Hints and Hijinx now supports making and designing multiplayer games! The classic solo rules are untouched, but we have added a new creator’s guide: “Hints and Hijinx Solo+”.

Make mysteries using the same complication/clue/deduction mechanics that make Hints and Hijinx so wonderful, but now with many tweaks and improvements to make multiplayer, campaign-style gameplay possible. Still with copy/paste rules, and a quick list of where you need to make tweaks to make the mystery your own!

• Designed for multiplayer with a traditional Guide/Player combo, but still supports solo play.
• The number of skills is increased from 2 to 6.
• Skills are rolled in pairs, summed, and compared against the value of two drawn cards (Ace =1, King = 13)
• Beaten cards are collected by players can be used for benefits.
• We’ve introduced Stress as a health mechanic.
• Determination mechanic grants new abilities to players as Stress increases, at a cost.
• Actions are specific moves players can take with dedicated outcomes
• There is a free flow between locations and dealing with complications now, rather than the simpler ‘visit one location, solve one complication”.
• Moving between locations is done with the Travel Action, with possible bonuses or negations while a montage of travel plays out.
• Each location has a complication/event table, instead of a shared complication table.
• Gathering a Clue and Understanding it are two different steps.
  • Understanding a Clue takes you to a table of leading questions the player can answer about the mystery. The split is optional in your own game. Simply remove the Understand action and Clue Question table.
• Players still determine the end game by writing their Hypothesis together.