Anthony Zuiker Fulfilling Childhood Dream With 'CSI: Senses'

CSI creator Anthony Zuiker revealed he's realized a childhood dream with the creation of the new CSI board game: CSI: Senses.

Unlike the previous CSI board games, which are available for purchase nationwide, this board game was created and developed by Zuiker himself. "This is more of CSI meets Clue meets Cranium," he told the Associated Press. "I developed the game from scratch. I've also written all six stories with a team of individuals from SPG. These are all cases that are very Vegas."

CSI: Senses promises to test players' senses – specifically vision, hearing, memory, communication skills and IQ – to solve cases featuring the characters of the original CSI. The game also comes with funky new props, including a mini-UV Light, but had a humble, Chutes and Ladders beginning. "It used to be a DNA strand and you'd slide across the DNA strand," he said. "That quickly went away. (Then the game board) was Grissom's desk. Now it's a light table."

Instead of creating another CSI video game, Zuiker went the board game route for a specific reason. "It's a social environment that brings people together under one roof. You can open up a bottle of wine or a few beers and have a few people play. I think it’s something everybody can play. I can't really play my father or grandmother in Madden '06 because I may kill them."

In addition, Zuiker couldn't help getting involved in a topic of utmost importance to the fandom: George Eads's (Nick Stokes) long-gone mustache. "I found out about that a little late," Zuiker said. "I saw that in a promo and heard it was a big discussion on set. I wasn't surprised when that mustache went away."

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