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Every week, James O'Brien enlists the help of LBC listeners to solve the questions you've always wondered the answer to. I purchased a copy at my local games outlet and began wondering just how well the concept would translate to the table.
Additionally the selection of games available, cards against muggles was a very hard game to find and I did not see it on many sites. The Mystery Hour Board Game won’t change the world but for fans of trivia or those simply looking for a casual family game that will teach you interesting things and ignite discussion, this game certainly deserves a round of applause. For a start, all of the question cards could be quite easily distributed before dinner to allow players to invent clever false answers in good time. Questions can come from the world of science, literature, language or be as bonkers as “Why do pigeons have manky feet?Contents include 250 questions with correct and false answers (players can devise their own answers for extra points). The objective of the Mystery Hour board game is to convince other players with a plausible false answer whilst answering other players questions correctly.
While this may sound a bit petty, space is a serious consideration for avid board game enthusiasts and families who need to justify a game’s place on their shelf. Every week, James O’Brien enlists the help of LBC listeners to solve the questions you’ve always wondered the answer to. If you’re a pedant, surely a yes or no should be enough to get points here, as it doesn’t ask you to justify anything).
There may even be some joy to be had for Mystery Hour anoraks in coming up with their own questions and answers, perhaps even using podcasts of past Mystery Hour episodes to prolong the experience.
And even if you’ve seen them all, you would need to be something akin to Rainman to retain every factoid the game has to offer. As a now established fan of O’Brien’s show, I had been aware of the Mystery Hour Board Game for a while. In contrast to the disconnect many felt at this time, Mystery Hour almost felt like a greatest hits album of humanity: strangers from across the nation coming together for an hour a week, irrespective of political leanings and grievances, to learn from each other. Mystery Hour is no longer only available one hour a week – play with your friends and family whenever you want. Mystery Hour is no longer only available one hour a week - play with your friends and family whenever you want.The host can also score two points from each player who chooses their invented answer as the correct answer. For me, the discussion generated following the reveal of a correct answer is where the true value of the Mystery Hour Board Game lies. Replayability is always a consideration before deciding to invest time and money in any board game and I can hear the inevitable cries re how much worth the game will have once all the cards have been revealed. The host, as judge of the worthiness of correct answers, can lose friends quickly if they choose to be overly strict or overly lenient. As our group played, it became clear that some of the cards are very subjective in their wording (“Does mixing drinks get you drunk faster?
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