Consulting detective won the spiel des jahres award in 1985 for the best game of the year, and asmodee is promising a reprint of that game and its ten cases later. The telephone directory lay on the table beside me, and i turned over the pages in a rather hopeless quest. Requirements section states what must be complied with during the course of your research investigation. Ystari games published a french version of the game in 2011. The curse of the mummy, the murders of the thames, the mysteries of london, the stolen paintings. Just finished our first game of sherlock holmes consulting. Sherlock holmes consulting detective is extremely difficult. Review of sherlock holmes consulting detective rpgnet. Sherlock holmes, consulting detective henceforth referred to as shcd is one of my favorite. Consulting detective is a wholly unique game devised to stretch the minds of the most deductive reasoning. A fullmotionvideo consulting detective the digital.
Directory see page 9, then select the notebook icon. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading sherlock holmes. Consulting detective into a video game, also called sherlock holmes. The amount of effort that must have gone into creating, collating, intertwining, and typesetting such an intricate web of information fairly boggles the mind. Threads of a consulting detective the beacon society. Sherlock holmes, consulting detective by raymond edwards, suzanne goldberg and gary grady sleuth publications, 1981 ystari games, 2012 ystari games. A 20 pages london directory a listing of private apartments, shops and places of interest.
Consulting detective tasks players with solving a series of mysteries in victorian london. Sherlock holmes consulting detective is a boardgame in which the players compete against sherlock holmes himself, and with each other, to solve victorianera misteries. At the end of the game the player will compare his score with that of 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. The directory contain an alphabetical listing of most.
Sherlock holmes consulting detective game the virtual wren. Consulting detective, which they published in 1991. Read the intro to the playing detective series first. Sherlock holmes consulting detective is now available. Additional cases were made available in boxed supplements that i never owned and were very necessary if you completed. Sherlock holmes, consulting detective henceforth referred to as shcd is one of my favorite games. In these three of his best stories, holmes has three visitors to the famous flat in baker street visitors who bring their troubles to.
With fewer players you still have the feeling that you have an impact on the path that is being taken. This is an additional case for sherlock holmes consulting detective, and requires that game to play it. It is used to give the player a pictorial view of the area in which all the cases occur. Link to bgg page with a pdf file showing all cases in all languages and their timeline. Watson, and over 20 additional characters both trustworthy and unscrupulous.
Sherlock holmes, consulting detective by raymond edwards, suzanne goldberg and gary grady sleuth publications, 1981 ystari games, 2012 ystari games the facts of the case. You are either investigating the mysteries as an individual, or trying to win against up. You, the player, will match your deductive abilities against your opponents and the master sleuth himself, sherlock holmes. Friends of the sherlock holmes collections newsletter 2, no. It was originally developed by icom simulations for the fm towns computer and later ported to dos, apple macintosh, commodore cdtv, turbografxcd, sega cd and tandy video information system with all versions being. To select an item, move holmes pipe stem to it and press button a. Sherlock holmes born william sherlock scott holmes is the worlds only consulting detective, a profession he created for himself. Using a london map, newspapers, city directory, and investigative booklets, players must explore avenues to solve the case submitted by sherlock. The mansion murders sherlock holmes consulting detective. Sherlock holmes consulting detective is an unusual game.
If sherlock holmes consulting detective presents a daunting challenge to its player, the same must go ten times over for its designers. The extra points system usually is good about solving that. Never had i have such an experience as sitting down with friends, or even yourself, and working through a game that does not offer any advice on what to do next, where to go or who to talk to. The game is made up of booklets, maps, a cluefilled reproduction of the times and a small directory telling the player which london locale to visit to speak to a.
Listen to sherlock holmes short stories audiobook by arthur. References provide additional information given in books, journal articles, and on web sites. You get a rule book, a directory, a map of london, the 10 case books and the corresponding newspapers. Elementary, my dear watson or a three pipe problem. He is based in london and often consulted by greg lestrade of new scotland yard, usually taking his best friend and former flatmate, john watson, on cases. Sir arthur conan doyles consulting detective has been thrilling readers for almost years with his masterful uses of reasoning, disguise and deduction to solve almost any crime. The adventures of master detective sherlock holmes as he and his assistant, dr.
To choose a name in the directory, select the tab with the first letter of the person s last name, or select the name of your choice. Read the intro to the playing detective series first sherlock holmes, consulting detective by raymond edwards, suzanne goldberg and gary grady sleuth publications, 1981 ystari games, 2012 ystari games. Librarymedia center sherlock holmes consulting detective. You try and try to be the best detective you can be, but you never come close to the genius that is sherlock holmes. Sherlock holmes consulting detective zojoi teamed up with famed board game company sleuth times to reproduce the awardwinning sherlock holmes consulting detective video mysteries for pc and mac. Review of sherlock holmes consulting detective rpgnet rpg. Sherlock holmes consulting detective is a legendary and award winning cooperative investigative game.
