Cover art for Sherlock Holmes: The Card Game

Sherlock Holmes: The Card Game

1991 · BGG
Avg rating
6.16
Bayes rating
5.63
Weight
1.50 (Light)
Players
3-8
Playtime
1 hr
Ratings count
636

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Description

With illustrations from the original novels, this card game goes some way to evoke the feeling of the chase through Victorian London to unmask Moriarty and other villains. Players draw and lay cards in sequence, Movement, Location, Info, Action, Detectives and Villains. So I might take a train to the Country, find a clue and use a Disguise. I can use an Inspector, Arrest or Alibi card on my opponents and so on. Play ends either when an Arrest successfully reveals a Villain, or when a player discards their last card, a Villain, who Escapes. Scoring is based on cards remaining in your hand, and if you are the arresting or guilty player, caught with a Villain in your hand. Re-implemented by: I Say, Holmes!

Play mode

Competitive

How it plays

Deduction & hidden information

Game type

Card game Board game

What it’s about

Mystery, crime & investigation

Publishers

Excalibre Games, Inc. Gibsons Habourdin International Schmidt Spiele

Designers

Roger Heyworth