Fun mystery games to help solve your boredom
Tonight we're all Nancy Drew—or Sherlock Holmes if that's more your bag. ( João Silas via Unsplash/)Humans are drawn to mysteries. Solving them in real life can require knowledge and skills in deductive reasoning, psychology, and forensic science. Mystery games give everyday gumshoes an opportunity to practice their sleuthing, or evade capture by role-playing the suspect. These captivating choices for kids and adults include storytelling, logic, and analysis of evidence.Scintillating stories of your own making. (Amazon/)If you have a flair for drama and a mind for intrigue, this Victorian-style card game can engross you for hours. Play it alone or with friends by assembling the 20 beautifully illustrated cards to explain a murder. Are the cooks discovering poison, or about to slip it into an ill-fated guest’s curried mutton? You decide. While away the time dreaming of dark secrets and delicious motives, or use the game as a writing prompt...