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Over a decade ago, a little card game called Dixit was released.

A product shot of the Detective Club board game, which comes in a large tin. The lid is slid off to reveal the top of the contents in the box. You can’t see much of it beyond the game’s artwork, which is a silhouetted figure wearing a hat - a detective’s hat.

As revolutionary and charming as Dixit was, and is, it’s not especially fun to play.

With no clear objective in place, playing Dixit feels rather pointless.

Similarly to Dixit, players in Detective Club select and show illustrated cards to a group.

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Unlike Dixit, though, Detective Club pits players against each other in a test of intelligence and subterfuge.

Every round of Detective Club begins with one player taking the role of the clue giver.

Whoever receives this one, blank, notebook becomes the conspirator.

Some cards from within the Detective Club game box. There are counters and some mini magnifying glasses in multiple colours, and they’re very cute.

You might have known what the theme was, you might have thought that this was a fantastic card.

Or you’re just an amazing liar.

Turning Dixit into a social deduction game was an amazing decision.

The cards and tokens of the Detective Club board game laid out as if in play. There’s even a pencil pictured in this rather stiff picture for good measure.

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