Mysterium (board game)

Mysterium
Box cover
Designers
  • Oleksandr Nevskiy
  • Oleg Sidorenko
Illustrators
  • Igor Burlakov
  • Xavier Collette
PublishersLibellud
Genres
Players2–7
Playing time42 minutes
Age range10 and up
Websitewww.libellud.com/en/mysterium-universe/

Mysterium is a cooperative board game designed by Oleksandr Nevskiy and Oleg Sidorenko. It blends aspects of murder mystery games and card-based guessing games. One person plays the ghost of a murdered individual who can communicate with the other players only through a series of visions in the form of illustrated cards. The other players, who take the role of psychic mediums, must interpret these cards to identify a suspect, location, and murder weapon. Following its release, Mysterium received positive reviews. It has since received two expansions Mysterium: Hidden Signs and Mysterium: Secrets and Lies, which introduces a new card type to identify: the story.