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Kronologic: Paris 1920

At the Paris Opera, everyone saw something—and no one saw it all. Ask the right question, protect the clue only you know, and restore one fatal night to perfect order.

Strategy Games Deduction Murder / Mystery Grid Movement Paper-and-Pencil

Players

1-4

Play time

30 min

Age

10+

Complexity

2.04/5

Rating

7.48

Easier to teach Low interaction Light strategy

Overview

At a glance

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 4.2/5

Easier to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.2/5

Low interaction

Player scaling 4.1/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 3.2/5

Light strategy

Player control 4.3/5

More strategic control

Setup time About 5 min
Teach time About 10 min
Recommended edition Kronologic: Paris 1920 – Super Meeple English edition (2024)
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How it plays

How does it play?

Interrogate places against characters or times, separate public clues from private ones, and reconstruct a crime inside the Paris Opera.

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Kronologic: Paris 1920 is a competitive deduction game in which every question reveals two different pieces of the truth. A case begins with one of three scenario envelopes and one of its five investigations, giving the table fifteen mysteries at increasing difficulty. Six characters move through six rooms of the Palais Garnier across six moments in time. On your turn, choose a location card and align it with either a perforated Time tile or Character tile. The windows reveal a green clue that must be announced to everyone and a white clue only you may record. You might learn publicly that two people occupied the dance foyer at Time 3 while privately discovering that the servant was one of them, or reveal how often a suspect visited a room while keeping the precise time to yourself. Every investigator therefore shares enough information to keep the collective logic moving, but retains an edge that could solve the who, where, and when first. Notes gradually turn the opera map into a complete chronology constrained by adjacent movement. An answer can be attempted when the required facts seem certain; an incorrect accusation carries a cost, while the first correct solution wins. The solo mode removes the information split, letting one player reveal both clues and measure performance by the number of questions asked.

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Edition Year Language Publisher / Region
Kronologic: Paris 1920 – Super Meeple English edition (2024) 2024 English Super Meeple / GB

Game and edition data

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Play and group

Players
1–4
Play time
30 min
Age
10+
Complexity
2.0/5
App
None app Source
Player elimination
No Source
Downtime
Low Source

Practicalities

Setup time
About 5 min Source
Teach time
About 10 min Source
Teardown time
About 5 min Source

Campaign and continuity

Group continuity
Flexible Source
Resettable
Fully Resettable Source
Save system
No formal save system; each investigation is a self-contained case of about 30 minutes. Source
Consumable components
The note-sheet pad and pencils are consumable; replacement sheets can be printed or ordinary paper used. Source

Edition and product

Optional extras
The base box contains three scenario envelopes with five investigations each. In competitive play every clue includes public and private information; solo play reveals both. Source
Recommended edition
Kronologic: Paris 1920 – Super Meeple English edition (2024) Source
Language
English
Region
GB
Availability
Current
Edition type
Standard Source
Current edition
Yes Source
Box dimensions
16.0 × 23.5 × 5.0 cm Source
Consumable components
Note Sheet Pad And Pencils. Source
Compatibility
English Edition, Hachette Code Sm Kr1, Ean 3770023051767. Source
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

2
Fabien Gridel Yoann Levet

Artists

2
Arch Apolar Yann Valéani

Publishers

1
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