50 Clues: Ritualet

You are an investigation team sent to a tragic event. A passenger car has crashed after a short car chase. The driver has fled, while the officer who participated in the hunt lies on the asphalt dead of gun shot wounds. From the trunk of the passenger car, a desperate rattle is heard from a dying woman. Nude, shot and with a strange sign cut into her upper body. Two fingers amputated. You soon find out that she is one of the five women who have disappeared in recent months. The "ritual" is a macabre crime quest that you must solve. By calculating codes and combinations of tracks on different cards, you dig your way through the investigation. You start the game via a smartphone at 50clues.com, which keeps track of time and helps you along the way. This is where you enter codes and combine clues from the cards. Making errors or using the help function costs extra time that is added to the total time spent. It's life or death to solve the puzzle quickly. If you love crime stories and cryptic puzzles, then the "ritual" is for you. It only takes three minutes to get started with the game. Nominated for Best Board Game at Fastaval 2018.