Dangeresque: Crime Scene Tamperer
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From "Welcome Back, Greater Than Games!":[1]
Prove your innocence… at least long enough for the infamous Dangeresque to accuse one of your fellow criminals! In this party game, work against other criminals and ne’er-do-wells to get rid of the evidence that pins you to the scene of the crime! Hide and plant evidence! Do some Crime Scene Tampering! All before Dangeresque catches you!
Dangeresque: Crime Scene Tamperer is an unreleased Dangeresque-themed social deduction party card game developed by the Brothers Chaps and Greater Than Games.
The game was announced in 2022. Crime Scene Tamperer is currently slated for release in the summer of 2026.
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[edit] History
[edit] Announcement
The game was first teased on July 8, 2022 through social media posts.[2] A few weeks later, on the 28th, a teaser video announced Dangeresque: Crime Scene Tamperer — "the party card game for guilty parties". The game was described as supporting 2–6 players, ages 14 and up.
[edit] Early promotion
A Dicebreaker article released alongside the announcement further described the game:[3]
Dangeresque: Crime Scene Tamperer [...] has players attempting to cover up a murder that they have committed. As the infamous action hero Dangeresque investigates the crime scene, players will need to deflect attention away from themselves and towards their opponents if they want to get away with their crime.As the social deduction game progresses, players will have the opportunity to shift the blame for the murder to the person sat next to them, hopefully putting Dangeresque's attention onto their opponent instead of them. However, other players will also have the chance to turn the blame back onto the other person, forcing them to quickly react once again. As the game's name suggests, players will be able to directly tamper with any evidence found at the crime scene but will need to be careful not to be caught.
The Brothers Chaps playtested a prototype of the game that August at Gen Con 2022. This version of the game utilized hand-drawn cards, indicating the game's design was still in an early stage.
[edit] Delays and revival
The game had only been announced as vaguely "coming soon-esque!", and updates on its development paused after the burst of activity in mid-2022. The Brothers Chaps' next convention appearance, Multiverse Convention 2025, did not feature a demonstration of Crime Scene Tamperer. In April 2025, in response to economic conditions, Greater Than Games laid off much of its staff and announced that "all new projects are suspended",[4] leaving the production of Dangeresque: Crime Scene Tamperer in limbo.
Greater Than Games was revived under its original ownership in May 2026, with an announcement that the Dangeresque game is "slated to release this summer."[1] The product page indicates a few changes have been made to the game in the years since its announcement. The game's title was truncated to simply Crime Scene Tamperer (though the box art features a "Dangeresque presents..." hatnote, and retains the tagline "the party card game for guilty parties"). The player info is updated to 2–4 players, ages 8 and up. The GTG store also listed twelve CST-branded Dangeresque-themed pins (as well as a Trogdor character pin).
[edit] Gameplay
From the product description:
You are some of the worst criminals in Brainblow City. But not worst as in, like, worst offenders... worst as in: you’re all terrible at being criminals. And now you’ve all been caught red-handed at the crime scene. And here comes world famous private eye/crooked cop Dangeresque to investigate. Lucky for you, he likes to monologue. There’s still a chance to tamper with the evidence and pin the crime on one of your fellow lawbreakers before he finishes his investigation! Each player must manipulate the Crime Scene to make another player Guilty while not incriminating themself. A game of Crime Scene Tamperer consists of three (3) scenes, during which you must remain as innocent-appearing as possible. The player with the fewest Guilt tokens at the end of all the investigations is the winner.
No play demo or detailed rules have been publicly released to date.
Brief glimpses of the game indicate it is primarily card-based, utilizing character and item cards (labeled "DangeCARDesque" on the reverse) to role-play the crime scene investigation and tampering. Card text seen at Gen Con indicates the game is turn-based, with players drawing cards from the deck and managing a hand of cards to be played at later points. Specific mechanics have not been revealed.
A mixture of printed and hand-drawn cards were utilized in the Gen Con demonstration:
[edit] Items
- Curly Fries — Peek, add, flip
- DNA Evidence — Peek, move, move
- Fancy Joystick — {unknown}
- Nunchuck Gun — {unknown}
- {Floppy disk}
[edit] Characters
- Killingyouguy — Ability: Before you play a card, remove 1 card from your pants and put it in your hands. Skip your draw.
- Perducci — Ability: Take any card from the crime scene and put it in your hand. Skip your draw.
- Renaldo — Ability: Swap any 2 cairds.
- Sultry Buttons — Ability: Shuffle your hand into the deck, then draw 2 new cards.
[edit] References
- ^ Nale, Katie. "Greater Than Games Ownership Returns to Original Founders". Greater Than Games, 12 May 2026.
- ^ @StrongBadActual tweet (8 Jul 2022) & @strongbadactual Instagram post (8 Jul 2022)
- ^ Meehan, Alex. "Spirit Island studio reveals Strong Bad party game Dangeresque: Crime Scene Tamperer". Dicebreaker, 27 July 2022.
- ^ "Greater Than Games Team Reduced in Response to Tariff Crisis". Greater Than Games, 17 April 2025.
[edit] See Also
[edit] External Links
- Crime Scene Tamperer at Greater Than Games
- Watch trailer via @StrongBadActual tweet (28 Jul 2022)
