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Sherlock Holmes: The Card Game box art
1991 Ranked #6,995

Sherlock Holmes: The Card Game

A detective card game in which players sequence movement, locations, clues, actions, and characters to expose villains. Arrests can end the chase, but a villain escaping or cards left in hand determine the score.

Thematic Games Card Game Murder/Mystery Books: Mystery Novels Books: Sherlock Holmes

Players

3-8

Play time

Not listed

Age

10+

Complexity

1.49/5

Rating

6.17

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 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?

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.

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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!

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Play and group

Players
3–8
Best with
3–8
Play time
60 min
Age
10+
Complexity
1.5/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Roger Heyworth

Artists

1
Sidney Paget

Publishers

4
Excalibre Games, Inc. Gibsons Habourdin International Schmidt Spiele

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