It is unacceptable that you don’t have 1400, 2400, and 1900. So I emailed lucky duck games and explained that I bought the series based on your recommendation! And that I suggested they send you a set pronto. Thanks for making your videos for us.
That's so nice of you Sydney!!! Though actually I do have 1400,2400, and 1900 -- they are just on a different shelf, and we haven't gotten to them yet. But if another copy happens to arrive we'll give it away on the channel during a livestream, which would be very fun to do! -jesse
Interestingly, my family and I did not like Chronicles of Crime. We got tired of having to depend on the phone/app for everything. For a light competitive detective game, you may want to try Awkward Guests. The base game is relatively light but there are ways to make it much more challenging if you want.
I completely get it -- I generally do not want apps and devices in my boardgames. But Chronicles of Crime is the one exception for me, just because it feels like it is integrated well and doesn't take away from the experience for some reason.
I got notification message about a long thoughtful commend from a J.Warner but it's not showing up here. Hopefully TH-cam will sort it out soon. In the meantime, I did want to add another recommendation for a new small box game series called "Echoes". It's purely audio based mystery, and essentially you use an app to listen to the sounds associated with cards and that tell a mystery story, and rearrange them into their original order. Very unique experience, you keep working on it until you solve it, so you won't end up at the end with a bad score. Very cool. I did a playthrough here but you can just watch the start to see how it plays: th-cam.com/video/H5Ki2XZRhdU/w-d-xo.html
This is a really good intro for people like me who are just getting into this genre. Are there any concerns for games that use a lot of newer technology - apps, internet, telephone etc, may not work whenever the developer decides to stop supporting it or if you want to take it with you and play it "off the grid"? Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective is essentially a classic because everything you need to play is in a box. I'm slightly hesitant on the Chronicles of Crime at the moment just because of the reliance on an app.
It's definitely a concern, especially for the smaller games that require an internet connection. Chronicles of Crime may need the internet to download the latest version of it's cases, but it is essentially an offline playable game, and even if the company dissapeared you'd still be able to get the games data files from others with them. So I wouldn't let that deter you. I do think however, that there's a good chance that in 20 years you'll have a hard time playing it because of the technology, but as long as you don't wait 20 years I think you're fine. Chronicles of Crime is one of the best, and they show ever sign of continuing the game series. -jesse
It is unacceptable that you don’t have 1400, 2400, and 1900. So I emailed lucky duck games and explained that I bought the series based on your recommendation! And that I suggested they send you a set pronto. Thanks for making your videos for us.
That's so nice of you Sydney!!! Though actually I do have 1400,2400, and 1900 -- they are just on a different shelf, and we haven't gotten to them yet. But if another copy happens to arrive we'll give it away on the channel during a livestream, which would be very fun to do! -jesse
Interestingly, my family and I did not like Chronicles of Crime. We got tired of having to depend on the phone/app for everything. For a light competitive detective game, you may want to try Awkward Guests. The base game is relatively light but there are ways to make it much more challenging if you want.
I completely get it -- I generally do not want apps and devices in my boardgames. But Chronicles of Crime is the one exception for me, just because it feels like it is integrated well and doesn't take away from the experience for some reason.
I got notification message about a long thoughtful commend from a J.Warner but it's not showing up here. Hopefully TH-cam will sort it out soon.
In the meantime, I did want to add another recommendation for a new small box game series called "Echoes". It's purely audio based mystery, and essentially you use an app to listen to the sounds associated with cards and that tell a mystery story, and rearrange them into their original order. Very unique experience, you keep working on it until you solve it, so you won't end up at the end with a bad score. Very cool. I did a playthrough here but you can just watch the start to see how it plays: th-cam.com/video/H5Ki2XZRhdU/w-d-xo.html
This is a really good intro for people like me who are just getting into this genre. Are there any concerns for games that use a lot of newer technology - apps, internet, telephone etc, may not work whenever the developer decides to stop supporting it or if you want to take it with you and play it "off the grid"? Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective is essentially a classic because everything you need to play is in a box. I'm slightly hesitant on the Chronicles of Crime at the moment just because of the reliance on an app.
It's definitely a concern, especially for the smaller games that require an internet connection. Chronicles of Crime may need the internet to download the latest version of it's cases, but it is essentially an offline playable game, and even if the company dissapeared you'd still be able to get the games data files from others with them. So I wouldn't let that deter you. I do think however, that there's a good chance that in 20 years you'll have a hard time playing it because of the technology, but as long as you don't wait 20 years I think you're fine. Chronicles of Crime is one of the best, and they show ever sign of continuing the game series. -jesse