- rank: 3,651
- rating: 6.9
- published: 2003
- designers: Mike Fitzgerald & Nick Sauer
Print Status
- out of print?
Why It's On The List
- This is my favorite of the Mystery Rummy series... mostly because it feels a bit like Canasta (possibly my favorite standard deck card game) in how difficult it is to hide key cards from your opponent(s).
Tips & Tricks:
- In my opinion, this is the easiest of the Mystery Rummy games to teach to non-gamers.
- While MR: Al Capone is a great 2-handed game and a wonderful partnership game, it drags on way too long with three players.
- Don't give up... it is possible to fight your back into the game, even after a bad hand. (Just one of the reasons I love this game.)
Extras
- Wyatt Earp is a cousin to this series of games & is very enjoyable as well.
- Here's how I rank the Mystery Rummy games currently...
- #1: Al Capone
- #2: Escape from Alcatraz
- #3: Wyatt Earp
- #4: Rue Morgue (partnership only)
- #5: Jack the Ripper
- #6: Jekyll & Hyde
- Haven't played: Bonnie & Clyde
- Here's what I wrote about the Mystery Rummy series for The One Hundred.
- This is the first of two games on my top 100 list from designer Mike Fitzgerald.
Oddly, this is my least favorite of the mystery rummy games, probably because I don't think as highly of canasta. For a while, my work lunch group played Murders in the Rue Morgue regularly, and playing that in partnership became my absolute favorite of the series because of the opportunities for clever interaction with one's partner. And I love Wyatt Earp for three, because of the way the rewards increase, giving the suits different values in the scoring.
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