when you got banned if you got it wrong. I think i like the Sherlock games most and its alternatives
Thank you for the video and suggestions, and for very entertaining video. I love your acting and jokes and play on words. You do amazing job! And I agree with all your points. I loved Clue game a ton when I was younger/teen. But I have already moved away from it because all of those characteristics/disadvantages...
Love the Outfoxed recommendation! I refuse to subject our kids to lousy board games, so Outfoxed is one of our most played games. It has provided so many fun and occasionally quite tense moments!
221B Baker Street is my favorite clue like board game. It does use the slow movement of clue but there are 200 cases with full stories and clues to solve. Sometimes you can get it in just a few clues and sometimes you have to visit all of London to find out who the killer is
I absolutely love Paranormal Detectives and have had so much fun as both the detective and the ghost. Though I think my wife prefers being the ghost. And even though I believe the max player count is 6 (1 ghost and 5 detectives), I managed to play the game with 9 people (1 ghost and 4 groups of 2 detectives each) and the game was honestly even better because you have a partner to discuss things with, it makes the game a lot more sociable. One other Clue replacement game I'll mention that wasn't on this list is Tiny Epic Crimes. That one was also a lot of fun and one I recommend!
I would vote for Chronicles of Crime - you can also make this more kid friendly with the Redview expansion. Another option is the MicroMacro Crime City series
O melhor jogo que tenho nessa temática é o "convidados indejesados" se não teve oportunidade de conhecer, conheça. E esse é provavelmente o melhor canal de Board games que acompanho.
I have many of your recommended clue alternatives, but I can't bring myself to get rid of clue because it's one of the board games that got me into this hobby =) the memories are too good
The last few times I played it, I tried to take notes of what other cards people might be seeing when asking for information, but it didn't work, I still lost.
When I a kid I was just IMPRESSED with Scotland Yard. Until this day I remember it as a super deep and mysterious game. I’m afraid to go back to it and see that it had the same design problems as clue, I guess haha
Can you do a video on the best games to introduce someone into the genre? We're currently getting into it as a family and striking the balance between complexity and ease of learning is tough! We're big cluedo fans which were using as a jumping off point but we'd like to get into a lot of different games and it's overwhelming!
Clue was my favorite game as a kid. You are 100% correct that it is time to bury it. I enjoy Sherlock and Chronicles of crime. Can't wait to try some of the other recommendations 😊
There is also Inkognito which is a great alternative, secretely finding who your ally is around the table and cooperating in order to achieve a mission
Couldn't agree more. Mysterium is my #1 board game. It's one of the first modern board games I ever played and still my fave. I will never say no to playing Mysterium. I have a 5yo, 3yo, and 1yo, and the older two love playing games with us. I've heard of Outfoxed before, but I could never find good playthrough info. After this recommendation, I'm definitely donating our copy of Clue and getting Outfoxed for one of their birthdays. I've been on the fence about Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective for years. My husband and I love doing Unlock games after the kids are in bed, but lately (#4 on the way) have been too tired to bother. Maybe Sherlock Holmes will be a cozier experience we could still manage with a newborn.
At a Halloween event we played Mysterium. Me being the ghost, under a white sheet and cut out holes for eyes. Kill Doctor Lucky is also a suggestion as a way better game than Cluedo, but in reverse!
Probably the best board game channel out there tbh
His combination of useful information and hilarious jokes makes him TRULY one of a kind 😊
I don’t even know on the drink this time, i’ll say Mai Tai but I know it’s not right.
Lol, I wish I was taking the time to make a Mai Tai. It was a much less impressive Fanta Zero.
@ Dang it I was going to guess Fanta but I was like he’s much too refined for that 🤪.
Probably? Surely my boi.
One of the best formats for suggesting games. Not a straight up review as such, but a clever way of putting games on people's radar, especially newbies. And we need more of those. Many more.
100%
Much prefer this to a big 20 minute review video on a board game. Love getting a bit of info on multiple games instead.
"The irony is, you're a detective - but you've got no agency."
That was so good it made me shiver
Hard agree. That was a great line.
I love this format, really helps me SELL the games to my family on the WHY they want to play it.
