Arkham Noir - Caso #1: Gli Omicidi del Culto della Strega

Waou, ce jeu m'embarque à chaque fois ! C'est sure, j'y reviendrai très régulièrement :) Coup de coeur !

I cannot stop thinking about this game! It's thematic and tells a great detective noir story. Easy rules (mostly), hard choices and lots of replay. This may very well become my #1 solo game.

A well balanced mix of a rather difficult puzzle, atmosphere and flavour in the art design, good and bad surprises with randomly drawn cards, a stressful timer - while you at the same time can control the game a lot if you have spatial intelligence and the ability to combine the different elements/cards for your advantage. Although you never know in Lovecraft's universe...;)

While there's a lot of luck in the game, I often agonize over tough trade-off decisions and for me it strikes just the right balance between interesting decisions and avoiding brain burn that fits the simple rules and half hour playing time. Contrary to some of the other commenters here, I find the game very thematic. Solving murder cases clue by clue in a race against the clock to avoid more people getting killed. All the while working to solve the overarching plot and avoid going insane from the horrors. On the other hand, I can see how the game can be played purely from the symbols on the cards ignoring thematic elements.

This is such an amazing game! The presentation is top notch, although it may seem to dry to some. The central mechanism of connecting clues between each other feel great, and game posts a pretty hard task to a player. The player can change complexity levels in any way he wants and then combine different options too. But what impressed me the most was how packed the game was with different mechanics and little rules. For such a small box it is almost unprecedent! Each turn is a brainburner, and I enjoy it quite a lot. One of my favourite solo games!