Sherlock Holmes: The Card Game (1991)

With illustrations from the original novels, this card game goes some way to evoke the feeling of the chase through Victorian London to unmask Moriarty and other villains. Players draw and lay cards in sequence, Movement, Location, Info, Action, Detectives and Villains. So I might take a train to the Country, find a clue and use a Disguise. I can use an Inspector, Arrest or Alibi card on my opponents and so on. Play ends either when an Arrest successfully reveals a Villain, or when a player discards their last card, a Villain, who Escapes. Scoring is based on cards remaining in your hand, and if you are the arresting or guilty player, caught with a Villain in your hand.

contents

• rules booklet
• scoresheet
• 104 cards

 1 location card London/The Country

start
 1 'The Game Is Afoot!'

movement
11 ( 1 point ) train 
11 ( 1 point ) hansom

movement/location
 2 ( 5 points) thick fog

location
 5 ( 1 point ) London
 3 ( 2 points) 221B Baker Street
 3 ( 5 points) Scotland Yard
11 ( 1 point ) the country

information
12 ( 5 points) clue
12 ( 5 points) suspect
 4 (10 points) telegram
 4 (10 points) disguise

action
 6 (15 points) inspector
 5 (15 points) arrest
 6 (15 points) alibi

detective
 1 (50 points) Holmes
 1 (40 points) Mycroft
 1 (30 points) Watson

villain
 1 (50 points) Professor Moriarty
 1 (40 points) Colonel Sebastian Moran
 1 (30 points) John Clay
 1 (20 points) Charles Augustus Milverton