Yes that is always very handy to choose a boardgame to play
I really liked his video explaining how games have evolved and the appeal of Eurogames or why that style usually works. He said it's no fun for a person to keep playing a game for another hour or so with no chance of winning; or to be eliminated and have to wait for the rest to finish. It's not much fun for a game to go on seemingly indefinitely; there needs to be a time or turn limit. And so on.
Do this again. Try 6 Alternative games to Monopoly especially as we are coming up to Christmas
Chinatown
I think he's already done one for Monopoly.
Not similar, but Camel Up has replaced Monopoly in my gatherings
THIS! Monopoly is so much worse than Clue! 😂
Lords of Vegas.
You forgot “Tim Curry not included in board game version.”
That's definitely number 7 on the list. What a legend.
So what would the 7th game be??
You forget: Awkward Guests: The Walton Case, one of the best deduction games.
Love that you threw Outfoxed on here. My daughter was obsessed after her first play.
My daughter’s grandma has Clue Jr. at her house. I opened it up, looked at the manual, and put it back where it came from. Impossible for my daughter to play and way too dry and boring.
I always loved Cluedo as a kid but I could never get enough people to play it, and now I realise my lack of playing it is probably why I still have fond memories of it. Great alternatives suggested here, great video. 👍🏼
Love you bro. You helped me get into Boardgames
You finally brought back characters 😍 I’ve missed them ☺️
Really love the video, but extremely surprised that awkward guests is not here. That game is literally designed to be a Clue killer xD. The theme and the movement around the house is all straight up the same but better
Actualol back to his best! Love the character work Jon! So glad you have your sparkle back buddy! Best biarx game channel! Thanks pal! ❤️
As far as Biarx games channels go it's a gooden
@ttocsisme what's Biarx mean?
I would also highly recommend The Search for Planet X if you're looking for that pen and paper elimination vibe
“Good God, man. Enunciate!” 😂😂😂
I laughed out loud at that!
Love Mysterium and have played it many, many times. But in my opinion, the best Cluedo replacement, hands down, is Awkward Guests. I'd recommend you give it a go as it adds quite a bit more to the basic idea and is much more enjoyable.
After playing Kronologic mentioned in the video recently, I'd say this game kills off Awkward Guests for me. AG is great, but a bit messy. Kronologic is cleaner and easier to teach, and just a bit more fun. Give it a go!
Except Awkward guests has infinite replayability @@photoben
Awkward Guests is on my to get list. They have a print and play you can download for free on their website.
The best alternative for the Clue is Awkward Guests: The Walton Case. I dont want to translate ghost player mumbling. Just to crack the case. And Awkward Guests is the best. Of course on hardest difficulty and with app.
Outfoxed is my standard recommendation for a kids game. So well done
Love that we got more character skits! (And games for varying ages)
Back to basics, I love it.
The kids game suggestion was really good and you should do more or even dedicated videos.
Regarding your content, you are a good comedian and using that to show how playing a game feels is a thing that many boardgame channels cannot do as well. They can describe as much as they want but showing through acting is a thing that you do way better.
Do not feel bad if sometimes videos do not perform as you expect. You have a good niche (less heavy games) and pick different games. I am sure that getting bigger audiences is a question of time.
I'm becoming a patron for the quality and creative content alone. This was very entertaining
Shout out to Detective: City of Angels for being based on Hard Boiled detective stories.
Great picks! Was surprised not to see Awkward Guests
I think I remember hearing somewhere the original lore for clue explaining how one of the players is the killer is that if that person wins, it signifies them destroying the evidence and escaping.
"A frayed knot, my dear boy."
🤣
that one got me good! 😂
Best supporting Actor goes to ... The Ghost!
I share this deep disatisfaction with Clue, but my Mom loves classic Clue. As a compromise, we play Clue FX--an electronic "talking" version of the board game that fixes most of the problems with Clue without losing its core identity. It has the lush, gorgeous artwork of Mysterium and the public clues of Paris 1920. The suspects are completely different from the players' characters, and there is no wasted time moving from location to location. 😊
Love Clue FX. You are totally correct on your point
I found that Mysterium had a similar logic problem to Cluedo, it might be a thing between different versions, but when I played it, everyone solved their own murder and had to decide which was the real murder at the end. It just didn't make sense.
