Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Easier to teach
Lower replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Light strategy
More strategic control
How it plays
How does it play?
Investigate the death of a senator’s daughter inside a Texas women’s prison, choosing which leads deserve the limited hours before a high-pressure press conference.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
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Guilty: Houston 2015 is a narrative deduction game built around one detailed criminal case. Players enter a county women’s prison to investigate the death of a senator’s daughter, examining documents, following leads, questioning assumptions, and deciding how to spend a strictly limited timeline. Turning cards advances the case and consumes precious time, so every discovery competes with another possible line of inquiry. The group must assemble a defensible account before facing the press conference that closes the investigation. The scenario is designed as a one-shot mystery, but its physical components can be fully reset for another group.
