🕵️♀️ Lipowo: Who Killed? — not me ;)
⭐ 1/10
Players: 2–5
Playtime: ~20 min
Difficulty: Light
Game type: Deduction /
Tabletop clue game
Mechanics: deduction, storytelling, puzzle solving, narrative choices
What’s it about?
Lipowo brings crime fiction to the table: there’s a culprit, a weapon, a place, and a time — and your job is to cross off leads, collect gossip, and be the first to identify the full set of four cards. Sounds like a mini version of Clue — but is it a game, or just a test of how neatly you can tick boxes in a notebook?
🎯 Objective
Gather enough information to correctly point out who, with what, where, and when the crime was committed. One guess — if you’re right, you win.
🛡️ How a turn works
On your turn, you pick one action out of five:
ask another player about two specific clues (public — everyone hears the answer),
ask how many clues they hold in a category (also public),
draw a rumor card (secret info only for you),
hand over a bribe token to get a yes/no answer,
or try to solve the case.
The whole game is about listening, taking notes, and crossing things off.
🧩 Why I Like This Game
Very pretty illustrations, a sturdy little notepad, and solid overall production quality.
💀 Why It’s Not Perfect
It’s just not for me. I die of boredom from the lack of action — simply writing notes and marking X’s in a grid isn’t my kind of fun.
I also have a personal problem: in movies and books, I usually know who the killer is right away (my ninja-assassin intuition 😅), so here… I was simply bored.
🏆 How to win in Lipowo (if it’s your thing):
Frame your public questions so everyone learns something, but you learn the most.
Save your bribes for the end — they’re best to confirm final suspicions.
Take careful notes — one tiny inconsistency can solve the case.
☕ Impressions
I guess I’m just not cut out for deduction games — I die of boredom when there’s no action. 😅 Maybe it’s also because in murder stories I usually know right away who did it. I’m a ninja assassin XD.
I do appreciate the production quality and the idea of a deduction filler, but it’s not my cup of tea. I played once and gave it away — it lacked tension, twists, anything beyond ticking boxes in a grid. If you love “pure” deduction, you’ll probably enjoy it. I didn’t.
🎯 Rating: 1/10
Nicely produced, but absolutely not for me.
