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Deception: Murder in Hong Kong is a social deduction game of mystery and misdirection for 4-12 players. One player acts as the forensic scientist who provides clues, while the detectives attempt to solve the murder—all while the murderer and their accomplices try to deceive the team and escape justice.

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The Verdict

based on 28 reviews

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Quick, easy to learn, and highly replayable
Clue-based deduction avoids pressure of lying
Scales well to large groups and parties
Forensic scientist role and murderer tension
Enjoyment depends heavily on group and forensic scientist
Can drag or get cluttered at high player counts
Some clue cards are unhelpful or don't fit
Derivative of Mysterium and Resistance; can feel samey
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Board Game QuestArticle

“I don’t think I could improve Deception: Murder in Hong Kong in any way. What a fantastic, well-designed murder mystery deduction, hidden role game.”

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Roll To Review, facebook.com/rollToReviewArticle

“Otherwise, Deception: Murder in Hong Kong is one of my go-to party games and never fails to disappoint. It is both creative and logical, which makes it appealing to many different types of people.”

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Topping the Table, Jamie HopkinsArticle

Deception: Murder in Hong Kong is an exciting and immersive board game that will put your deduction skills to the test.

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Never Bored Gaming, Never Bored GamingVideo

“Overall, we cannot recommend this game enough. I like, we really bad things good to say about it don't matter compared to how good this game is.”(14:05)

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Haystack Games, Haystack GamesVideo

“So overall this is an incredible game because it is a social deduction game, you can play four players up to 12 players, and that is just a really nice number, you can play with a lot of people.”(4:12)

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The Board Game Family, TrentArticle

“I don’t think we’ve ever played a game as many times before doing a board game review than we have with Deception: Murder in Hong Kong. It’s not because the game is a short game. Rather it’s because everyone has enjoyed it so much that we just have to play “one more time.””

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Drive Thru Games, Drive Thru GamesVideo

“I love this game. It's awesome. So, if you watch my channel at all, you know I'm a fan of different social deduction games.”(9:32)

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Chairman of the Board, Chairman of the BoardVideo

“So as you can probably tell, I'm very, very high on this game. I think it's absolutely brilliant, I think it's unique, and I must say it's probably in my top 5 in a row. I'm really loving playing this game.”(8:34)

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The Dice Tower, The Dice TowerVideo

“You'll watch You'll Play this over and over again and that is the mark of an excellent game definitely one that I love a lot deception murder and Hong Kong Dice Tower judgement into my collection”(9:32)

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Meeple Like Us, https://www.facebook.com/MeepleLikeUsArticle

“Deception: Murder in Hong Kong is a fabulous little game that draws heavily from common gaming conventions and still manages to produce something distinctively unique as a result. We recommend it wholeheartedly.”

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Game Boy Geek, Game Boy GeekVideo

“Awesome, amazing game, this is this is a game that should be in everyone's collection, in my opinion. That's Deception: Murder in Hong Kong.”(14:41)

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Purge Reviews, Purge ReviewsVideo

“This is a fun game, I'm going to tell you to instantly buy this game. Gray Fox puts out a lot of good games, it's one of their better ones. I didn't think I was going to like it as much as I did.”(15:59)

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