Murdering a Doctor for Fun and Profit

We played Kill Dr. Lucky the other night. If you are not familiar with this fine game, it is something of a prequel to the time-honored Clue. Instead of acting as detectives looking for the killer of an unfortunate victim (Dr. Lucky in this game, Mr. Boddy in Clue), you're ganking the sumbitch. Or, at least, you are trying.

Much of the game deals with the failures of such attempts. When a player announces an attempt on the life of the good doctor, the other players can (and will) play failure cards to thwart the attempt. Failure takes many forms, from slipping on a banana peel to hearing cryptic music, each of the cards has a little flavor text, making failure interesting.

But, Menty, are there weapons? I don't think I could kill an old man with my bare hands! Of course there are weapons, don't be foolish. There's a spoon and a cannon, a duck decoy, and a bunch of other lethal goodies.

We played the old Cheapass version. I Haven't plunked down the coin for the fancy one from Paizo, but I am considering it. 

It took about an hour to play. Of course, it was the first time for all of us, and I kind of got lucky when I won (almost by accident!)

It's a fun game, a good counterpoint to Clue. Buy it.