For a young audience, I reckon Small Detectives is pretty good, but sadly out of print. It's a similar mechanic to Cluedo in that you're uncovering suspects, and it has a different movement rule that means most times you can discover something, but you can also mess with opponents a bit
Your ability to capture the essence of game and why it's great in such a concise way is unparalleled. I always come away from your videos wanting to guy ALL of them.
My hubby hates Cluedo, might need to try some of these. Lovely to have you back and the new video format
So glad you're still out here making videos, love the channel, thanks for the content!
Cluedo/Clue is dead? I think it was Professor Plum in the Conservatory with the Lead Pipe.
It was Actualol, in the RUclips, with a video.
@@TorIverWilhelmsen - Damn. I lose.
Jon you're an absolute treasure. This is a wonderful format. Outfoxed is an absolute MVP game, deserves to be mentioned more often 😊
❤️
Our group loves the Sid Sackson classic, Sleuth. It checks the deduction box without falling into the mistakes you mention. Also benefits from being easy to teach and difficult to master.
We got a copy of Cludo a decade ago. It was so boring that after a single we read through all the rules and were racking our brains trying to work out if there was a mechanic or rule that we'd missed. I remember it being fun as a kid and also having genuine nightmares about the Colonel Mustard card.
Love Mysterium! Haven't played any of the others but have added a few new ones to my wishlist 🥰 Paranormal detective seems like a fun one 😂
Same here
16:50 Thanks Jon. I've been trying to keep myself youthful.
Great video
I know it isn't true because in the supermarket they tap "visibly over 25" when I buy alcohol 😢
Loved this video! You brought back the characters/personalities!! ❤
Love your channel. It occurred to me during your Outfoxed review that, as a relatively new parent whose kid is just starting to get into board games, if you made a 'Top 10 Board Games to play with your Kid" (Maybe even a couple, one for toddlers, and one for ~6-13 years old), I'd probably use your affiliate links for every single game I didn't already own. (And if you already have a video like this, please point me to it!)
I’m shocked you didn’t put Awkward Guest on this list.
I thought i heard him mentioning it as alternative for Sherlock
@ maybe I missed that part. I was multitasking while listening.
Glad you covered Outfoxed. My friend who designs board games (for adults) couldn’t recommend Outfoxed more for kids. Can’t wait until my kids are old enough for it.
Great video. Actually considering this advice for christmas.
16:52 - aww, thanks! As someone who has two 5-year olds, it's great that I still look 25.
And it's awesome to see Outfoxed! on this list! Although my 5-year olds do still get sad when they don't get their roll on their turn.
Our Clue house rule: throw the dice out the window. Everyone gets 6 spaces they can move on their turn. Makes a much better game.
Not a bad idea. There doesn't seem to be a reason to do dice-based movement.
@@scottplumer3668to add a random element to the game
Clue DVD does away with dice rolling altogether... you can move one room per turn
The one and only channel which I like the clip before I start to looking it. Because it's obviously a great watch.
I really like Mystery of the Abbey. It’s older but it being clergypersons in a monastery is nice and you get to ask questions but the recipient can choose to take a vow of silence.
Mystery Express is an exceptional Advanced Clue game. The removal of movement, plus the presence of 2 cards of each type (so you are trying to find the cards in each category that have only 1 cards out) really step things up several notches. I am surprised it didn’t make a “Clue replacement” list!
There is also 5-Minute Mystery that hits the same nerve as outfoxed but is a bit more for adults I guess.
Should make one for Scrabble. theres tons of also enjoyable word games now like paperback and hardback , etc
That's like Mr Bean taking on Mike Tyson in a boxing match.Scrabble is a near perfect boardgame. There's a reason why it's sold hundreds of millions across the whole world
Love the format!! Some new ones for my wishlist
Thanks John for that entertaining presentation. They are all good alternatives to Cluedo, I would also throw games like Scotland Yard: Sherlock Holmes edition and Whitehall Mystery into the mix. Cluedo was fantastic back in the day when I was a boy, so was Uno, but there are certainly better games out there today.
Great video! After playing both I prefer Rear Window quite a bit over the similar Mysterium Park.
