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All Deduction and Guessing Games

Games won by logically narrowing down hidden information through structured guesses, covering Battleship and Cluedo. Belongs here: games whose central mechanic is deduction from a sequence of guesses or clues. Does not belong here: open-ended party guessing games without a formal deduction structure, grouped under Party and Word Games.

All Deduction and Guessing Games
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221B Baker Street (board game)

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AB (game)

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Bag (puzzle)

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Bang! (card game)

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Battleship

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Black Box (game)

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Cluedo

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Cockroach Poker

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Concept (board game)

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Conspiracy (board game)

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Decrypto

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Detective Grimoire

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Dixit (board game)

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Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine Game

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Enchanted Forest (game)

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Fingers (game)

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GeoGuessr

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Guess Who?

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Hunt the Wumpus

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Inkognito

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Johnny Whoop

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Jury Box (game)

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Legends of the Three Kingdoms

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LITS

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Lost Treasure (board game)

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Love Letter (card game)

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Mastermind (board game)

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Matchstick puzzle

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Merlin (console)

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Metapuzzle

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Mia (game)

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MicroMacro: Crime City

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Muk-jji-ppa

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Mysterium (board game)

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Mystery Mansion (board game)

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Pass the ring

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Personal Preference

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Poetry for Neanderthals

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Puzzle book

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Queenie, Queenie, who's got the ball?

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RSVP (board game)

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Saboteur (card game)

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Scotland Yard (board game)

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Secret Hitler

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Shadow Hunters

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Shakashaka

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Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective (gamebook)

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Shinro

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Sleuth (card game)

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Spot the difference

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Spy Alley

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Spyfall (card game)

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Stop Thief

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Sujiko

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Tatamibari

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Telestrations

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Tellstones: King's Gambit

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The king of hearts has five sons

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The Mind (card game)

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The Resistance (game)

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The Werewolves of Miller's Hollow

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The X-Files Trivia Game

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Werewords

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Who's missing?

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Yajilin

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Yajisan-Kazusan

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Zendo (game)

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FAQs

What distinguishes Deduction and Guessing Games from Party and Word Games?

The dividing line is a formal deduction structure, present in Battleship and Cluedo but absent from open-ended party guessing games.

Deduction and Guessing Games covers games won by logically narrowing down hidden information through structured guesses, such as Battleship and Cluedo. Open-ended party guessing games without a formal deduction structure are grouped instead under Party and Word Games, so the dividing line is whether the guessing follows a structured deduction process.
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