Sherlock: The Game Is Afoot

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

• action selection — Players choose actions like moving, asking questions, or using location abilities.
• bluffing — Implied in asking questions and potentially player powers allowing for lies.
• Deduction — Players deduce the identity of the criminal by asking questions and eliminating possibilities.
• Hand Management — Players manage their hand of suspect cards.
• Set Collection — Players collect cards representing suspects.

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Quotes (from this video)

• this is Tableau building game
• the scoring is a little tricky
• we're contributing to the river but we're are competitively scoring
• this game can last 30 seconds or it can last 15 minutes
• combines Scrabble meets trivia
• this is like the snowflake version of the lawn darts that we used to play as a kids
• It's a trade show so it's a different kind of convention that we normally would go to
• in the board game industry while technically we are competing for customers we like to share our customers
• Sherlock the game is a foot
• you are going to be asking other people questions

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