Deduction board game are drawn at random. Notable members of this category include "Black Box" and "Master Mind". Investigation games are board games in which the players generally play as police, detectives or other investigators. The best known game of this type is "Cluedo". In fact, many of games in this category utilize a mechanic known as "The Missing Card," which was developed by Anthony E. Pratt for "Cluedo" ("Clue" in the United States). "The Missing Card" takes a known set of cards (or other token) and removes one or more of them. By gathering information and using deduction and logic, the players
Close Combat (video game) Avalon Hill, as part of Avalon's attempt to bolster its computer game business. It was originally announced as "Beyond Squad Leader", a tie-in to Avalon's million-selling "Squad Leader" board wargame franchise. However, the companies' relationship was troubled, and Atomic broke away after a high-profile departure at its publisher. Renaming the project "Close Combat", Atomic continued production with Microsoft and ultimately released the game in July 1996. Military psychologist Dr. Steven Silver worked with the team to increase the accuracy of "Close Combat"s psychological modeling. With sales of 200,000 copies, the game was a commercial success. Critics offered praise to its