Deception: Murder in Hong Kong (2014)
(2014)Grey Fox Games, Jolly Thinkers
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
“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.”
“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.”
Deception: Murder in Hong Kong is an exciting and immersive board game that will put your deduction skills to the test.
“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)
“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)
“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.””
“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)
“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)
“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)
“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.”
“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)
“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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