When comparing Letters from Whitechapel vs City of Horror, the Slant community recommends Letters from Whitechapel for most people. In the question“What are the best scary board games to play around Halloween?” Letters from Whitechapel is ranked 7th while City of Horror is ranked 8th. The most important reason people chose Letters from Whitechapel is:
A lot of co-op games have a problem with one player getting an advantage, this is called an alpha player. Letters from Whitechapel avoids this issue by rotating the Head of Investigation (a player who leads the rest of his co-op partners) each round, this way avoiding one player who has too much control of the game for too long.
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Pros
Pro Avoids advantage to any player
A lot of co-op games have a problem with one player getting an advantage, this is called an alpha player. Letters from Whitechapel avoids this issue by rotating the Head of Investigation (a player who leads the rest of his co-op partners) each round, this way avoiding one player who has too much control of the game for too long.
Pro Satisfying asynchronous play
Many games try to do asynchronous gameplay but often do not get it right. Luckily Letters for Whitechapel nailed the gameplay with a well balanced role of Jack the Ripper, who often only narrowly escapes the police, which gives a feeling of tension to the one player who could have an advantage if not balanced correctly.
Pro Survival is based on backstabbing
In order to live, you'll have to vote others to death. Great moments like the priest voting to kill the little girl.
Pro Works well with bigger groups
The more people, the more voters to convince to let you live and the more likely someone will have to die.
Cons
Con Slow beginning
The beginning of the game is the poorest part as it is slow to setup and can be confusing, especially to new players.
Con Elimination gameplay
It can happen that someone is eliminated from the game, though in my experience it's not often that you have all of your characters voted off.