Van Ryder Games | Detective: City of Angels | Board Game | Ages 14+ | 1 to 5 Players | 30 to 150 Minutes Playing Time

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Detective: City of Angels, set in the dead of night and violent world of 1940s Los Angeles, is a game of mystery, deception, and investigation for 1–5 players. Most players will step into the shoes of LAPD homicide detectives, hungry for glory and willing to do whatever it takes to successfully close a case, although that means intimidating suspects, concealing evidence, and hiring snitches to rat on their fellow detectives. One player, then again, will take on the role of The Chisel, whose only goal is to stall and misdirect the detectives at every turn the use of bluffing, manipulation, and (continuously) outright lies. Detective: CoA uses the innovative ARC (Adaptive Response Card) System to create the feel of interrogating a suspect. Suspects do not simply give paragraph-book responses; instead The Chisel carefully chooses how they are going to answer. When Billy O’Shea insists that the victim was a regular at Topsy’s Nightclub, is he telling the truth or is The Chisel subtly leading the detectives toward a dead end so one can cost them precious time? Detectives can challenge responses that they think are lies but at great risk: If they’re mistaken, The Chisel will acquire leverage over them, making the case that much harder to solve. Detective: CoA includes separate, detailed casebooks for both the detectives and The Chisel. Each crime is a carefully constructed puzzle that can unfold in various ways depending on how the detectives choose to pursue their investigations. As the detectives turn the city upside down, uncovering fresh evidence and “hot” leads, hidden suspects may be revealed and up to the moment lines of questioning will open up, creating a rich, story-driven experience. Inspired by classic film noir like The Big Sleep, the works of James Ellroy (L.A. Confidential), and the video game L.A. Noire from Rockstar Games, Detective: City of Angels is a murder-mystery game unlike any other. Will one detective rise above the rest and close the case on L.A.’s latest high profile murder? Or will The Chisel sow enough doubt and confusion to prevent the detectives from solving the crime?

Box Contains

33 x 21 Inch Game Board 4 Custom Detective Miniatures 4 Detective Favour & Chisel Grift Cards 8 Unique Cases with Over 300 Cards 9 Tuckboxes, one for each case 4 Detective Boards & 1 Chisel Board 4 Detective Handbooks 1 Chisel Casebook 1 Rulebook 32 Knowledge Markers 8 Snitch Tokens 4 Solve Tokens 16 Action Cubes 50 Scratch Tokens Scene of the Crime & Day Markers 34 Suspect Standees Pad of 50 Double-sided Investigation Sheets Response Card Holder 8 Evidence Removed Cards 12 Evidence Tokens 1 Solo Detective Paragraph Book 8 Oversized Double-sided Solo Case Cards 1 Tutorial Script 1 Secret Envelope

Detective: City of Angels is an epic narrative-driven board game set in the dead of night and violent world of 1940’s Los Angeles
Most players will step into the shoes of LAPD Homicide detectives so one can do whatever it takes to solve the case, but one player will take on the role of The Chisel whose goal is to stall and misdirect the detectives at every turn
Inspired by classic film noir like The Big Sleep, the works of James Ellroy (L.A. Confidential), and the video game L.A. Noire from Rockstar Games, Detective: City of Angels is a mystery and crime solving game unlike any other
Each case is ideally illustrated by renowned artist Vincent Dutrait, creating a rich and gritty noire atmosphere