Description
Crime City is a peaceful city that has been overrun by crime. In MicroMacro: Crime City you work as a team of detectives investigating a single large city map on which every scene is drawn at the same time. The same person appears in several places on the map, so you can trace their path from street to street and piece together what happened. The game won the Spiel des Jahres award in 2021.
How to play MicroMacro: Crime City
You choose a lead investigator, who takes the case cards out of the envelope and reads the starting card aloud. Each following card sets a task, for example “Find the inn!”. The solution is always a specific scene on the map. Once you find it, the investigator turns the card over and checks the coordinates. If the answer is correct, they read the text on the back and you move on to the next task until the case is solved.
Guessing is not allowed – every solution has to be confirmed by a scene on the map. The first, introductory case guides you through the game while you are still reading the rules.
Why you will like it
- The map is both space and time: the same person appears in several places, and you piece together the sequence of events.
- The cases build up gradually – stars show their difficulty and length, and the rules recommend playing the first five in order.
- Experienced players can try a harder variant: read only the starting card and try to solve the whole case without the other cards.
- Once you have solved all the cases, additional puzzles are still hidden on the map, with the answers on the game's website.
Who is MicroMacro: Crime City for
The game is for one to four players aged 12 and up, and a case takes 15 to 45 minutes. Players like it best with two. It is a simple cooperative game in which everyone solves the cases together. It suits anyone who enjoys searching for details and putting stories together.
What might you not like?
The game requires careful searching for tiny details and good lighting, so it may not be the best fit for those who quickly tire of long searches across the map.
What's in the box
- 1 city map
- 120 case cards
- 16 envelopes
- 1 magnifying glass with a sticker
