Review Details

Mysterium

Product Review (submitted on October 4, 2015):

Friends picked up a copy at Gen Con 2015 and we played it over a couple evenings. Absolutely fantastic fun. You are trying to solve a murder. One person plays the 'Ghost' and the other players are 'Psychics'. The Psychics work together to figure out the "visions" i.e., the cards given by the Ghost player to each of the Psychic players. The game is very much co-op, fostering a lot of table talk as you all try to figure out the connection between each player's visions and possible people, places and weapons. Although there is technically a winner, In the end, everyone is hoping to solve the murder, so if you can get it right, you still feel like you've won. There is a lot of suspense as you hope you've interpreted the cards correctly. Playing as the Ghost is a completely different and equally enjoyable experience as you try to manage the potential clues and figure out how to prompt the other players to guess correctly. The one challenge we had on two occasions is that the screen that hides the clues the Ghost player uses to keep track of the correct solutions has designated slots for each Psychic player based on each player's color. If the players don't sit at the table in the same order as the color sequence on the screen, it is easy to mix up the different player clues. This happened in two different games with different ghost players. It isn't a flaw though because there is an easy solution: make players sit in the color order that matches the Ghost player's screen. There is a lot of creativity and interaction between players which makes the game so much fun and replay value is certain. The cards are large and of high quality. The artwork is fantastic and the component pieces and layout of the game add to the theme which is always appreciated. The game is extremely accessible and fun for any age.