Table feel
Moderate level of player interaction
Fit
Teach
2.4
Teaching signal
Replay
3.9
High replayability
Interaction
3.7
Highly interactive
Scaling
4.0
Scales well
Strategy
4.5
Deep strategy
Control
3.5
More strategic control
Replay value
Sherlock Holmes: The Card Game has a high variability gameboard, with different experiences each time it is played. The presence of expansions adds new content and gameplay elements, enhancing replay value. The game offers deep strategic possibilities and room for improvement in tactics and strategies. The player interaction score is 3.7, indicating a moderate level of interaction. The game scales well with different numbers of players without compromising its appeal or balance. The easiness to learn score is 4.8, indicating a moderate level of difficulty in learning the game. Overall, Sherlock Holmes: The Card Game has a strong replayability score of 7.8, making it a game that can be enjoyed multiple times.
Luck profile
Sherlock Holmes: The Card Game has a moderate influence of luck. Random elements such as card draws and dice rolls have a notable but not exclusive impact on the game outcome. However, players have substantial ability to mitigate the effects of randomness through strategic decisions and planning. The game relies more on player decisions and strategy, with luck playing a minor role in determining the game outcome.
Overview
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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Credits
Designers
1
Roger Heyworth
Artists
1
Sidney Paget
Publishers
4
Excalibre Games, Inc.
Gibsons
Habourdin International
Schmidt Spiele