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Mr. Jack

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Product Review (submitted on February 12, 2010):

This is a 2 player game where one player tries to out-think the other player. If you like games like Clue, where you have to find the murderer, this theme is similar but gameplay is a lot better.
One person plays the role of Jack the Ripper which took an identify of one of the characters on the board, and the other plays the inspector. It is kind of strange as there are 8 characters on the board, and both players can control any one of them. The point of the game is for the inspector to narrow down the selection of characters to find out which character is JACK and then capture him before the end of 8 turns or before jack runs off the board.
To narrow down the characters that are not jack, after moving the chracters around, you ask, "Is Jack seen?", and Jack will answer if he is seen or not seen. A character in the light(next to the lamp or character) otherwise unseen. If Jack "is seen", then all the other characters on the board that are "not seen" are not Jack and is innocent.
As the turns go by, the street lamps burn out and Jack will be harder to see, when Jack is not seen, he can escape the map on a turn.
And that is the jist of it.

This is a great game for couples, because it is pretty simple and it is 2 players. It doesn't require very abstract thinking like chess and one game lasts less than 20 mins.
Highly recommended for couples that don't have much time for gaming.