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Enjoy an original setting in which animals lead investigations! In this narrative game, play as four different animals, just as clever as they are witty, who encounter mysterious situations. Meet characters, gain objects, collect information, and piece them together to unravel the mystery! The Animals of Baker Street is a thrilling investigative game for the entire family with a unique setting, enhanced by the talented pen of famous youth author, Clémentine Beauvais, and Sherlock games specialist Dave Neale.
In the game, you collectively choose the places to visit to meet and interact with the quirky animal characters of Baker Street. Decide if you want one of your detectives to use their particular abilities to collect valuable information and discover new clues. But as you visit more places time is ticking by, so choose your path wisely.
Try to solve the case within the given time to win!
—description from the publisher
Year Published
2022
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Let's Table It top_5_list at 8:29 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- App-free, family-friendly
- Good for kids 7-12
- Replayability
Cons
- Relies on reading and narrative flow; may not appeal to non-narrative players
Thematic elements
- Narrative-driven mystery solving
- Sherlock Holmes-inspired world with animal characters
- Story-led with no apps
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- App-free play — No electronics are required, players work together to solve cases.
- character-specific powers — Each animal character has unique abilities to aid progression.
- cooperative deduction — Players discuss clues and coordinate the investigation.
- deduction — Players discuss clues and coordinate the investigation.
- Unique player powers — Each animal character has unique abilities to aid progression.
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- Little Alchemist a fun app driven family logic deduction type game.
- So great with all the kids, you know, everybody could play.
- Chronicles of Crime is that kind of quintessential app assisted.
- In the app, you will select which mystery you want to solve, which case you want to go on.
- You explore locations, and as you move your device around, it moves around the crime scene and you're looking and you're just shouting out the things that you see as you go.
- Animals of Baker Street is 100% app free. This is a good one to unplug, have the family play with the kids.
- I love Unlock as opposed to some of the other escape room type mystery games because you don't have to destroy anything.
- fully replayable.
- you can just hand this off to somebody else to enjoy and you don't have to reset it really that much.
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Adam Porter game_review at 0:00 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Beautiful illustrations and high production quality
- Engaging, witty writing with distinct, funny characters
- Smooth onboarding with a concise tutorial that reveals rules gradually
- Strong thematic coherence between story, art, and components
- Wholesome, family-friendly feel with tasteful peril and intrigue
Cons
- Limited player interaction beyond system-driven decisions; can feel solitaire-like
- Relatively low replayability without expansions or new missions
- Not a heavy strategic puzzle for gamers who prefer competitive play
Thematic elements
- cooperative mystery-solving and narrative discovery
- Sherlock Holmes-inspired Baker Street with anthropomorphic animals; London setting
- branching, casebook-driven Choose Your Own Adventure feel with collaborative storytelling
Comparison games
- Cosmos Adventure Game Series
- Carter Ventura Series
- Echoes (Ravensburger)
- Unlock series
- Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- asymmetric player powers — Animal characters have unique strengths (e.g., finding items, persuasion) that shape choices
- Character abilities / asymmetric roles — Animal characters have unique strengths (e.g., finding items, persuasion) that shape choices
- cooperative storytelling — Players work together to explore cases, using location cards to unlock clues and advance the narrative
- Icon-based information revelation — Combining cards and checking symbols reveals new information and drives story progression
- Narrative choice — Cases are largely pre-written but the order and manner of revelations can vary with decisions
- Narrative progression / choose-your-path — Cases are largely pre-written but the order and manner of revelations can vary with decisions
- Resource management — Time tokens constrain actions per mission, creating tension and potential for failure if mismanaged
- Resource/time management — Time tokens constrain actions per mission, creating tension and potential for failure if mismanaged
- Storytelling — Players work together to explore cases, using location cards to unlock clues and advance the narrative
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Quotes (from this video)
- This product is truly an exceptional collaboration with the illustrations, story elements, and game mechanisms beautifully interwoven.
- The writing is allowed to shine from the very first turns and it's the writing which really hooked me.
- These characters just leap off the page — they're distinct and quirky and very funny.
- It's hugely engaging when taken for what it is, a group storytelling activity.
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