In the classic board game Clue, you race to be the first to solve the murder. In Kill Doctor Lucky, you race to be the first to commit it.
Doctor Lucky progresses in a stately fashion through the rooms of a mansion, unaware that all of the house guests are out for his blood. If you catch him alone in a room, and nobody has a clear line of sight to that room, you can make an attempt on his life. Of course, then everybody else will try to throw obstacles in your path to make you fail… because they want to be the ones to do the deed. Why should you have all the fun?
The game is easy to learn, entertaining, and usually quite quick (a rarity in the Games For Grownups genre). The board represents the mansion. Cards provide an amusing assortment of weapons (to use on the attack) and obstacles (to stop another player’s attack).
And let’s face it. When you really get down to it, nothing brings people together like a good old fashioned assassination. The family that slays together, stays together.