5-Minute Mystery: Mastermind Upgrade Pack
5-Minute Mystery: Mastermind Upgrade Pack Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Setup Changes
MASTERMIND EDITION ONLY
Suspects/culprits with purple backgrounds are only used in games with 5 or 6 players. When playing with 1 to 4 players, remove them from the culprit and suspect decks.
For your first game, remove the four Red Herring clue tiles and return them to the box. See "Red Herring Clues" for more information on how to use these later.
Red Herring Clues
MASTERMIND EDITION ONLY
Looking for an additional challenge? Try adding in the Red Herring Clues.
These four clue tiles, one from each color, represent false leads. They look like regular clues on the back, but when flipped over, they have no barcodes for matching to the culprit tile... just a picture of a fish.
If you draw a red herring clue, tough luck! The scene you solved didn't yield any useful clues. You'll need to start over on a new scene... and hopefully the next one will pay off!
Suspect Backgrounds
The purple clues describe whether a culprit has fur, feathers, scales, or skin. Usually, it's obvious which one a suspect has, but for some characters, it can be a little tricky... which is why we've incorporated helpful background patterns that match those found on the purple clue tiles.
So if you're ever not sure if a suspect has skin or scales, just look at the background!
Mastermind Case Files
Mastermind cases are shown with the blue MASTERMIND ribbon on the case file card's difficulty marker. Mastermind Cases are only available in the Mastermind Edition.
The case list on the instruction sheet prints the following case names in purple, marking them as Mastermind Edition only. Icons are shown as printed on the sheet: ■ Specific Clue, ▲ Free Clue, ● Multiple Culprits, ★ Specific Culprits.
Easy (green ribbon)
- Janitorial Duty
Medium (orange ribbon)
- ■ The White Rabbit
- The Perfectionist
Hard (red ribbon)
- ● Cool and the Gang
Mastermind (blue ribbon)
- ● The Missing Notepad
- ★ The Fishy Culprit
- The Sad Walrus
- ● The Five Fingers
The sheet therefore marks eight purple case names in total; four of them sit in the Mastermind column.
Choosing Mastermind Cases
The sheet's skill level table, reproduced as printed, shows how many cases of each difficulty to draw. Its Mastermind column is the one that draws Mastermind cases.
| Skill Level | Easy | Medium | Hard | Mastermind* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rookie | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Veteran | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Detective | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Master | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
*Mastermind Cases are only available in the Mastermind Edition.