221B Baker Street: The Master Detective Game
1975 • 2-6 Players • Age 10+
Who is this game suitable for?
Suitable for ages 10 and up. You can play with 2 to 6 players.
For the pros among you, the following mechanics can be decisive: Deduction, Narrative Choice / Paragraph, Paper-and-Pencil, Role Playing und Roll / Spin and Move...
Game Data
- Average time to play
- 90 Minutes
- Minimum age
- 10+
- Number of players
- 2 - 6
- Publisher
- Gameology (Gameology Romania), Gammon Games, Gibsons, Grow Jogos e Brinquedos, H. P. Gibson & Sons, John N. Hansen Co., Inc., Ventura International
- Designers
- Antler Productions, Jay Moriarty
- Artists
- Antler Productions
- Mechanics
- Deduction, Narrative Choice / Paragraph, Paper-and-Pencil, Role Playing, Roll / Spin and Move
221B Baker Street is the London address of the world's most celebrated fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes, and his dedicated companion, Dr. Watson. In this game you start at 221B and travel through the streets and alleys of London picking up clues and attempting to solve the most intriguing cases Holmes and Watson have ever faced.
Each player assumes the role of Holmes and matches wits with the other players to determine who possesses the most skillful powers of deduction. Each case is represented by a card that features a crime told in story form, a selection of probable suspects and a list of locations involved in that crime. Clues are hidden throughout London, one in each of fourteen locations. Players must collect clues from each location, noting them down on their checklists as they attempt to find the answers to the questions listed on the case card.
Naturally, the crime scene will often contain vital clues, and a prudent detective always checks with the neighbors. Still, you can learn something vital almost anywhere in town. The first player to figure out the correct answers to a particular mystery or crime, return to 221B and announce the solution, is the winner.
The original 221B Baker Street Board game was created and copyrighted by American writer Jay Moriarty (dba Antler Productions) in 1975. The Brazilian version of this game is known as Scotland Yard, not to be confused with the 1983 Spiel des Jahres winner also called Scotland Yard.
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