This post details 4 officially licensed Agatha Christie board games. All of which feature her most famous detective, Hercule Poirot. Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie and her top murder mystery novels. And for anyone who loves crime-solving and murder mystery board games. For 1 player, 2 players or more.
This list includes dinner party boxed kits, a card game and top-rated all-in-one investigation game from Hunt a Killer. For more Agatha Christie games for PC, Android, iPhone, iPad and Nintendo Switch, see my posts listed below.
Agatha Christie Board Games
1. The Mystery at Hunter’s Lodge
From: Hunt A Killer & Agatha Christie Ltd | Released: 2021 | Number of Players: 1 or more | Age rating: 14+ | Format: Complete Investigation Game | Setting: 1920s Country Manor | Based on The Mystery at Hunter’s Lodge short story featuring Poirot and Hastings.
Plot: Philanthropic millionaire Harrington Pace is murdered in his own bed, and genius detective Hercule Poirot is too ill to take the case. Captain Arthur Hastings turns to you for assistance with this baffling case. Don your pince-nez glasses, it’s time to solve a murder. [Source: Amazon]
*The Mystery at Hunter’s Lodge from Hunt a Killer available from US Amazon and UK Amazon.
2. Hercule Poirot: A First Class Murder
From: Paul Lamond Games | Age rating: 13+ | Number of Players: 6-8 | Format: Classic Boxed Dinner Murder Mystery Kit | Setting: 1930’s, South-West England | Based on Agatha Christie’s story, The Plymouth Express.
Plot: Flossie Carrington had it all – she was young and beautiful, she was the heiress to an American steel empire and she was married to a handsome ex-Guards officer. But last Thursday the nation was shocked by the discovery of her body, stuffed under the seat of a first-class compartment on the Plymouth Express…
She had been stabbed to death and her fabulously expensive jewels have been stolen. Flossie’s father promptly called in Hercule Poirot to investigate. And now he has summoned all those concerned with the case to reveal what really happened that fateful afternoon. [Source: Amazon]
*Hercule Poirot A First Class Murder Dinner Party Game available from UK Amazon.
3. Death On The Cards
From: Modiphius Entertainment | Number of Players: 2-6 | Age rating: 10+ | Format: Whodunnit Co-Operative (Traitor) Card Game | Theme: Inspired by Agatha Christie’s Detectives | Official Agatha Christie Card Game | Released: November 2019.
Description: There has been a murder and you must use your detective skills to uncover the culprit! Features all the major characters from her works such as Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. Created to embed the core narrative methods of Agatha Christie’s works. Everyone is guilty but only one person is the murderer! [Source: Amazon]
*Agatha Christie’s Death On The Cards Game available on UK Amazon and US Amazon.
4. Pyramids of Giza
From: Paul Lamond Games/Murder a la Carte | Number of roles: 6 to 8 players | Age rating: 18+ | Format: Boxed dinner party game | Setting: Egypt, 1924 | Based on Agatha Christie’s The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb, Poirot book.
Plot: Two years ago the tomb of Tutankhamun was uncovered and caused a worldwide sensation. But now an even more remarkable discovery has been made with the opening of the tomb of King Men-her-Ra by Sir John Willard and Felix Bleibner. But within days, tragedy has struck. Sir John dies suddenly of heart failure and two week’s later, Bleibner too is dead, struck down by blood poisoning…
And then when the latter’s nephew, Rupert Bleibner, commits suicide in New York. The rumours of a curse reach the point of hysteria. Hercule Poirot summons the surviving members of the expedition to Cairo, where he will uncover the truth. Are these three deaths connected? Are there supernatural forces at work? Or is one of his dinner guests a murderer? [Source: Amazon]
*Pyramids of Giza Murder Mystery Game available from UK Amazon.
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