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MicroMacro: Crime City

Johannes Sich · Edition Spielwiese / Pegasus · 2021

A cooperative detective game played on a single enormous city map. Follow suspects through frozen moments in time by tracing their movements across the detailed illustration. Solve 16 cases by finding visual clues hidden in the artwork — no reading cards, no dice, just sharp eyes.

Players

1–4

Time

20 min

Ages

12+

Difficulty

Light

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Why you'll like it

The giant map is mesmerizing — like Where's Waldo meets noir
Genuinely cooperative with no quarterbacking
Each case takes 15-30 minutes
Accessible to non-gamers immediately
The art style is stunning and detailed

How it plays

MicroMacro: Crime City is a cooperative detective game played on one giant, detailed map of a city. Everyone looks at the same map, and each case card gives you a question to answer, such as who did it, how and why.

The map is like a black-and-white hidden-picture book: the same characters appear several times, at different moments, so you follow them around the city to piece together the story. There's no reading of long texts and almost no rules; you simply look closely together.

Cases range from easy to tricky, and some include mature themes, so check the case difficulty before playing with young kids. It's a great game for a couple or a small group at a table with good light.