Chronicles of Crime 1900 - Review & Giveaway!

Over the last year we've really grown to love mystery and puzzle games, which is why we were so excited to get the trio of games from the Chronicles of Crime the millennum series sold by Lucky Duck Games. Each game is an interactive mystery solving game that uses a mixture of actual boardgame pieces & a phone app. If you missed it, I recently did a review for the first addition to this collection which was called 1400 (read the review here) & now I am back to share Chronicles of Crime 1900 with you. I will be posting 2400 at a later date along with a awesome game called Destinies. All three games in the series use the same interactive app so if you've already downloaded it to play 1400 you won't need to install anything new, simply download the next game you are about to play. 

The game is intended for ages 12+ due to some of the topics brought up during the rounds such as mention of drinking, drugs or sexual references. If you would like to have a younger child play with your group it is quite easy to skip over those mentions if you'd like since you will be reading from the app. You can play by yourself to test out your wits or play with four people in total. Games will last for 60-90 minutes depending on how well you are able to string clues together, figure out puzzles and link characters to the crimes. You can purchase the games for $29.99 or purchase a bundle that includes all three along with a expansion pack for $109.

1900 is very similar to 1400, however the biggest difference is that 1900 has actual puzzles to be completed & you aren't able to look at them until the game instructs you to do so. I personally love the mixture of digital visuals & physical cards. When you are investigating the scene one person will be looking around the room using the app as it has a virtual room with a 360 degree view you simply have to move the phone around the room. While that person is looking at the scene they will start naming off anything they see that might be a clue, for example it might be some scattered letters on the floor, foot prints leading out of the room or a box out of place which a second person will be pulling out of the clue pile.

After finding what you think the clues are, you'll use the app to scan all of the clues to see which are needed & which aren't. From time to time you might feel a little stuck & want to look over your clues again without worrying about how much time you have left to figure out the mystery, thankfully there is no need to worry about a time limit with this game. In app it will keep track of time spent going from location to location & talking to different witnesses, however it only does so when each item is scanned meaning you are free to discuss where to go next, what to scan next, and so forth without wasting in game time. If it has started to get late or you want to come back and finish the game at another time it will save the game for you so you can resume again later. On the occasion or two we've done this, we just left all of the physical cards out on the table so we know what we have and haven't done. 

So far we've played two of the mysteries that come included with 1900, there are four scenarios in total plus a tutorial round which we suggest doing as it is an extra level of play you get out of the game. Our kids are nine & thirteen, both enjoy playing this to help figure out clues and have helped us pick out some things we may have missed otherwise. My husband and I also enjoy doing the scenarios just the two of us. Is it worth the cost of the game? I would say yes, we have a lot of fun trying to figure everything out and are quite excited when we get close to finishing out a round with close to or at 100%. 

I really enjoy seeing the artwork they've put together for all of the cards in this collection, each character is unique, the houses & places are gorgeous and it keeps you entertained while enaged in the game.  

PRIZE ALERT:
One lucky winner is going to win a copy of Chronicles of Crime 1900!

This is open World Wide! Please remember if you DO NOT leave a comment on this blog post as your mandatory entry into the giveaway then all of your entries will be void. Doing the Daily entries will increase your chance of winning. Winners have 72 hours to respond to the notification email! This giveaway is hosted by ME.

This giveaway ends on 6/10/2022  

Giveaway entry question: Leave me a blog comment letting me know another board game from the Lucky Duck collection of games you'd enjoy playing.

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Disclaimer- The products mentioned above were provided by Lucky Duck Games for the giveaway + review free of charge no other compensation was provided. However, no product compensation will influence the outcome of any review. My honest opinions are used in all reviews, they are solely my own & they may vary from others. My reviews are posted for readers in order to provide an informed decision before purchase.