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The best part of the game is the “AHA!” moments. On the second objective, we were about to hit the hint button when my son blurted out: “Look at this ! It matches the information found on which means this suspect was lying!” Sure enough, entering those two pieces of evidence moved the game along, and he had a huge beaming smile from having solved that part of the mystery. All of the suspects have their reasons why they might want Jamie dead. And the case, which went cold after what must have been the weakest police investigation in board game history, is now in your hands. Whodunit?? Though she is still writing for Android Authority, she went on to start writing for MakeUseOf, KOINO IT Solutions, and, of course, Review Geek. The writing for the interviews, newspaper clippings and coroner’s report was surprisingly bland and felt like it was ripped from every episode of low-budget police procedurals I have ever seen. That said, I sometimes love that stuff so it didn’t distract too much from the mission at hand. Better, more theme-appropriate writing, isn’t that big of an ask here. Unsolved Case Files is an entertaining game once you get going. At first, you may feel a bit lost, but once you start diving in and connecting the dots, it is a rewarding experience.

But the overall production in the Unsolved Case Files games feels a little shoddy. The writing isn’t nearly as juicy as other games in this vein. Some of the extras here just feel extraneous, not even things you will consider as you work through the evidence. Why is there a picture of the school principal? Does the coroner report really provide useful information? At the centre of all we do, we want to focus on Aspiration – motivating the children to aim high, Communication – speaking, listening and reading are key to every other aspect of learning and Experience – not just talking or reading about something but bringing their learning to life with hands on experiences. That said, I don't know how you could present an unsolved case that was more difficult to solve and more like a true cold case without it being too difficult to be enjoyable. The Harmony Ashcroft Case was also the first game from Unsolved Case Files, so it's entirely plausible that there's a wider range of cases now that vary in difficulty.

But in November of 1994, Jamie apparently committed suicide by jumping from the school’s 6th floor, out the only window in the newspaper workroom on the Friday of the school’s football state championship game. She killed herself during the school’s 10 AM pep rally, and conveniently only 5 people in the entire school were not in the gym when the all-school picture was taken, giving us our list of suspects. It’s no secret that cop shows have done well. Ever since the 1960s with the first police dramas on television, cops, detectives, and various officials in the criminal justice system have taken to the small screen week after week to allow viewers to vicariously flirt with the criminal element. It’s not far-fetched at all to imagine there’s an armchair Columbo, Lennie Briscoe, or Catherine Willows somewhere in each family. I am delighted and honored to be the principal of Ash Croft Primary Academy and I am very keen to get to know parents, pupils and staff.

When you first open the box and start pulling things out, you already feel like a detective getting ready to dive into a cold case. The included documents are contained in a file folder with a name — ASHCROFT, Harmony — and a case number. One of those true crime co-op games? Phew. I thought you wanted to play one of those rules-heavy games in the big boxes downstairs!” I do appreciate being able to reset the game for friends to try or family to work through later. I like that the Unsolved Case Files series has a couple of family-friendly options, so families who want to get accustomed to this type of gameplay can do so without worrying about more adult themes and imagery such as bloody knives or suicide. The Harmony Pledge is our commitment to help all children at Ash Croft to develop ten characteristics for themselves, that will set them up for the future. We want them to be: Overall, the quality of the case materials is excellent. The included documents are presented well with everything fairly easy to read and understand. For the case received, an age range of about 13+ is appropriate, depending on a family’s level of tolerance for hearing stories of violent murder.

Although I enjoyed Unsolved Case Files: Harmony Ashcroft, Unsolved Case Files: Jamie Banks left me in a place of doubt with this series. I’m leaning more towards the Cold Case games by ThinkFun as my true crime game series of choice because the cases are just stronger and more grounded in a logic puzzle.

As mentioned, the game is suitable for those aged 14 and up. You could play it alone if you wanted, but, as we found, more heads are better. Four seemed like a good number, but you really could play it with as many as you want for more brainpower. With the four of us playing, it took us around two hours to solve the mystery. Price/Value On May 8th, 1998, Harmony and her fiancé Christian went to their wedding rehearsal dinner in Riverdale, Indiana with family and friends. After an argument at dinner, Christian went out to run an errand, and Harmony ended up dead.

Unsolved Case Files: Jamie Banks

Another interesting aspect of the case presented is that the difficulty does ramp up throughout the case questions. The easiest aspects were questioned first and the further players dig into a case, the more elusive some answers might be. By the end of all questions, a true “story of the crime” unfolds. Carroll and Wilson recognized the public's interest in true crime and cold cases, and started to create a product about serial killers. But along the way, they realized they didn't want to glorify serial killers, but rather the investigators who catch them instead. The idea to make replicas of real cold cases was thrown around, but ultimately, the pair decided to create their own cold cases from scratch. But on this night? Pour a glass of wine, clear the kid toys off of the kitchen table, and prepare for a couple hours’ worth of working together to solve a fictional crime.