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Year Published
2006
# of Players:
2 − 2
User Suggested # of Players
Best with 2 players
Recommended with 2 players
(77 voters) [poll]
Playing Time
30 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
9 and up
User Suggested Ages
10 and up
(27 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence
No necessary in-game text
(44 voters) [poll]
Category
Mechanic
Primary Name
Mr. Jack
Alternate Names
Shadows over Whitechapel
Une Ombre sur Whitechapel
ミスタージャック
Expanded By
Families
Description Edit | History

One of the two players represents Jack the Ripper, who will be one of the 8 characters on the board. This player knows the identity of this character and his goal is to flee from the district as soon as possible (or avoid being accused for eight turns). The other player represents an independent investigator (not represented on the board) who tries to guess the identity of Jack. But he can make only one accusation during the game!

During each turn the players move the characters, using their special powers, placing them either in shadow or light. At the end of each turn, the witnesses declare if Jack is visible (in light, or adjacent to another character) or not (alone in the shadows). This allows the investigator to know which characters are innocent. This continues as the investigator tries to eliminate suspects while Jack tries to escape. Intuition, logic and cold blood will be necessary for each of the two participants.

Check out the awesome graphics by our own BGGer/genius graphic designer Piero Lalune ( pierolalune)

Expanded by:

New Stand-Alone Version

More Information Edit | History

Only 250 copies of the Neuroludic version were printed. The components in the game are language independent, but Neuroludic's rules are only in French. Hurrican Games was essentially founded to publish a larger distribution of this game. As the new version contains rules in English, French, German, and Dutch, the name was changed to Mr. Jack, a name that works in any of the languages and to avoid confusion with NekoCorp's Whitechapel.

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Contents:
1 game board
8 character tokens
6 lit gaslight tiles
2 covered manhole tiles
1 witness/no-witness card
2 police cordon tokens
8 character cards
1 turn-counter token
8 alibi cards
rules (English, French, German, Dutch, Italian)

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6 Russian rules - Правила на русском языке
Правила игры + неофициальный FAQ
2009-09-18
7 [Español] Resumen Mr Jack y Mr Jack Expansion
Resumen a la JcK Resumen en espanol del juego y la expansion. Incluye tabla con la descripcion de los personajes.
2009-08-11
8 Mr Jack - Polish Rules/Polska Instrukcja
Polskie tlumaczenie regul gry
2009-01-14
18 Mr. Jack Play Summary
Includes setup, turn order, victory conditions and movement rules. It does not include character special abilities, which are already documented in other summaries.
2008-10-01
2 Mr Jack + Extension Tuckboxes
Two tuckboxes to hold all of the Cards from both Mr. Jack and Mr. Jack Extension. One box holds all 13 Alibi Cards and the other holds the Witness Card and 13 Character cards. These tuckboxes have a glued bottom. Base tuckbox generated at http://tuckbox.gameupdates.com/.
2008-09-07
1 Mr. Jack opis postaci\character cards\Polish
Opis wszystkich postaci
2008-07-16
6 Mr. Jack Spanish Rules
Las reglas de "Mr. Jack" completas en español.
2008-05-08
0 Mr. Jack Tuckbox for All Cards with Artwork (Hurrican 2007 Edition)
Mr. Jack tuckbox with artwork for all cards with artwork for Hurrican 2007 Edition.
2008-04-07
1 Mr. Jack Character Cards Tuckbox
A tuckbox for the Witness Card and the 8 Character Cards. This tuckbox has a glued bottom. Base tuckbox generated at http://tuckbox.gameupdates.com/.
2008-04-05
2 Mr. Jack Alibi Cards Tuckbox
A tuckbox for the 8 Alibi Cards from Mr. Jack. This tuckbox has a glued bottom. Base tuckbox generated at http://tuckbox.gameupdates.com/.
2008-04-05
Statistics
Board Game Rank: 96
Num Ratings: 4490
Average Rating: 7.36
Standard Deviation: 1.20
Num Views: 172938
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Avg. Game Weight: 2.2 moreinfo
Fans: 72
Personal Comments: 1485
Users Owning: 4765
Users Wanting: 369
Users Trading: 113
Has Parts For Trade: 2
Want Parts In Trade: 0
Price History: View
Total Plays: 17222
Plays This Month: 248
Linked Items Relationship: Expansions for this Game
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Wishlist 214
Comments 180
Year Pub. 2007
Rank 0
Num Ratings 66
Average Rating 6.21
Average Weight 1.86
Owned 328
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For Trade 9
Wanted in Trade 86
Wishlist 126
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Year Pub. 2006
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