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Jack The Ripper box art
1983 Ranked #12,735

Jack The Ripper

Asymmetrical deduction game has a police commissioner race to unmask the Ripper across ten weeks in Victorian London. The hidden killer tries to evade discovery until the investigation deadline forces the commissioner to resign.

Deduction Murder/Mystery Point to Point Movement Secret Unit Deployment

Players

2

Play time

Not listed

Age

12+

Complexity

2.44/5

Rating

6.90

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.8/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Can you save London from the scourge of Jack the Ripper? This game simulates the reign of terror over Victorian London, perpetrated by Jack the Ripper'.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Point-to-Point Movement

Move along explicit connections between named locations or nodes.
Secret Unit Deployment

Place or assign units secretly before their positions are revealed.
Read the full game description

Can you save London from the scourge of Jack the Ripper? This game simulates the reign of terror over Victorian London, perpetrated by Jack the Ripper'. One player takes the role of Sir Charles Warren, the Police commissioner, and the other is the Ripper himself. The Police player has 10 weeks to unmask the Ripper before he must resign in disgrace.

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Category

2
Deduction Murder/Mystery

Mechanism

2
Point to Point Movement Secret Unit Deployment

Family

3
Cities: London (England, UK) Historical Figures: Jack the Ripper Players: Two-Player Only Games

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Game and edition data

All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
2
Best with
1
Play time
120 min
Age
12+
Complexity
2.4/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

3
Rick Bowes Tom Loback Mike Willner

Publishers

2
Aulic Council Publishing Co. Sleuth Publications

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