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Sorry to link you to reddit but there is a very active subreddit /r/tabletopgamedesign, they have a ton of interesting content. Unfortunately no lemmy alternative.
It depends on the difficulty. Each case consists on a couple of cards that point you to right direction. The first cases are very easy with very few cards, you’ll complete them in 10-15 minutes. Super fast. Then the missions become harder and with more cards, you have to go way back to find the offender. I’d say 30-40 minutes for the longer ones.
The game also has a hard variant where you just read the introduction of the mission and deduce everything else by yourself. I really like this variant and it obviously increases the duration of each mission. The game isn’t hard but if feels really great to deduce everything correctly!
My one criticism is that the game shines with 2 players at most, maybe 3.
You don’t destroy or mark anything so you can replay or borrow it at any time. However, once you know the solution to the puzzle it’s pretty much ruined. My shitty memory forgets the solution so I replay the missions once in a while when introducing the game to a new person.
MicroMacro: Crime City is excellent. Can’t recommend it enough.
I found Deception: Murder in Hong Kong to be really disappointing. At the time it had stellar reviews but I found it really frustrating. I don’t know who had the idea to use the tiniest possible cards on a game that is best with 6-8 people. It’s a game for ants.
Yeah, that’s also fantastic. I had a friend with a 3d printer and would ocasionally ask me to print something.
Check out this website, if you haven’t already. It lists 3d printable resources for all the games in your BGG account. Pretty neat.
I used to make organizers out of foam and they worked out ok. Unfortunately I’m not a very skilled individual and came out all crooked XD
If you have the skill to measure and cut straight, which I don’t, definitely consider buying foam sheets and wood glue on your local hardware shop. It’s so cheap!
I think Wingspan is a good game but its weight is a bit tricky. My group finds it too light, my family finds it too complicated… Fantastic production value tho.
It’s sad that Wingspan is the #1 in the Family category on bgg. From personal experience it’s more like a “next-level” kind of game. Everdell at #3 isn’t doing anyone any favors either!
Dorfromantik (3x, 2p): I ended up buying it because it won SdJ and I didn’t have any tile-laying game anymore. The game starts slow and slowly adds new components and “achievements”. Kind wish it was more goal oriented, to be honest. There’s no win-condition, you just sum your points, the more points you have the faster you unlock the new components. Definitely want to play it some more but I can’t say I loved it.