Picked up Mysterium and Paranormal Detectives after this video...thanks for these recommendations and I love your channel
Probably my favorite game that I bring to meetings every time is _"P.I."_ which plays 2-5 (but 2 is not fun). You try to get the best score by solving 3 cases, each time guessing the suspect, crime and hideout cards held by the person on your right. You mainly pick from one of nine face-up cards of the 14 locations, 12 suspects and 10 crimes. The person on your right then tells you whether you guessed correctly (you get a disc), guessed adjacent to the card (you get a cube) or are cold (you keep the card in front of you).
If none of the nine cards will help you, then you can use one of your five private investigators to go to a location and get cubes and discs for all three cards, but not learning which is which. They can only be used once over the three cases and are the tie-breaker.
Once you think you've figured it out, you can take a turn to make the accusation. If you try to solve a case and fail, you take a -2 penalty but can keep playing. If you solve your case first you get 7 points (so maximum for three cases is 21). If you solve your case on the same turn you also get 7. The next time someone solves their case they will get 5 (then 3, then 1). Normally, the last person doesn't get to solve their case, but that wasn't fun, so we use the house rule that they get 1 or 2 more turns, depending on their order, to either get the same points (solving on the same turn), or 2 less.
The suspects and crimes on the board are randomly placed, so we nearly always shuffle them and place them in new positions for the next case. The other drawback for this game is the fonts and colors on the board can make it difficult to see the locations, though suspects generally have distinctive colored backgrounds on their cards.
***
There were other detective games that I played as a kid, tried to play, or wanted to play:
Long before eBay we got _Manhunt_ at a garage sale, but it was missing pieces or instructions so we never played a full game. It has a way for a player to secretly find information like it seems _Kronologic_ does. But it only has 16 scanner cards for cases, so limited like the one shown in this video. We tossed it when we moved.
I got to play _Electronic Detective_ as a kid. Basically you go around town to find information and punch it into the computer to see what the result is. I picked up a working device at a thrift store, but it was missing the cards and maybe instructions, so without internet and eBay to get the missing ones, we tossed that one too. Too bad, because it's said to have more cases than you could possibly ever play.
Another game that came out in the era of handheld electronic games, was _Stop Thief._ I don't remember playing that or getting that either.
"You've won.... twenty years in prison!" lol ;-)
Lovely video. thank you that you make videos despite the troubles. they always puts a smile on my face.
Hahaha! "They can help you with your turn, if you are tired from a hard days work" - great line! :)
Great video with great recommendations.👍
And Snobby Sherlock is brilliant! 😆
Great list! I’m a bit surprised Detective: City of Angels didn’t make the list
My partner and I play Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detectives. It's a grand time full of silly character voices and theory crafting. Definitely recommend it if you're interested !
Ohhh! That Sherlock game sounds amazing. Sure hope there’s a spanish version in the works. Thanks for another great video!
Great video as always!!!Know it’s been tough but you’ll always always have fans to back you up keep it up 🙏 🙏
Bae wake up, actualol posted a new video ☺️
Why are they always asleep? 😁
I'd never considered that...
Thank you for the tips and the reasons to play the alternatives. For me i loved Clue, until i started hating the game when you got banned if you got it wrong. I think i like the Sherlock games most and its alternatives
Thank you for the video and suggestions, and for very entertaining video. I love your acting and jokes and play on words. You do amazing job!
And I agree with all your points. I loved Clue game a ton when I was younger/teen. But I have already moved away from it because all of those characteristics/disadvantages...
Love the Outfoxed recommendation! I refuse to subject our kids to lousy board games, so Outfoxed is one of our most played games. It has provided so many fun and occasionally quite tense moments!
What other kids games would you rate at the same level as Outfoxed?
I found this very helpful. I like logic games and these are very interesting.
That blip at 4:27 has never happened before 😮
That ghost is a total prankster
Another great video. Your writing is amazing.
221B Baker Street is my favorite clue like board game. It does use the slow movement of clue but there are 200 cases with full stories and clues to solve. Sometimes you can get it in just a few clues and sometimes you have to visit all of London to find out who the killer is
I absolutely love Paranormal Detectives and have had so much fun as both the detective and the ghost. Though I think my wife prefers being the ghost. And even though I believe the max player count is 6 (1 ghost and 5 detectives), I managed to play the game with 9 people (1 ghost and 4 groups of 2 detectives each) and the game was honestly even better because you have a partner to discuss things with, it makes the game a lot more sociable.
