Here Lies

Essentially one player has to "DM". Didn't work for my group.

This is genuinely one of my favorite games ever, it uses deduction, acting, voice cues, drawing, and research to make a super fun time while still maintaining a serious solve the mystery style game. I love it!

Loads of fun. The open ended puzzle solving feels like the best parts of a good roleplaying game (a la your classic D&D table of larpers and actors), yet ever present on mind and never forgotten, are the roles the table is meant to play together as investigators. Manic ideas may seem silly or overblown, but they inevitably lead to collaborations which reveal the truth (or perhaps a convincing falsehood).

Recommended to anyone who likes storytelling, collaboration, puzzles, and scheming the system to get the best clues you can.

Another hit from Jasper Beatrix! Here Lies is a detective game unlike any other. By encouraging creativity and even outright silliness, it comes closer to its pulpy origins than any number of logic-heavy titles.

Read my review here: https://spacebiff.com/2025/04/23/here-lies/

This is SO much fun! I wanted to play again after immediately the first time, and it's now one of my go tos for my game bag.