*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.
G. Jack: Ni preprost Jack-o'-lampion za noč čarovnic
Temno je in deževno.
Mogoče nekoliko megleno.
Polnoč je.
In očitno ste v Londonu.
Prav?
Tek po ulicah,
Ne iščem priboljškov,
Toda morilca za aretacijo.
Se bo malo spočil?
Dobrodošli v drugi igri Bruna Cathale!
A ne samo, saj se mu je pridružil Ludovic Maublanc, še en znani oblikovalec družabnih iger.
Gospod Jack je igra za dva igralca, katere cilj je uganiti, kdo je Jack, in ga aretirati.
Ali Ona.
Vsa sol izhaja iz tega preprostega pravila:
Na začetku bo igralec gospod Jack, ki poskuša pobegniti iz Londona, preden ga ujamejo.
Drugi mora ugotoviti, kateri lik je morilec, in ga ustaviti, preden lahko pobegneta iz mesta.
Tukaj je pametno, da ne igrate samo enega znaka: igrali boste večino (če ne vseh).
Vsak od njih ima posebne sposobnosti.
Na primer, ga. Stealthy lahko gre skozi stavbe.
Če ste detektiv, jo lahko hitro premaknete k drugemu liku, da ugotovite, ali je nedolžen.
Če ste gospod Jack, lahko poskusite dati lažne podatke, tako da jo poženete bližje enemu od izhodov, če niste tak lik.
VENDAR lahko poskusite tudi res hitro priti do ulice.
Če na poti ni svetlobnih stebrov.
Kaj pa prehod skozi kanalizacijo?
In bi lahko pravočasno premaknil policijski kordon, da bi se osvobodil poti?
Kaj pa, če postanem na pot Watsonovi svetilki?
Ali bo g. Gull na voljo naslednji obrat?
Vse je v tem.
To je kot predvajanje zadnjega prizora filma o umoru, iz katerega pa pojma ne poznate.
Moraš biti pameten.
Zelo pametno za zmago.
Mogoče tudi nekoliko posrečeno.
Je videl, da ste se preselili sem?
Gospod Jack je zelo dober prodajalec po vsem svetu in eden od razlogov je, da je precej preprost.
Pravila so preprosta in igro je mogoče končati v manj kot 15 minutah.
Seveda lahko ponovite tekmo, da spremenite vloge.
Tako nam je všeč, da smo pripravili zelo lepo izvedbo igre.
Animacije, zvoki (ja, plinske luči se ne bi smele slišati kot neon, toda plin ne ustvarja zanimivih zvokov.
Poskusili smo.)
Lahko tudi aktivirate ali deaktivirate vizualne namige, da boste igro doživeli kot pravo.
To prilagoditev, ki je zdaj na voljo na BGA, je prinesla veliko ljubezni.
Lahko poskusite s klikom tukaj:
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=mrjack
Igra je na voljo za igranje vsem, toda tako kot pri vseh premium igrah boste morali naročnika poiskati odprto igro, če še niste ena izmed njih
Vso zahvalo namenjamo oblikovalcem iger, Brunu Cathali in Ludovic Maublancu ter založniku Hurrican za pomoč pri pripeljenju igre sem.
Najpomembneje pa je, da se zahvaljujemo Jurici ali Joezgu tukaj, razvijalcu BGA, ki je pri tej igri delal z veliko ljubezni, potrpljenja in strasti: to je del tega, zakaj je zdaj član ekipe BGA.
Uživajte v tej igri pred norostjo naslednji teden:
Pripravi se,
Essen Spiel prihaja.