5.0 out of 5 stars Great game to play with others!

J.W. · 17 April 2025

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5.0 out of 5 stars Satiated the detective inside of you

M.S. · 26 February 2025

Very unique game to play with the whole family. If you're into brain games this will give you that intellectual challenge. Even as an adult I need all of the clues until I can make an educated guess. For my kids who enjoy detective books they find it enjoyable even though it's challenging and not as predictable as their books.Game play time is about an hour. Because theirs only one book and one card for each player to refer back to, this makes the game last longer having to share the book to write the clue. So what we did it take a picture on our phones of the story card and as for the booklet had to share that, it would've been nice to have 2 books or a qr code to print off another copy.

4.0 out of 5 stars Elementary

K.C. · 30 December 2022

Thick accompanying book makes this look daunting. It's not. Gameplay is basically a variation of Cluedo. You go from location to location to get clues (to the culprit, weapon, motive etc.) in a race against the other players to be the first back to Baker Street to solve the case. Clues are pretty straightforward as long as you read the case card properly. Only our 10 year old struggled with a couple of them.Quite an enjoyable game to get you piecing the clues together, making this more of a "mystery" game than Cluedo is. Nice box and board design too. Bought it when the price was a bit lower so felt like good value when you consider there are 75 cases to solve (equalling 75 games) and you can purchase an expansion pack if you complete them all.

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant Game

A.R. · 18 March 2025

Brilliant game which due to the massive number of cases you can play over and over

5.0 out of 5 stars Good product

M.C.B. · 11 March 2025

Great game

5.0 out of 5 stars A Dastardly Game Afoot!

U. · 4 May 2014

This is a mixture of a Cluedo like game and the Sherlock Holmes Puzzle Collection book.I would have preferred it to have come in a smaller box - the board folds down square so I'm not sure of the point of the unwieldy size of the box.The board shows a Cluedo like maze of buildings rather than rooms and it only takes one or two plays to see the quickest way round.The cases are dastardly and it is essential to make notes because there are a lot of characters with a lot of traits and a lot of clues to keep track of.It is very thought provoking and the answer can pivot on one tiny clue so one must pay attention to everything offered.We love the Sherlock Holmes head playing pieces. The board itself could be clearer - it could prove difficult in low light or for the partially sighted but I am sure it was drawn to reflect the Victorian period.The game itself - we found the first time we played it a bit drawn out because we were unfamiliar with it and that delayed us from a second game but the second game was most enjoyable because we had the measure of the basics and could concentrate on the point of the game. This would make a great gift for any fan of the great Arthur Conan Doyle and his muse Sherlock Holmes.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great alternative to Cluedo

K.P. · 2 March 2016

love the game, for years I've thought about how the game Cluedo could be improved, but never really done anything about it and here we are with Gibsons take on the detective game. Every time you play the story is different, the clues are different and the solutions are different. You do have to read and think about the known facts, or story line carefully and you can't take all of the clues at face value.The game can be tweaked a little to make it even better, for instance you can effectively tape off an area to prevent others from entering a place to get the clue by placing a card on it, which is exactly what would happen in real life. However, the game rules suggest you'd need a blocking card for every entrance when in real life the whole area would be out of bounds until the police had finished gathering evidence. Therefore we decided you should only need one card to block the park or the docks and only one key card to allow entry to get the clue. Sounds complicated, but it's not in practice.Another is the use of the carriage, or cabbie. You can use them to go anywhere, but the instructions suggest an exception should be 221b Baker Street. We decided you could use a cabbie to 221b, but only to the door. You can't enter till your next go. These variations seem to work for us and I'm sure there could be others.Overall, a really good and intriguing board game.

5.0 out of 5 stars So much fun!

S. · 19 September 2023

My friend bought this game some time ago and I wanted something fun to play with my partner, so I bought this. We play together as we find it really fun working together to solve a mystery and discussing possible outcomes, sometimes he will think of things in a different way to me and it's really fun discussing clues with each other. When I played as an individual with friends it was fun, but much more difficult as you couldn't divide and conquer and had to keep things a secret. While that way is much more challenging, I find the group one much more fun and a better way to bond with the person you are playing with. I highly recommend this game.

Awesome game

K.R. · 16 November 2017

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Great Game!

S. · 3 May 2023

Such a great game! Highly recommend for anyone who likes to solve crimes!

221b baker street

C.d. · 29 November 2017

Super jeu, il faut évidement avoir des notions d'anglais, mais heureusement pour nous, ce n'est pas un problème dans la famille. ^^Un jeu qui demande un peu de réflexion ce qui le rend d'autant plus agréable !

Tolles Spiel

S.K. · 28 December 2021

Ich war begeistert als mein Neffe sich ein Gesellschaftsspiel zur Weihnachten gewünscht hat. Er wohnt und studiert in England und spielt oft mit seinen WG Kameraden in ihrer Freizeit. Sie veranstalten auch Spielabende mit Freunde und Freundinnen. 221B war ein Volltreffer. Er hat mit der Familie geübt über Weihnachten und alle haben viel Spaß gehabt, allerdings ohne Erfolg.Mit seinen pfiffigen Freunde wird es bestimmt schneller gehen! Da es 125 Fälle zu lösen gibt ( mit den Ergänzungsspiele die ich mitbestellt habe ) haben sie viele Stunden lebhafte Unterhaltung vor sich.

Five Stars

A.C. · 18 March 2016

A challenge but fun!