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The Original Sherlock Holmes and His Baker Street Irregulars

The Original Sherlock Holmes and His Baker Street Irregulars

Baskerville Productions · 2021
1–530–45 min12+ yrs1.7/5 complexity6.8 BGG#19.504 BGG234
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In The Original Sherlock Holmes and His Baker Street Irregulars each player will utilize their crew of irregulars (BSI's) to visit Locations, gather Witnesses, and Inspect artifacts in an attempt to make the key arrests to secure your place as a legitimate rival to the master detective, Sherlock Holmes.

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The Original Sherlock Holmes and His Baker Street Irregulars box art
official art · Baskerville Productions

In The Original Sherlock Holmes and His Baker Street Irregulars each player will utilize their crew of irregulars (BSI's) to visit Locations, gather Witnesses, and Inspect artifacts in an attempt to make the key arrests to secure your place as a legitimate rival to the master detective, Sherlock Holmes. The game features over 100+ pieces of art, many inspired by the original artwork of Sidney Paget.

In the game, players serve the roles of investigators of Holmes's day, trying to clear London's streets of all its villains. This card drafting game (for 1-5 players) incorporates an economy of "spending" your BSI tokens to acquire Evidence cards, which are then used to arrest Villains (worth Victory Points). The game is played over 4 rounds, each of which concludes with players choosing from bonuses based on how efficiently the use their BSI during the round. Further end-game points can be accumulated via personal set-collection objectives. At the end of the game, the player with the most victory points is crowned London's SECOND greatest detective.

There is also a solo-variant available that involves a head-to-head matchup with Holmes, himself. He will have the advantage at every turn; can you keep up?

—description from the designer

game anatomy
Complexity1.7 / 5
BGG rating6.8 / 10
Play time
30–45 min
Players
1–5
Recommended age
12+ yrs
BGG rank
#19.504
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The Original Sherlock Holmes and His Baker Street Irregulars is a murder / mystery game, for 1–5 players, taking ~30–45 minutes, featuring open drafting. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about The Original Sherlock Holmes and His Baker Street Irregulars — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does The Original Sherlock Holmes and His Baker Street Irregulars support?
The Original Sherlock Holmes and His Baker Street Irregulars is played by 1–5 players.
Q5How long does a game of The Original Sherlock Holmes and His Baker Street Irregulars take?
A game of The Original Sherlock Holmes and His Baker Street Irregulars takes about 30–45 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is The Original Sherlock Holmes and His Baker Street Irregulars for?
The Original Sherlock Holmes and His Baker Street Irregulars is recommended from age 12.
Q7How complex is The Original Sherlock Holmes and His Baker Street Irregulars?
The Original Sherlock Holmes and His Baker Street Irregulars has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 1.7 out of 5.
Mechanics & categories
Drafting →Set collection →Murder / Mystery →Novel-based →

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