I used to own this game a few years back. I lost my old copy and thus decided to buy it again via Amazon Prime. The game is an amazing "easy to learn" game that works for family and friends who may be transitioning from run-of-the-mill retail store board games like Monopoly and specialty hobby store board games like Twilight Imperium, Arkham Horror, and Eldritch Horror. Its a great intro game into hobby gaming and also a great filler game when you don't wish to spend hours on the longer hobby games.
Its essentially a card-based game that is loosely based on the events that occurred in France in the 19th century. The Red Inn known then in France as L'Auberge de Peyrebeille (The Inn of Peyerbeille) was "the site of a notorious French criminal scandal known as "the Red Inn affair". The owners of the inn, Pierre and Marie Martin, and their employee Jean Rochette were arrested in 1831 after a customer, Jean-Antoine Enjolras, was found dead by a nearby river, his skull smashed in. They were later charged with his murder. During the subsequent trial, numerous witnesses testified to other crimes committed by the accused, including up to fifty murders at the inn, and to aggravating circumstances of rape and cannibalism. There were rumors that the owners used to serve their intended victims meals containing cooked body parts of previous victims (Taken from the Wikipedia article)"
So in this game you play the role of the corrupt owners of the inn. You are each given color coded "keys" to represent which rooms you control. Your job is to amass wealth through rent, murder, and theft. Sounds very American doesn't it?
You can recruit amoral henchmen to join you in your less than savory machinations. They will work for you and stay with you as long as you can pay them; but the payments must be in cash as they won't accept checks! So make sure you launder enough money in your turn in order to pay your criminal organization or they leave at the end of the round!
In addition, when you kill someone you must build structures in order to hide the bodies or you can hide them under your equally morally bankrupt opponent's (The other players) structures. The downside with using your opponent's structures is that you must split any wealth gained from the unfortunate dead victim with them. To add to the intensity of the game this all must be done in order to avoid the scrutiny of the policemen who regularly visit the inn to stay. If there is an exposed body after a policeman stay there are repercussions for that player!
Also, you may want to rethink killing your guests overnight because then you can't collect rent for your rooms in the morning!
The game is relatively short, fast-paced, and again easy to learn. You'll find yourselves laughing at how some people will choose to kill the policemen rather than risk them finding bodies. The game really makes you feel like a bunch of incompetent criminals. Or you might end up holding your side with laughter as you flip over a card to its coffin side. The artwork is well done and at the same time amusing.
This game was so good that when I lost my original copy (as stated earlier) I literally bought another one for my collection. Pick this one up you won't regret it. Thank you for reading!
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This game is wicked awesome!Who would be the greediest among you?In this game, you are a family if Innkeepers welcoming travelers in a small village in France 1831. The goal of the game is to whack as many guests so you can take their money! But beware of any unburied corpse because the Police will be there to investigate. The Solo variant works the same but it is a “beat your own score” type of game. A great game to have in your collection.
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This game is wicked awesome!
Who would be the greediest among you?
In this game, you are a family if Innkeepers welcoming travelers in a small village in France 1831. The goal of the game is to whack as many guests so you can take their money! But beware of any unburied corpse because the Police will be there to investigate. The Solo variant works the same but it is a “beat your own score” type of game. A great game to have in your collection.
Who would be the greediest among you?
In this game, you are a family if Innkeepers welcoming travelers in a small village in France 1831. The goal of the game is to whack as many guests so you can take their money! But beware of any unburied corpse because the Police will be there to investigate. The Solo variant works the same but it is a “beat your own score” type of game. A great game to have in your collection.
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Harry Hausen
Card games don't get much better than this
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 4, 2021
Harry Hausen
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 4, 2021
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Freddie D. Williams
Tolles Spiel aber...
Reviewed in Germany on November 28, 2019
Freddie D. Williams
Reviewed in Germany on November 28, 2019
Ich habe es als Geschenk für einen Fan französischer Filme (in diesem Fall "L'auberge rouge") gekauft und es kam unglaublich gut an. Wem das eher makabere Setting und die moralisch fragwürdigen Handlungen taugen, der kann hier bedenkenfrei zugreifen
Überaus enttäuschend war jedoch der Umstand, daß - trotz der einwandfreien Versandverpackung - die Spieleschachtel anscheinend beim Verkäufer sehr schlecht behandelt wurde. Einen derart beschädigten Artikel als NEU zu verkaufen, ist dann doch eine Frechheit.
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