An ingenious two-person deduction game with a short playing time, yet a lot of depth

Video at Amazon.com View Mr. Jack's almost classic two - person - games, but outside the Spielersezene relatively unknown. That is very unfortunate and I want to contribute with this review to make the game a little known.

Mr. Jack is distinguished mainly by its short season. The playing time is given between 15 and 30 minutes. If both players know the game is likely it more toward 15-minute walk, as in the direction of 30 minutes. Although it is so short, it still offers a lot of depth and is certainly no lightweight.

The players play against each other. One slips into the role of Jack the Ripper, who plays the other commissioner who must determine which of the eight characters in the game Jack. I've also created to a video that helps VLT. at times to get a better impression of the game. When the game starts is determined by chance, which is the character Jack, then a cat and mouse game begins. Each character in the game has a certain special property that will be used wisely. Each round four of the eight characters may be used in a round begins the investigators, then Jack is twice off then again the investigators, in the next round Jack begins, then twice the Commissioner, then Jack, and then the characters are mixed again and it starts again from the beginning. A maximum of eight rounds of investigators has time to uncover the secret identity, if unsuccessful, Jack won.
However, Mr. Jack must try to use the investigator as long as possible in the dark, and take advantage of the opportunity and try to escape as quickly as possible.

The game design is very crafty. In each round, only half of the characters are available in each round you have to think carefully about what character you choose to move it and use its features, as always, the other player is then twice off. One has to be aware on the one hand, what is possible in the current round, but also advance the course for the next round of place where then yes the remaining characters are off. One must always analyze the situation, plan a little in the future and also consider why the other player has just done what he did, of course especially for investigators.

The game is perfectly balanced and invites you, the same to play several games in between. Thanks to its pleasant short playing time, it's a game that you can play if you have not so much time, or even just a short time in between, and it is definitely not a "night cap game" is. Who likes Deduktionsspiele, so games like Cluedo, Mister X or Scotland Yard, but often only for two games and also would like to have something more modern game mechanisms should definitely take a look at Mr. Jack.