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Designed By
Art By
Published By
Year Published
1983
# of Players:
2 − 6
User Suggested # of Players
(Not best with any number)
Recommended with 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 players
(51 voters) [poll]
Playing Time
45 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
10 and up
User Suggested Ages
8 and up
(10 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence
No necessary in-game text
(12 voters) [poll]
Category
Mechanic
Primary Name
Scotland Yard
Alternate Names
終極追緝令
Interpol
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Description Edit | History

One of the players takes on the role of Mr. X. His job is to move from point to point around the map of London taking taxis, buses or subways. The detectives, the remaining players acting in concert, move around similarly in an effort to move into the same space as Mr. X. But while the criminal's mode of transportation is nearly always known, his exact location is only known intermittently throughout the game.

Re-implemented as:

More Information Edit | History

Awards

  • 1985 Årets Aktivitets Spil Winner.
  • 1983-1984 Der Goldene Pöppel Winner.
  • 1983 Spiel des Jahres Winner.

Microbadges

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Contents (Ravensburger):

  • 1 Game Board
  • 6 Playing Figures
  • 18 Starting Station Cards
  • 125 Tickets:
    • 54 Taxi
    • 43 Bus
    • 23 Underground
    • 5 "Mr. X"
  • 2 Double-Move Tickets
  • 1 Travel Log (w/Paper)
  • 1 "Mr. X" Baseball Cap
  • Game Rules

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2 BLADE RUNNER 2.1
Blade Runner rules for the game SCOTLAND YARD or NEW YORK CHASE. This is the italian version. Deckard vs the Nexus 6! Version 2.1
2008-06-04
0 Scotland Yard
Polish rules for Scotland Yard
2007-12-31
4 variants.pdf
Optional rules for Scotland Yard (Taken from an article in Jeux & Stratégie by Alain Munoz and Serge Laget)
2007-08-28
3 scotland_yard_start_tiles.pdf
PDF file of the 18 starting tiles. Many second-hand copies of the game don't have them all.
2005-09-14
3 Scotland Yard ESP.pdf
Spanish rules
2005-06-21
0 Scotland Yard.doc
Variants for Mr. X and detectives
2003-12-05
8 ScotlandYard.PDF
English rules for Scotland yard
2003-11-22
4 Scotland Yard Parts.pdf
Inventory list of game parts
2003-10-14
1 scotland Yard.txt
scotland yard translate into Korean
2002-10-30
7 Scotland Yard One-pager.pdf
One-Page Player Aid
2002-10-02
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