The game has a shorter playtime, is perfectly tailored for a mystery game night, and has simpler family-friendly rules. All at a lower MSRP than its predecessor in order to appeal to the mass audience. 

Detective: Season One consists of 3 stand-alone cases which can be played in around 90 minutes each. Each of the cases challenges players with different settings and case styles, inviting players to Richmond’s Suburbs, the Virginia University campus, and to a manor house in the English countryside.

The base game of Detective has been published in 10 languages and sold in more than 120.000 copies worldwide. The game won more than 30 awards and nominations, including French Game of the Year, German Game of the Year, Dice Tower Best Theme, and four nominations for Golden Geek Award (Game of the Year, Best Cooperative, Best Innovative, and Best Theme).

Components: 

• 3 case decks
• 7 skill tokens 
• 1 wooden time marker
• 1 wooden investigator marker
• 5 character tiles
• 4 special tokens
• 24 portrait pictures
• 1 game board
• 1 intro sheet / database guide
• rulebook