Black Stories English Edition Cards – June 24, 2009

The scenarios in this game are crazy! Some take some creativity to guess, and others are just the right amount of challenging. Any time the family has played this game, we have all had a blast! The only thing I have to say is that some cards may be more along the lines of a PG or PG-13 rating. They might mention that someone was naked or that someone slept with someone else. And of course, some cards mention death (as many are murder mysteries as said in the product description). An excellent game for a great price, and I will definitely be purchasing the other packs once we get through this one.

This is a fun game you can play anywhere. There’s no set up. You can play in the car, on a plane, at a restaurant while waiting for your table to be ready or your food. Stretch your thinking!

Love the riddles - though some are pretty far out

Juego que utilicé para clase con mis alumnos y les encantó así que cumplió su objetivo perfectamente

This is NOT a sequal to "Dark Stories" it is simply a reprint of the same game. It has all the same cards as "Dark Stories" in it. Quite upset about Amazon not reviewing the product reviews.

Inte värt pengarna.

Great game that invites you to speak and try to think out of the box.Once you have played it, you remember the clue.Language kevel A1+

This (and it's sequel; Dark Stories) is one of the best ice-breaker games I have ever played.It's a simple premise; a sentence long story is printed on one side of the card e.g. "It took a man three hours to drown." (Don't worry, that isn't a spoiler from the game!) Then on the other side of the card a longer explanation of the story is printed e.g. "A man was walking on the beach when he got stuck in quicksand. Shortly after the tide starting to come in. He struggled but that only made him more stuck. After three hours the tide had become too high for him to escape and the man drowned."In the game one person (or a team) reads the simple story aloud before also reading the explanation. The other person (or team) then get to ask 'yes' or 'no' questions about the situation in order to uncover the full story. The person/people who know the story can also answer with 'yes', 'no' or words similar to 'misleading' or 'irrelevant' to keep things on track. And that's it. Very simple.The real value of this game comes in its ability to get all sorts of people involved.People who like the challenge of the puzzle can play 1 to 1 with the card-holder requiring every detail of the full story from the player asking. It also works very well as a team game with lots of people guessing the solution and the other team working out whether or not they need more information. You can play it as a non-competitive group with one person reading out the story and everyone else guessing. It's a great small-talk device as well. Why not read the card at the beginning of a train journey/date/party etc. and then talk through the possible solutions as you go about your day? There's no time limit.It also benefits from encouraging shy or uncertain players to join in. In a group then there is no pressure to be correct in your questioning and as it is a talking game, players who may be discouraged by games with heavy strategy etc. could feel more comfortable getting involved. And for those who don't want to talk too much, listening to the ridiculous scenarios suggested as people struggle to find the real story is its own entertainment.I heartily recommend this game for all sorts of situations and hope it finds its way to more people!