Dinosaur Island. April 2016 ). Detective: City of Angels, set in the dark and violent world of 1940s Los Angeles, is a game of mystery, deception, and investigation for 1–5 players. October 2018 But I also wish that I could be a regular old detective more, with someone chiseling for me. I played solo, I learned the game, I had fun … even though I did lose. Playing solo first to then be able to chisel for different groups sounds like a great way to get extra mileage out of the game. I know it's not in the rules, but I am always going to do what makes the players happy. December 2019 Epic Adventures, Top 10 Cooperative Board and Card Games You Can Play Online, A Review of Sherlock Holmes: Baker Street Irregulars. Game Accessories This isn’t Clue or Awkward Guests where you eliminate things with precision (“Oh here’s a card: cross off the jealousy icon”). All Rights Reserved. and since I like a lot of the game as a group experience, I found out playing the Sleuth mode not only great but needed for playing as a good Chisel player later. May 2018 November 2018 We will only focus on this as a cooperative game. Set in the dark and violent world of 1940s Los Angeles, Detective: City of Angels is a game of mystery, deception, and investigation for 1–5 players. So this games works great as a solo mode. Fun Solo Play Solo Game set up with the first Scenario. Solo played six cases in a row and finally finished the last one in Detective: City of Angels base game. After the text is is read, you may challenge it! ( Log Out / ( Sample Gameplay) Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. It’s estimated to arrive sometime in May 2021. The game worked very well with multiple players! There are certainly elements of deduction that are very important, but I felt like really finding the final solution required looking below the surface. Super simple for newbies to coop games. Commentary another expansion on Kickstarter as we speak! Everyone is active! Most others reviews will focus on the Classic Mode or Head-to-Head Mode. My group did not like the Portal game, as it felt too much like work). January 2016, All Once you've played several cases, you'll feel like you truly know this town. By letting it be not all about me, I've had some really good gaming experiences with people who love games but don't necessarily identify as "board gamers," and to me, that is dynamite. It makes it nice to follow along. April 2019 So congratulations to Detective: City of Angels on following Saunders’ Law: All cooperative games need a viable solo mode. (It came up several times: we like this MUCH MORE than the Portal Games Detective!