One other Clue replacement game I'll mention that wasn't on this list is Tiny Epic Crimes. That one was also a lot of fun and one I recommend!
I would vote for Chronicles of Crime - you can also make this more kid friendly with the Redview expansion. Another option is the MicroMacro Crime City series
Excellent video. Like to see you having fun in these things.
O melhor jogo que tenho nessa temática é o "convidados indejesados" se não teve oportunidade de conhecer, conheça. E esse é provavelmente o melhor canal de Board games que acompanho.
I have many of your recommended clue alternatives, but I can't bring myself to get rid of clue because it's one of the board games that got me into this hobby =) the memories are too good
The last few times I played it, I tried to take notes of what other cards people might be seeing when asking for information, but it didn't work, I still lost.
Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective! So good.
I enjoyed the video, and loved the humour! Thanks 😊
The best Clue replacement is Awkward Guests. I can’t believe it did not make your list.
When I a kid I was just IMPRESSED with Scotland Yard. Until this day I remember it as a super deep and mysterious game. I’m afraid to go back to it and see that it had the same design problems as clue, I guess haha
Amazing video! Love Mysterium and I need to try Kronologic and Paranormal Detective!!
Loved this video, thanks so much for the recommendations -- would love more videos about this length. :)
Amazing work as usual!
I still love clue and it's something I can play with my parents when visiting, but mysterious definitely is my favorite mystery game
Can you do a video on the best games to introduce someone into the genre? We're currently getting into it as a family and striking the balance between complexity and ease of learning is tough!
We're big cluedo fans which were using as a jumping off point but we'd like to get into a lot of different games and it's overwhelming!
Thanks. New ideas. Consulting Detective might be the best game ever created.
Clue was my favorite game as a kid. You are 100% correct that it is time to bury it. I enjoy Sherlock and Chronicles of crime. Can't wait to try some of the other recommendations 😊
Very nice concept! keeps the channel fresh, carry on!
And win the chance to play it 100 more times that weekend.
Absolutely slayed me with the truth. This guy knows kids.
Really enjoyed the Video :)
Would have loved seeing Detecives: City of Angels in the list... discovered it recently and have a blast playing it atm
13 Clues is my favourite Clue alternative as everybody has to find their own combination of murder, weapon and location :)
Tiny Epic Crimes is a great Clue replacement. Similar mechanic including the envelope with the answer. Lots of fun.
There is also Inkognito which is a great alternative, secretely finding who your ally is around the table and cooperating in order to achieve a mission
Thank you Perky John. Some fabulous suggestions here.
I will share this video..
~smiles~
I love your channel! Thank you!
9:45 he must have called his mother in law a Wagtail
Love the video! You should do a similar video about alternatives to Risk and Uno too
Thanks! I'll certainly consider it. Got any top picks for those lists?
@@actualol For Uno i will consider Spicy and Lama Kadabra
and for Risk i think 878 Vikings
@@kikirikiki627 Great choices!
There's also Tiny epic crimes.
The wife refuses to learn anything more complex than 'snap' so outfoxed might be a good choice.
Couldn't agree more. Mysterium is my #1 board game. It's one of the first modern board games I ever played and still my fave. I will never say no to playing Mysterium.
I have a 5yo, 3yo, and 1yo, and the older two love playing games with us. I've heard of Outfoxed before, but I could never find good playthrough info. After this recommendation, I'm definitely donating our copy of Clue and getting Outfoxed for one of their birthdays.
I've been on the fence about Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective for years. My husband and I love doing Unlock games after the kids are in bed, but lately (#4 on the way) have been too tired to bother. Maybe Sherlock Holmes will be a cozier experience we could still manage with a newborn.
At a Halloween event we played Mysterium. Me being the ghost, under a white sheet and cut out holes for eyes.
Kill Doctor Lucky is also a suggestion as a way better game than Cluedo, but in reverse!
I've played Mysterium at least two times and I hate it. It's just so random.
*dreams about seeing you play Outfoxed with your son, in four years' time* 😌