The Secrets of Warden Keene

About this board game

The Secrets of Warden Keene is a mystery and deduction board game for 1–4 players, with an approximate play time of 240 minutes.

Set in 1925, the game begins in a cemetery on a hill in Illinois. You have recently been appointed caretaker, and your inheritance includes a strange notebook locked away in a drawer.

The notebook belonged to your predecessor, Warden Keene. Within its pages are the secrets he gathered, offering a starting point for an investigation shaped by the final traces left by the town’s residents.

Your main clues are found on the gravestones themselves. The epitaphs etched into each stone tell the story of the small town through the people now resting six feet under.

Use careful observation and deduction to connect what you discover. As the investigation develops, the cemetery begins to feel less silent than it first appeared, and the mysteries surrounding its residents gradually come into focus.

The Secrets of Warden Keene invites players to examine its setting closely and interpret the evidence hidden in plain sight. The notebook, the cemetery, and the epitaphs all form part of a mystery that rewards attention to the details of the town’s past.

Whether approached alone or with up to three other players, this 2026 game offers an extended investigation into Warden Keene’s discoveries. Read the graves, study the clues, and uncover the secrets waiting beneath the surface.