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Scotland Yard: Das Kartenspiel box art
2017 Ranked #17,533

Scotland Yard: Das Kartenspiel

A hidden-role card game where investigators use clues to identify the player acting as Mister X before the deck runs out. Once exposed, Mister X must react quickly while black tickets keep pressure on the searchers.

Card Game Deduction Hand Management Players: One versus Many

Players

3-5

Play time

20-30 min

Age

9+

Complexity

1.5/5

Rating

5.83

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

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?

Welcome back to London where the champions of Scotland Yard are once again on the hunt for the invisible Mister X!

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Welcome back to London where the champions of Scotland Yard are once again on the hunt for the invisible Mister X! At the beginning of Scotland Yard: Das Kartenspiel, an implementation of the evergreen title Scotland Yard, the Mister X card is randomly distributed to one of the players. With the magnifying glass cards, the investigators try to find out which other player is behind the actions of their invisible foe — and if Mister X's camouflage comes down, the others have to play cards from their hand as quickly as possible. With the powerful black tickets, Mister X tries to put the detectives under pressure. Can the investigators reveal the Mister X card before the draw pile is empty, or will Mister X slip free to being the cat-and-mouse game once again?

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Play and group

Players
3–5
Best with
3–5
Play time
20–30 min
Age
9+
Complexity
1.5/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

2
Inka Brand Markus Brand

Artists

2
Franz Vohwinkel Torsten Wolber

Publishers

2
Arclight Games Ravensburger

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