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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
Part of the Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective family — see Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: Carlton House & Queen's Park for the combined view.
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Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective Runthrough
- The game provides an immersive experience with a strong Victorian atmosphere.
- The deductive reasoning and information gathering mechanics are engaging.
- The collaborative nature of the investigation is enjoyable.
- Solving a kidnapping case in Victorian London
- London, November 1885
- Sherlock Holmes games
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Case Book Investigation — Players examine a case book or directory, choose locations to visit, and read associated entries to gather information.
- Clue Tracking — Players need to keep track of leads and clues found, often by marking them or noting them down.
- Deduction — Players must piece together clues and evidence to form logical conclusions about the case.
- Informant Network — Players can consult various characters (informants) who provide clues or information.
- Map Navigation — Players use a map of London to navigate to different locations relevant to the investigation.
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- The game is afoot.
- The trains are a has-been family you guys don't know the train.
- We began the case as Watson I was suspicious of Miss Train.
- It is through their less grandeur crimes at the most device devious of criminals are often caught.
References (from this video)
- Similar to The Crew in its cooperative nature.
- Features distinct characters with unique abilities.
- Different character booklets provide a varied experience.
- The host has not played this game yet and needs to explore it.
- Found randomly on the shelf.
- Sherlock Holmes investigations
- Multiple character booklets
- The Crew
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Multiple character books — You have different characters who are going to have their own books.
- Unique character abilities — Every character has their own kind of ability or special strength or something acrobat or observer or disguise or actual strength.
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- I feel like solo mystery games are really sort of an interesting topic.
- I really like this one and I say I really like it and I've only played one or two cases um but I like that I can sort of replay those cases a little bit.
- This one is an app assisted game which I'm not a huge fan of I try to steer clear of apps I like having just you know my my old-fashioned board games on the table with no technology.
- The best part potentially is the app and the the soundtrack or the noise it plays when you get it wrong is pretty great.
- Each case you actually have this giant newspaper that you can go through and I love going through that because the newspaper itself there's some clues that may or may not be hidden in there.
- The challenge with mystery games they're kind of you solve it and you're done unless you forget the solution then it might be that it might be worth it to play again at some point.
- It's just a really interesting mix of sort of actually having a novel but rather than just reading through a mystery you're actually trying to solve it and you have to deduce everything too.
- I found a board game geek listing for a game that I forgot about for ages the babysitter's club mystery game from the 90s.
- I just liked imagining what's in the area and kind of like traveling down the different streets and seeing what's where.