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
Quazar (board game) Quazar (board game) Quazar is a 1977 board wargame published by Excalibre Games. "Quazar" is a science fiction simulation game for two or more players. W. G. Armintrout reviewed "Quazar" in "The Space Gamer" No. 23. Armintrout commented that "after this discouraging trip into sadness and despair, what can I say about "Quazar"? The rules are poor, incomplete, and contradictory. The game is ill-conceived, and too large for normal play. Players who want to play this wargame will need to write their own rules to replace or supplement the ones which come with the game." David Ritchie reviewed "Quazar" in