*It's dark and it's rainy.
Maybe a bit foggy.
It's midnight.
And obviously, you're in London. Right?
Running the streets,
Not looking for treats,
But a murderer to arrest.
Will he get some rest?
Welcome to another game from Bruno Cathala! But not only, as he's been joined by Ludovic Maublanc, another famous board game designer.
Mr Jack is a 2 players game where the goal is to guess who is Jack, and to arrest him. Or Her.
All the salt comes from this simple rule:
At the beginning, a player will be Mr Jack, trying to escape from London before being caught.
The other one has to find out which character is the murderer and stop him/her before they can escape the city.
What's clever in here is that you're not playing 1 character only: You will play most (if not all) of them.
Each of them has special abilities.
For example, Ms Stealthy can go through buildings.
If you're the detective, you can move her quickly close to another character, to find out if he's innocent.
If you're Mr Jack, you can try to give fake informations by making her run closer to one of the exits if you're not that character.
BUT you can also try to reach the street really quick.
If there are no light poles on the way.
What about going through the sewers?
And could I move the police cordon to free the way in time?
What if I get in the way of Watson's torchlight?
Will Mr Gull be available next turn?
It's all about this.
It's like playing the last scene of a murder movie, from which you have no clue about the ending.
You have to be clever. Very clever to win. Maybe also a bit lucky.
Did he saw that you moved here?
Mr Jack is a very good seller worldwide and one of the reasons is that it's pretty straightforward.
Rules are simple and a game can be finished in less than 15 minutes.
You can, of course, rematch to change the roles.
We like it so much that we prepared a very nice implementation of the game.
Animations, sounds (yeah, gaslights shouldn't sound like a neon-one, but gas makes no interesting sounds. We tried.)
You can also activate or deactivate the visual hints, to experience the game like the real one.
A lot of love has been brought to this adaptation that is now available on BGA.
You can give it a try by clicking here:
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=mrjack
The game is available to play for all, but like all Premium games, you'll need to find an open game from a subscriber if you're not already one of them 😉
All of our thanks goes to the game designers, Bruno Cathala & Ludovic Maublanc, and the publisher Hurrican for their help into bringing the game here.
But most importantly, we would like to thank Jurica or Joezg in here, the BGA developer that worked on this game with much love, patience and passion: that's part of why he is now a member of the BGA team.
Enjoy this game before next week's madness:
Brace yourself,
Essen Spiel is coming.
开膛手杰克:这不是万圣节里简单的“杰克南瓜灯”
天色深深,夜雨沉沉。
云雾之间,
子夜时分。
显而易见,你在伦敦。
对吧?
跑到街上,
不找零食,
只为疑凶。
他会有片刻的休息吗?
欢迎来到Bruno Cathala设计的又一款游戏!
但不仅他一人,更有另一位著名的桌游设计师Ludovic Maublanc的加入。
开膛手杰克是一款两人游戏,游戏目标是猜测谁是杰克,并逮捕他,
或者她。
所有的部分都来自这个简单的规则:
一开始,一名玩家将扮演开膛手杰克,他试图从伦敦逃脱而不被抓捕。
另一名玩家必须查明哪名人物是凶手,并阻止他/她逃离城市。
这里的巧妙之处在于,你不只扮演一个角色:你将扮演大多数(也许不会是全部)角色。
他们每个人都有各自的技能。
例如, “神秘小姐”可以穿过建筑物。
如果你是侦探,则可以将她迅速移到另一个角色附近,以确定是否无辜。
如果你是开膛手杰克,可以尝试移动不是你的人物靠近出口来给出假信息。
但是也可以尝试快速到达街道。
如果途中没有电杆的话。
穿过下水道后怎么办?
我可以移动警戒线,方便我及时逃脱吗?
如果我挡住了华生医生的手电筒该怎么办?
古尔爵士下一轮可以被使用吗?
这就是游戏中的全部。
这就像在播放一部谋杀电影的最后一幕一样,你猜不透结局。
你必须要足智多谋。
老谋深算以取胜。
也许也需要点运气。
他看到你移动这里了吗?
开膛手杰克在世界范围内都是畅销品,原因之一是它很简单。
规则简单到,游戏可以在不到15分钟的时间内结束。
当然,你可以互换角色,再来一局。
我们非常喜欢它,因此我们实现了一个非常不错的游戏功能。
动画,声音(的确,瓦斯灯不应该听起来像霓虹灯,但是瓦斯灯没有有趣的声音。
我们尽力了。)
你还可以启用或禁用视觉提示,以像实体版桌游一样体验游戏。
现在BGA上,很多人对这种游戏的适配改编,情有独钟。
你可以通过点击此处尝试一下:
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=mrjack
该游戏可供所有人游玩,但像所有尊荣会员游戏一样,如果你还不是尊荣会员,则需要从会员那里找到一个已开放的游戏来加入。
我们要感谢游戏设计师Bruno Cathala和Ludovic Maublanc以及发行商Hurrican的帮助,将游戏带到了这里。
但最重要的是,我们要感谢Jurica或Joezg ,他是BGA开发人员,投入了极大的热爱,耐心和动力在这款游戏的工作上:这就是他现在成为BGA团队成员的原因之一。
赶紧享受这款游戏,在下周的疯狂来临前:
打起精神来,
埃森游戏展(Essen Spiel)要来了。