Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Baker Street Irregulars

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Moderate interaction

Teach 2.3

Teaching signal

Replay 3.9

High replayability

Interaction 1.8

Low interaction

Scaling 4.0

Scales well

Strategy 4.5

Deep strategy

Control 3.5

More strategic control

Table feel

Moderate interaction

Replay value

Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Baker Street Irregulars has a high replayability score due to its variability in gameplay, strategic depth, and adaptability to different player counts. The game offers different experiences each time it is played with its variable setups and multiple paths to victory. The presence of expansions adds new content and gameplay elements, enhancing the replay value. Players can continuously improve their strategy over time, discovering new tactics and strategies. The game scales well with different numbers of players without compromising its appeal or balance. While it may take some time to learn, the depth it offers makes it worth the effort. Overall, the game provides a fresh and engaging experience with high replayability.

Luck profile

The final luck score for Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Baker Street Irregulars is 7, indicating a moderate level of luck influence in the game. Random elements have a notable but not exclusive impact on the game outcome, and players have substantial ability to mitigate randomness through strategic decisions and planning. The game outcome is primarily determined by player strategy and decisions, with luck playing a minor role.

Overview

What ABG knows about this game

In 1880, Sherlock Holmes appointed a group of street children as The Baker Street Irregulars, his unofficial "police force". This is their story, and the story of a particular year that thrusts the Irregulars and the master detective into a series of challenging and dangerous events... Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective is a cooperative game where the players try to solve mysterious cases by walking the foggy London streets in search of clues. Unravel the thread of intrigue, answer a series of questions, and compare your detective skills to those of the master sleuth himself, Sherlock Holmes. The Baker Street Irregulars is a standalone game containing ten cases, including introductory cases that are perfect for new players, while also offering novel mechanisms and surprises to give seasoned investigators something different. Cases: 1. The Curzon Street Kidnapping 2. The Mudlark Mystery 3. The Three Customers 4. The Promise 5. The Red River Valley 6. The Busker of Bridge Street 7. The Tiger's Eye 8. The Heist in Harp Lane 9. The Dog in the Night Time 10. Death of a Detective

Mechanism

3

Cooperative Game Narrative Choice / Paragraph Storytelling

Family

2

Books: Sherlock Holmes Game: Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective

Type

1

Thematic

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