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Conspiracy

What if I were to tell you that Conspiracy doesn't exist? That, in fact, Milton Bradley has denied it ever existing, and that those who have looked into the game, trying to determine its legitimacy, have suddenly and mysteriously gone missing. Would you believe me? Of course not, because that's ridiculous. But that's what conspiracies are, absolutely ridiculous things that nobody should believe. Then again, there was a period of time where conspiracies were much more fun. When they were more along the lines of "I think there's a giant sea monster living in a lake and the government is hiding its existence because they're afraid of mass public reaction" and less along the lines of "the government is inserting chips into our children to brainwash them into the queer agenda." One is plausible, one is ridiculous. And, in case you for some reason had to ask, the plausible one is the sea monster. I figured that went without clarification, but in thes...

Mr. Ree! The Fireside Detective

"She walked into my office, you know the type...the quiet but questionable dame, the one you show off to the boys at the club but don't bring home to mother. She told me she was in need of two things; a good detective and a stiff drink. Lucky for her both things could be found in my office." I have to admit, there aren't enough mystery type board games. Oh sure, we have "Clue", and we have...well..."Clue", but that really does run the gamut it seems like. Perhaps I'm not taking into consideration the amount of new board games that come out on the regular (and I'm not because this blog is primarily about classic board games) so maybe that niche has been somewhat filled out more, but I really like the idea of a noire styled board game, and I feel like it's a genre that really hasn't been touched on quite enough in recent years, for any sort of content, really. And it's a shame, because there's a lot you could do with it, espec...