Mysterium: Secrets & Lies (2017)

Introduction

Mysterium is a cooperative board game that was first published in 2015. It is a game of deduction and mystery where players take on the roles of psychics trying to solve a murder that occurred in a haunted mansion. The game is significant because it offers a unique and immersive experience for players, with its intricate artwork and Gameplay Mechanics of Mysterium.

Game Components of Mysterium

– 1 game board
– 6 intuition tokens
– 6 sleeves
– 6 clairvoyance level markers
– 36 clairvoyance tokens
– 1 clock board
– 4 progress boards
– 18 character psychic cards
– 18 location psychic cards
– 18 object psychic cards
– 1 sand timer
– 1 ghost token
– 84 vision cards
– 54 ghost cards

Game Setup of Mysterium

Players choose one player to be the ghost and the rest of the players are psychics. The ghost selects a murder suspect, location, and weapon card at random and places them in an envelope. The ghost then gives each psychic a set of vision cards that correspond to their character. The ghost draws a hand of ghost cards and selects one to give to each psychic.

Gameplay Mechanics of Mysterium

The ghost must use the vision cards to guide the psychics towards the correct suspect, location, and weapon. The psychics must interpret the vision cards to determine which suspect, location, and weapon the ghost is trying to communicate. The psychics can use their intuition tokens to ask the ghost questions about the vision cards. The ghost can use the clairvoyance tokens to give the psychics additional clues.

Game Objective of Mysterium

The objective of the game is for the psychics to correctly identify the suspect, location, and weapon before time runs out.

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