Ace Detective: Strange Tales

8th Summit · 2013Expansion

2–560 min14+ yrs2.0/5 complexity6.2 BGG100

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How do you play Ace Detective: Strange Tales?

An expansion first published for Kickstarter that includes themed cards to bring "Noir Fantasy" into your game of Ace Detective.

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An expansion first published for Kickstarter that includes themed cards to bring "Noir Fantasy" into your game of Ace Detective. Drawing upon images from the covers of Weird Tales Magazine and other old magazines from the early 1900s, Strange Tales introduces ghosts and other strange phenomena for a total of 28 new Story Telling Cards and 2 New Detectives as well as 8 Suspect Secrets. Suspect Secrets are a new mechanic to the game.

Strange Tales may be published for retail in 2013 as a boxed expansion to Ace Detective

🔬 game anatomy

Complexity2.0 / 5

BGG rating6.2 / 10

Language dependence

Moderate text — a crib sheet helps

Play time

60 min

Players

2–5

Recommended age

14+ yrs

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Ace Detective: Strange Tales is a expansion for base-game game, for 2–5 players, taking ~60 minutes, featuring storytelling. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about Ace Detective: Strange Tales — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.

Q4How many players does Ace Detective: Strange Tales support?

Ace Detective: Strange Tales is played by 2–5 players.

Q5How long does a game of Ace Detective: Strange Tales take?

A game of Ace Detective: Strange Tales takes about 60 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)

Q6What age is Ace Detective: Strange Tales for?

Ace Detective: Strange Tales is recommended from age 14.

Q7How complex is Ace Detective: Strange Tales?

Ace Detective: Strange Tales has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 2.0 out of 5.

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