Masters of Crime: Shadows Game Review

“This might be the best one-shot mystery game we have ever played!”

My wife and I had just finished a three-hour session of Masters of Crime: Shadows (2022, KOSMOS). We had now played the first three releases in the series, and I was nodding heartily in agreement based on this assessment. I’ve reviewed about 20 different titles in the single-play tabletop format (maybe more, because this is a sometimes difficult category to parse in our search system), and even halfway through the scenario presented in MoC: Shadows, I had to admit that KOSMOS had nailed it again.

I’ll share a few spoiler-free notes on this title, but I just want to sit back and marvel at the fact that KOSMOS is crushing this category. I’ll also talk briefly about my main takeaway from this experience: why haven’t more people been talking about these games?

It’s Time for a Heist Flick

Masters of Crime: Shadows is a single-session mystery title that can be played by any number of players. (The box says 1-6 players, but the reality is that you could play it with almost any group cooperatively.) Like the previous two titles I have tried, Masters of Crime: Vendetta and Masters of Crime: Rapture, Masters of…

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