jeff@hpcnoe.UUCP (11/02/85)
> The balance > of this game is somewhat in question. It seems that methodical > detectives will always win (we haven't had Mr. X win yet, though > he has come pretty close). We played again, and Mr. X won the last two games. It seems that to become proficient at Mr. X, you need the experience. > (I also think it would > work as two player game). The above games where Mr. X won, we played it as a two player game. We found out that in the two player version, obvious mistakes are made because there is no partner(s) to point them out. ----- The strategy we found to be effective is to use the 2x and black tokens early in the game. This keeps the detectives guessing. If the detectives are not near you 2/3 through the game, you'll likely escape because the detectives will start running out of tokens, and you can exploit their weakness. -- Jeff Wu