![]() To visit a location, for example some suspect has mentioned they were in the Red Boar Inn at the time of the murder, we consult the London Directory and find the Inn is located at 34SE. The Clue book is divided up into the individual cases and each case is broken up into areas – Southeast, Southwest, etc. The options are plentiful and aren’t always as obvious as just visiting the pathologist to find out how the victim met their end, but I’m getting ahead of myself here, I should first explain how the paragraph system actually works. Grab a notebook and pen, you’re going to need them, and put your grey matter to work on the 2-pipe problem at hand. There are no conventional CYOP paragraphs stating, ‘Visit the murder scene? Go to para 247’ or ‘Talk to the witness? go to para 98.’ No, nothing here to steer you in a direction, it’s all down to your own powers of deduction… Oh dear! It’s totally up to you what you should do and where you should go. The case will be outlined, the main objective laid at your feet, and some pertinent clues hidden in the dialogue, but what now? Hudson showing in some distressed person eager for your help. So, you’ve read the introduction to your first case, which, if you’ve ever read any of Sherlock’s books, is the equivalent to getting a knock on the door and Mrs. Sherlock gives you a good start to your life as a detective. This contains many helpful hints and tips to see you along your investigative route, such as listing important people you may wish to consult during your investigation – Chief Medical Examiner, Reporters, Librarians, and even Sherlock’s brighter, but lazier, brother Mycroft appear in the list – and you can visit them by turning to the appropriate paragraph in the clue book. This might sound a bit daunting, but don’t worry, Sherlock’s at hand to give you a pre-game lecture, one that I highly recommend you read and inwardly digest. You will then be given the solution as solved by the great man himself, at which point you groan at just how easy it could have been, but don’t be too hard on yourself, as it isn’t an easy game. You’ll be scored against how many of the questions you got correct and the length of time, in game turns, it took you to get there. You’ll do this until you think you have a solution, at which point you’ll consult the quiz book and see if you’re right. ![]() After reading this, you then decide on where to go or what to do first, read the relevant entry in the clue book, and then decide upon what to do next, and so on. This will present the crime or mystery you have to solve. You’ll pick a case to solve – there are ten to choose from and best done in the order presented – and read the introduction. There are three ways to play – Solitaire, 2-player Competitive, or cooperative play – personally, it’s best either Solitaire or co-operative. Playing the game is as simple as reading one of the detective’s novels. Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective, possibly the best detective game one could play? Let’s take a look at the clues and see if we can reach a conclusion… Designer: Gary Grady, Suzanne Goldberg, Raymond Edwards.If it’s any consolation, I’d placed my hat on the Gardener!” I didn’t wait for Holmes to continue, I mumbled my farewell and proceeded to the door held open by Watson. My God! I was so far off the scent – I had the nosey neighbour down for it all how could I be so wrong. ![]() She placed the jewels in the banks vault to retrieve them later, after the insurance had paid out.” Lofthouse stole her own Pearls and Diamonds, though she never intended any harm to her husband, he caught her by surprise, and she panicked. ![]() “One quick glance at the scene and a call to the bank and it was all wrapped up. Lofthouse to her bank, where she placed something within its vaults for safe keeping. “The length of the stride, the weight of the prints in the mud, the size and shape of the shoe, man, did these mean nothing to you?” My heart sank, my shoulders slumped, was I so very wrong? Not only do you take three days to reach a conclusion on what is such trivial case, but you totally failed to see what was right in front of your eyes.” Holmes was standing by the fireplace, and, without further ado, I lavishly laid all I had discovered of the case at his feet, finishing with a smile of my own and awaiting my mentor’s praise. Watson answered my knock and bade me enter, a kindly smile on his face that made one warm to the old Doctor. Hudson let me in, and I made my own way up the familiar stairs I had been one of the great man’s proteges for a couple of weeks now. I, though, had no such worries, for I had solved Holmes’s case in double quick time and was mighty pleased with myself for having done so. I strutted my way along Baker Street, heading for a door that had seen more than its fair share of distressed souls pass through. ![]()
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