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Costume Party Detective

Costume Party Detective

Playroom Entertainment · 2018
2–630 min8+ yrs1.2/5 complexity6.7 BGG#8.330 BGG559PartyFamily
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How do you play Costume Party Detective?

In Costume Party Detective, you have been invited to a costume party. Because of the elaborate costumes, you do not know anyone's identity except your own. Roam the party, mingle, have some punch, and try to identify all of the guests.

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In Costume Party Detective, you have been invited to a costume party. Because of the elaborate costumes, you do not know anyone's identity except your own. Roam the party, mingle, have some punch, and try to identify all of the guests. Be the last guest partying, and you win!

Players are secretly assigned one of twenty unique meeple characters at the beginning of the game using character cards. On your turn, you roll the die and move any character on the board according to simple movement rules. If you roll black, however, you must act! You may either remove one meeple from the room your secret character is in (thus revealing vital information about your identity), or you may draw the top card off the character deck. The character on the card "leaves the party" and is removed from the game. You may draw a character card at most three times, after which you must remove a character in the same room as your secret character. If you are the only character in a room and you have already drawn three character cards, you are dishonored and must unmask yourself!

If your character is removed, you reveal your character card and are eliminated from the game. The last player to have a character in the game wins!

🔬 game anatomy
Complexity1.2 / 5
BGG rating6.7 / 10
Vibe
PartyFamily
Language dependence
No in-game text needed
🌐 plays without English
Play time
30 min
Players
2–6
Recommended age
8+ yrs
BGG rank
#8.330

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Q3How do you play Costume Party Detective?
Costume Party Detective is a deduction game, for 2–6 players, taking ~30 minutes, featuring player elimination. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about Costume Party Detective — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does Costume Party Detective support?
Costume Party Detective is played by 2–6 players.
Q5How long does a game of Costume Party Detective take?
A game of Costume Party Detective takes about 30 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Costume Party Detective for?
Costume Party Detective is recommended from age 8.
Q7How complex is Costume Party Detective?
Costume Party Detective has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 1.2 out of 5.
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