Skillmatics Board Game - Catch The Crook, Family Friendly Game of Predictions, Strategy Game, Mystery Game, Gifts for Kids, Teens, Adults Ages 8, 9, 10 & Up

Fun to play

This is a fun mystery game which reminds me a little of Cluedo in how you play. The game comes with all the pieces you need to play, clue cards, suspect cards, dice, action cards and a sheets of papers for writing down your deductions for working out who the suspects of a particular case are. There's even some pencils included so you can start playing this right away along with easy to understand instuctions and the solutions to the cases in an envelope too. Playing the game doesn't take long to set up but understanding exactly what you are doing took us a little time as the instructions just started saying you can write about the two suspects whose cards you've been dealt with right away and we were a bit confused, however once we got our heads around the fact you need to do more than just this and start playing some of the clue cards after rolling the dice, it got interesting and easy to play. There are twenty cases to play and you choose a different case to play each time, having to work out from the clues you are given who the culprit is behind whatever crime they've commited. The illustrations of the suspects really helps this and I love the way they all look, however due to there being only twenty cases, I can't help but feel that if you keep playing this game over and over you will go through all 20 cases really quickly and then might remember the suspects that were guilty of the cases when you want to play again. It says on the box you can replay constantly, but if you remember the case solution then it's not really fun to replay them, and it doesn't have the same random replayability that cluedo has. However it's still a very good and fun game to play for a first time round, a good mix of Cluedo and Guess Who, and if you can forget who was guilty in what case, then it does have a fun replayability to it too. :)

This is a fun game I play with my grandson. It’s not only fun, but it’s well made too. Worth it.

This is such a great addition to family game night! My nine-year-old and six-year-old caught on quickly to the rules. They ask to play it all of the time!

This game is a bit like Cluedo on Steroids and is well worth the money. It's something which all the Family can play and requires you to think about what you are doing. The only criticism is that some of the clues can require just a little bit too much thought to solve. However, don't let that put you off from buying this. Overall, it's a good game and worth the investment.