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
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (AHMM) is a monthly digest size fiction magazine specializing in crime and detective fiction. "AHMM" is named for Alfred Hitchcock, the famed director of suspense films and television. "AHMM" was founded in 1956 by HSD Publications, which licensed the use of the director's name. Though there was no formal connection with the television show, stories published in the magazine were sometimes adapted by the producers of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (and later, "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour)". A few writers, such as Henry Slesar, wrote for both. Other contributors during the magazine’s early years