Equipped with a copy of the times, a map of london, a directory, andmore importantly. Two sequels followed in 1992 and 1993, respectively. That was 21 more than the 4 leads it took sherlock holmes to figure out the case. Or, place your selection in the notebook for future reference. William sherlock scott holmes baker street wiki fandom. Armed with times, a map, a phone book, and above all your logic, roam the streets of london trying to solve strange cases. Apr, 2015 while batman is often described as the worlds greatest detective, sherlock holmes must be the worlds best known. Like the red herrings give you pretty significant extra points for solving them. Watsonand, somewhat reluctantly, the bumbling inspector lestradebattle criminals in london. Players are trying to be smarter than sherlock holmes himself and if you score higher than sherlock you win, and if not you learn a lot about what evidence you missed etc. This game reimplements sherlock holmes consulting detective, initially published by ystari the 10 cases are the same. Asmodee sherlock holmes consulting detective game, board.
It makes you feel as though you are actually in london at the time of sherlock holmes. Equipped with a copy of the times, a map of london, a directory and more importantly your logic, you will roam the streets of london trying to solve the most heinous crimes. Sherlock holmes consulting detective is definitely one of these games. References provide additional information given in. In the most general sense, the main game mechanic resembles the one used in the solo adventure gamebooks. Sherlock holmes consulting detective board games board games, bg analyze and solve the greatest mysteries of the victorian era. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the enter key is pressed. The case of the mystified murderess an unassuming woman has been charged with the death of a scoundrel, a fortunesquandering bounder. Consulting detective is a full motion video game based on a tabletop gamegamebook hybrid which had the same name. You are a member of the baker street irregulars working to solve mysteries before the master.
In sherlock holmes consulting detective, you are presented with a mystery to solve. Youll remain in the directory while the name is added to the notebook. Just finished our first game of sherlock holmes consulting detective and. The winner of the game is whoever has the most points after the solution has been revealed, or if the game is being played cooperatively, if you have followed less leads than holmes. Its an adventure game, set in a detective mystery, licensed title, graphic adventure and puzzle elements themes and it was released on mac as well. But to my amaze c ment there was this strange name in its due place. A holmes and doyle bibliography university of minnesota. He has a keen interest in unusual or bizarre crimes, without which he rapidly becomes bored, relying on. Ten sherlock holmes adventures in which you are the hero. Digital london directory with errata boardgamegeek. Sherlock holmes, consulting detective was, as youd expect, a game of mystery solving, with the player it was a solo game taking on the role of holmes as he attempts to unravel one of ten cases presented in the case book.
Sherlock holmes consulting detective board game collection. I mean not if you really deep dive them, but if you poke around and then determine it has nothing to do with the case you can usually get your points back. Equipped with a copy of the times, a map of london, a directory and more importantly, your logic, you will roam the streets of london trying to solve the most heinous crimes. With board games coming in everlarger, evermoreexpensive boxes, filled with miniatures, counters and who knows what else, its a refreshing change of pace to see something simple and oldfashioned. Consulting detective game is needed to play the expansion along with the map and directory. Search the london times for clues, peruse holmes personal files, scour through the london directory. The decision is in your hands and every lead you follow.
The amount of effort that must have gone into creating, collating, intertwining, and typesetting such an intricate web of. Directory look in this reference for the people and places of holmes london. In sherlock holmes consulting detective you are a member of the illustrious baker street irregulars, quickwitted londoners chosen to act as assistants to sherlock holmes, his eyes to the ground and ears on the street. These games were considered the pioneer products for emerging optical technologies and took advantage of the medium with fullmotion video fmv. Some cases of the sherlock holmes boardgame were used for a. Consulting detective, ten sherlock holmes adventures await in which you are the hero. You can capture the mystery and excitement of holmes london in this. It was published in different worlds issue 44 nov 1986. Contained within its box is the pinnacle of puzzle technology, the supreme solo game, an astonishing coup for couples gaming.
Note abstract highlights publication of songs of action, a collection of poetry and the song of the bow, sheet music based on the same ballad of the outland bowmen found in doyles the white company. A page dedicated to the wonderful show bbcs sherlock. Sherlock holmes is the greatest detective of them all. Ronald howard, howard marioncrawford, archie duncan, richard larke. Sherlock holmes consulting detective is a very different game than those already mentioned in terms of components no board, dice or movers etc. Space cowboys sherlock holmes consulting detective the. In the year 1878 i took my degree of doctor of medicine of the university of london, and proceeded to netley to go through the course prescribed for surgeons in the army. Consulting detective volume 5 kindle edition by smith, aaron, salmon, andrew, watson, i.
Released in 1991 on dos, its still available and playable with some tinkering. Mar 09, 2012 sherlock holmes, consulting detective was, as youd expect, a game of mystery solving, with the player it was a solo game taking on the role of holmes as he attempts to unravel one of ten cases presented in the case book. The case of the mummys curse the london times started it all calling the murders the work of an ancient egyptian curse. Consulting detective feels exhilaratingly open for a game that has a premise steeped in a very specific canon and genre. Sherlock holmes consulting detective home facebook. You will interview suspects, search the newspapers for clues, and put together the facts to reach a solution. To close the notebook, select its lower left corner, or choose another tool. She was found over the body, pistol in hand but there are other avenues in this case that even the yard refuses to set foot upon. I think sherlock holmes consulting detective is a great solo experience and i think it is most fun with fewer players.
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