MicroMacro: Crime City – Full House

To prepare a game of MicroMacro: Crime City – Full House, players need a large table or floor space to fully spread out the giant black-and-white city map. Ensure the room has strong, even lighting since tiny visual details are crucial. Place the 16 case envelopes nearby, keeping them organized by difficulty as indicated on their icons, and leave the magnifier handy.

The main objective is to work together as a team of detectives to solve 16 independent crime cases. Each case challenges players to reconstruct a sequence of events by visually tracking suspects, victims, and clues across the bustling, densely populated city map using logic, observation, and deduction.

During a turn, the designated lead investigator reads aloud the starting card of the chosen case. The group then examines the map to solve the first task. The lead investigator checks the answer on the back of the task card without revealing it, validates the group's finding, and then presents the next sequential task until all questions in the case are answered.

Scoring is pass/fail based on accuracy. Each correct answer verified on the back of the task cards advances the investigation. If players choose the advanced mode, they receive only one guess per question, making careful group consensus essential.

A session or game ends naturally when the players have completed their chosen case, or when all 16 cases included in the box have been fully solved. Players can stop at any time after finishing a case since each mystery is entirely standalone.