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Detective Games, Part 6

01/11/2026 Act 10 Comments

Inside: Return of the Obra Dinn, Case of the Golden Idol, Inspector Waffles, Murder Is Game Over, Tangle Tower (Det Grimoire #2), Subsurface Circular, The Samaritan Paradox

Only Tangle Tower is a rec, lol.

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Point-and-Click, Puzzle Case of the Golden Idol, inspector waffles, Murder Is Game Over, Samaritan paradox, subsurface circular, tangle tower, The Return of the Obra Dinn

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