221B Baker Street

I've played competitive 4 scenarios so far with a 16yo and 12yo as my fellow sleuths. They all enjoyed the game (even more than me), and each of us has won at least one scenario so far, even if being the last player standing.

The scenarios have all been open enough to keep everyone on an even playing field over the first couple of steps. There are logical "best" destinations to visit based on the scenario, but - depending on their distance from 221B - I'm not sure whether the better strategy is to hit as many clues close by rather than spend a lot of turns moving to the logical but distant best location.

There are some mechanics that speak to how old this game is (first published in 1975), specifically the printed book of all the clues and the dice movement. The former often becomes a bottleneck for our games and would presumably be an app or deck of cards these days and the latter can lead to some frustrating periods as you move from location to location. We've considered a house rule of "everyone rolls 6 each turn" to speed the game up a little, but haven't tried it yet.

The clues themselves are a mixed bag. There are classes of clue where a single clue will give you a single part of an answer (e.g., part 1 of 3), but often that single part is enough to deduce what the other parts of the answer will be. Also, some of the clues are also showing their age by using turns of phrase that had my younger sleuths hitting their phones for assistance.

I doubt we'll get through all the 200(?) scenarios, so I have no concerns over replayability.

I'm sure we'll keep pulling this game out regularly. It plays fairly quick and, although it shares a lot of similarity with Cluedo at a higher level (e.g., a race to discover aspects of a crime first by visiting locations on a board), the sophistication of the scenarios and the clues make it a far more interesting experience for us.

Bought this game for my partner who is a huge Sherlock fan & the rating received was 5 stars! So many cases to play + really easy to follow instructions. Definitely a game that makes you think & pay attention :)

Awesome. 10/10

Bought a variety of games as presents for Xmas. Ordering was quick and easy, delivery was fast and efficient. I am very happy with everything and can’t wait to play all the games, I will be ordering from Gameology again.

I have had 3 sets of this game over the years but this one from Gameology is the best! It looks great and the production quality is high. Even the game pieces are little busts of Holmes himself! I’m very pleased with it all round. And delivered quickly. The game’s afoot!