There has been a murder and you must use your detective skills to uncover the culprit - however the path of justice won’t be that simple for you have deep dark secrets you want to keep hidden while trying to shine the light of truth on to this dastardly deed! The game is lightweight, designed to be played in 30 minutes or under and aimed towards both older children and adults. As a result, the gameplay was quick but not quite varied enough to hold the interest of four twenty-somethings. It becomes a race against time, with the innocent players working to figure out who the murderer is by uncovering each other's secrets.

Agatha Christie has long been hailed as the “Queen of Crime,” and her two most famous creations – the sharp-minded spinster Miss Marple and suave Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot – have become some of the most enduring characters in all of detective fiction. As the ‘Murderer’ your aim is to either use up the play deck until the ‘The Murder Escapes’ card is revealed, or get everybody else to reveal all their ‘Secret’ cards. She co-founded the blog Critsumption and once got really into powerlifting via Fitness Boxing for the Nintendo Switch.Everything needed to play Death on the Cards fits neatly into a 4×6 inch box, making it easy to travel with. Players become suspects in a murder investigation, aiming to deduce which of their number is the killer. The basic premise is the same however many players you have – the murderer must exhaust the draw pile to reveal the ‘Murderer Escapes’ card which depicts them gleefully skipping off into the distance with nary a care in the world.

These are the top 3 cards from the deck, face up on the table to be chosen as an alternative to drawing from the draw pile. Getting to that point can be hard work because the rules take a while to understand, compute, and log in your brain, but it's a worthwhile investment overall.Some of the other event cards (like a card that initiated a card swap and one that delayed the murderer’s escape) never felt necessary to use.