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Detecteam Family: Cheating Champions
2021
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- 2–4 players
- 20 min
- 8+
- Complexity 1.0/5
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Detecteam Family: Cheating Champions is a board game released in 2021 for 2–4 players, 20 minutes per game, and ages 8 and up. It was designed by Alexander Peshkov and Ekaterina Pluzhnikova and its main mechanics are Deduction, Cooperative Game, and Open Drafting.
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About the game
Today the forest inhabitants hold a sports festival! The crowd is greaeting the athletes. Ready, Steady, Go! But what's the news: the competition is not that fair. Try on the role of detective! Find out who was the only true winner of the race. To know all the details, you'll have to discuss the story with all the animals in the game. After the game you are going to answer a few questions and find out what really happened. Play as a team, discuss the story, and get to the bottom of it! This is a cooperative detective board game for the whole family. You will literally piece together the event (connect several cards to get the full picture) and attempt to get it right. After the game you are going to answer a few questions and find out what really happened. Play as a team, discuss the story, and get to the bottom of it! The players lay cards in a 3x4 grid out on the table. New cards must be connected to the starting cards like a jigsaw puzzle so that in the end there's a complete picture on the table. The game begins with 2 starting cards placed in the center of the table. Then there is a deck with all the other cards. Players need to lay out the 4 top cards next to the deck pics down. On their turns, they need to pick 2 out of 5 cards (1 top from the deck and 4 next to it). Look at them and decide, whether the info on the cards is useful or not. If it is useful, they connect these to the starting ones. If not, discarded. Then it's the nest turn, and so on. Players need to discuss the cards to decide When the story has come to an end, there should be a complete picture of cards. Players need to discuss the plot to decide on the cards to lay out or discard. After that players should answer 6 questions about the event. Who did that, why, etc. Check their answers with the finishing cards. The team wins when they managed to answer all 6 questions correctly AND laid out the cards with the correct details in the puzzle.
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Publishers
- Lifestyle Boardgames Ltd
- Red Glove
- CMON Global Limited
- Blackrock Games
- Red Cat Games
- Mirakulus
Questions and answers
Detecteam Family: Cheating Champions supports 2–4 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.
The listed playing time for Detecteam Family: Cheating Champions is 20 minutes. This is the publisher’s estimate for a full game. The actual duration depends on the group, the player count and familiarity with the rules: first sessions usually run longer, while experienced groups often finish faster. Setup and teaching time are not included in this estimate.
The catalogue lists Detecteam Family: Cheating Champions for ages 8 and up. This is the publisher’s recommendation and reflects reading demands, rule complexity and small components rather than theme alone. Younger players can often join with help from an adult, so check the age guidance on your edition and consider your group’s experience with board games.
Detecteam Family: Cheating Champions has a complexity rating of 1.0 out of 5 from BoardGameGeek players, which makes it a light game. The rating reflects how much rules knowledge, planning and decision-making a typical game demands. Expect a longer first teach for heavier games, and use a preparation guide before game night.
Detecteam Family: Cheating Champions belongs to these categories: Card Game, Animals, and Children's Game. Its main mechanics are Deduction, Cooperative Game, and Open Drafting. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of Detecteam Family: Cheating Champions are: Alexander Peshkov and Ekaterina Pluzhnikova. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists Detecteam Family: Cheating Champions as a base game. It can be played on its own with the components in the box and does not require any other title. Expansions, if any exist, add new content or rules on top of it and are listed separately in the catalogue with a link back to this base game.