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
Mystery of the Abbey to simply add an element of fun and atmosphere (for example, one card calls for all questions in the next round to be asked in Gregorian chant). Mystery of the Abbey Mystery of the Abbey is a board game designed by Bruno Faidutti, illustrated by Julien Delval, Emanuel Roudier and Cyrille Daujean as graphic designer. Originally published in French by MultiSim in 1998 under the name "Meurtre à l'Abbaye" (Murder at the Abbey), Faidutti's game was republished as "Mystery of the Abbey" by Days of Wonder with new graphic design in 2003. In "Mystery of the Abbey", each player plays