*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.
Mr Jack: Ikke en simpel Jack-o'-lantern til Halloween
Det er mørkt og det er regnfuldt.
Måske lidt tåget.
Det er midnat.
Og du er naturligvis i London.
Ikke?
Løber i gaderne,
Ikke på udkig efter godbidder,
Men en morder at arrestere.
Vil han få noget hvile?
Velkommen til endnu et spil fra Bruno Cathala!
Men ikke kun, da han har fået selskab af Ludovic Maublanc, en anden berømt brætspilsdesigner.
Mr Jack er et 2-spiller spil, hvor målet er at gætte, hvem der er Jack, og at arrestere ham.
Eller hende.
Alt krydderiet kommer fra denne enkle regel:
I begyndelsen vil en spiller være Mr. Jack, der prøver at flygte fra London, før han bliver fanget.
Den anden skal finde ud af, hvilken karakter der er morderen og stoppe ham / hende, før de kan flygte fra byen.
Hvad der er smart her er, at du ikke kun spiller 1 karakter: Du spiller de fleste af dem (hvis ikke dem alle).
Hver af dem har specielle evner.
F.eks. Kan fru Stealthy gå gennem bygninger.
Hvis du er detektiv, kan du flytte hende hurtigt tæt på en anden karakter for at finde ud af, om han er uskyldig.
Hvis du er Mr. Jack, kan du prøve at give falske oplysninger ved at få hende til at løbe tættere på en af udgangene, hvis du ikke er den karakter.
MEN du kan også prøve at nå gaden rigtig hurtigt.
Hvis der ikke er lygtepæle på vejen.
Hvad med at gå gennem kloakkerne?
Og kunne jeg flytte politiets ledning for at frigøre vejen i tide?
Hvad hvis jeg kommer i vejen for Watsons fakkellys?
Vil hr. Gull være tilgængelig næste tur?
Det hele handler om dette.
Det er som at spille den sidste scene i en mordfilm, hvorfra du ikke har nogen anelse om slutningen.
Du skal være klog.
Meget klog for at vinde.
Måske også lidt heldig.
Så han, at du flyttede hertil?
Mr Jack er en meget god sællert over hele verden, og en af grundene er, at det er ret ligetil.
Reglerne er enkle, og et spil kan afsluttes på mindre end 15 minutter.
Du kan selvfølgelig få revanche ved at ændre rollerne.
Vi kan lide det så meget, at vi forberedte en meget flot implementering af spillet.
Animationer, lyde (ja, gaslys bør ikke lyde som en neonlampe, men gas giver ingen interessante lyde.
Vi prøvede.)
Du kan også aktivere eller deaktivere de visuelle tip for at opleve spillet som det rigtige.
Meget kærlighed er bragt til denne tilpasning, der nu er tilgængelig på BGA.
Du kan prøve det ved at klikke her:
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=mrjack
Spillet er tilgængeligt for alle, men som alle Premium-spil skal du finde et åbent spil fra en abonnent, hvis du ikke allerede er en af dem
Al vores tak går til spildesignerne, Bruno Cathala & Ludovic Maublanc, og udgiveren Hurrican for deres hjælp til at bringe spillet her.
Men vigtigst af alt vil vi gerne takke Jurica eller Joezg herinde, BGA-udvikleren, der arbejdede med dette spil med meget kærlighed, tålmodighed og lidenskab: det er en del af, hvorfor han nu er medlem af BGA-holdet.
Nyd dette spil inden næste uges galskab:
Vær beredt,
Essen Spiel kommer.