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Killing time before our wedding ceremony.
Consulting detective collection and relatives
Tea, scotch, and a few hours to kill.
Case #1: Notes and scketches
Box front
Custom tokens to mark visited places on the map. 3D-modelled, 3D-printed (Shapeways), painted.
http://www.arnauddemaegd.com/ : "Here’s the cover for the next Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective expansion (Ystari Games). I used almost pure blacks, faded colours and a kind of fish-eye perspective to give it a special feel."
(German edition) London map - much higher resolution
Our HQ for case 2, took about nine hours to solve

Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Thames Murders & Other Cases (1981)

Players
1–8
Best: 2
Playing time
60–120 min
Age
13+
7.60
Average rating
22,963
Ratings
2.66/5
Weight
#208
BGG rank
Top 1,000
Alternate names:Consulting Detective +20 more
Designer:Gary Grady, Suzanne Goldberg, Raymond Edwards
Artist:Bernard Bittler, Nils Gulliksson, Arnaud Demaegd, Pascal Quidault, Stefan Thulin, Neriac
Publisher:KOSMOS +18 more
Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).
Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 5, Luck 5, Interaction 2, Complexity 5.3, Theme 8
Strategy5.0
Luck5.0
Interaction2.0
Complexity5.3
Theme8.0

This game's strategy, luck, interaction, complexity and theme.

DeductionMurder / MysteryNovel-basedPost-NapoleonicCooperative GameStorytellingSolo / Solitaire GameNarrative Choice / ParagraphDeduction

Overview

Have you ever had the desire to walk the streets of Victorian London with Sherlock Holmes in search of Professor Moriarty? To search the docks for the giant rat of Sumatra? To walk up Baker Street as the fog is rolling in and hear Holmes cry out, "Come, Watson, come! The game is afoot!"? Now you can! You can enter the opium den beneath the Bar of Gold, but beware, that may be Colonel Sebastian Moran lurking around the corner. You can capture the mystery and excitement of Holmes' London in this challenging and informative game. You, the player, will match your deductive abilities against your opponents and the master sleuth himself, Sherlock Holmes.

In Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective, you are presented with a mystery to solve, and it is then up to you to trace the threads of evidence through the byways and mansions of nineteenth century London. You will interview suspects, search the newspapers for clues, and put together the facts to reach a solution.

Why were two lions murdered in Hyde Park? Who is responsible for the missing paintings from the National Gallery? Who murdered Oswald Mason and why? These are just a few of the cases that will challenge your ingenuity and deductive abilities.

This is not a board game: No dice, no luck, but a challenge to your mental ability. The game has been thoroughly researched for Holmesian and Victorian accuracy so as to capture a feeling of that bygone era.

Expansions

Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: Adventures by Gaslight
Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Mansion Murders
Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Queen's Park Affair
Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: Sherlock Holmes & The Baby
Sherlock Holmes Détective Conseil: La rançon du diable
Sherlock Holmes Détective Conseil: La Piste Tordue
Sherlock Holmes Détective Conseil: Les Masques Africains
Sherlock Holmes Détective Conseil: L'Homme Sans Visage
Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: Murder Behind Closed Doors
Sherlock Holmes Consulente Investigativo: Il Mistero dell'Impiccato
Sherlock Holmes Détective Conseil: Octobre 1891
The Diavolo Case (fan expansion for Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective)
Sherlock Holmes Détective Conseil: Oliver Stone
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