Space Cowboys Asmodee | Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Thames Murders And Other Cases | Board Game | Ages 14+ | 1-8 Players | 60-120 Minutes Playing Time

Really really good game! It can provide hours of fun. The concept is great, the investigations can be hard, it is important to record the details while progressing. Perfect for two people but I can see the appealing with a bigger group as well.

This is a really enjoyable game (I have only played two-player). It's full of atmosphere and you really feel like you're following a proper Sherlock Holmes story (and there are 10 stories in the base game, each lasting a good hour or two depending on how much you want to investigate). he best advice I can give is just forget about beating Sherlock and enjoy the game. Don't worry about following too many leads (you will be penalised for following more than Holmes) because after playing through two cases already I can say that the Sherlock in this game has retrocognition abilities very much on par with the one in the novels. We got way more satisfaction from being able to answer some of the questions at the end of each game, half of which are like side-plot, but really flesh out the story. Worth a buy, especially if you are a total newcomer to this style of game, as I am.

While there is quite a bit of reading to do, it's an interesting read and at least you don't have to read over the same stuff a bunch of times so it's more a question of prioritising leads and keeping focus on what is important to investigate. I don't think the single play-through is an issue per se. At 10 cases, it's cheaper than a pint per game so well worth the relative time it takes to finish it and once you're done, I think it makes an excellent gift/share for someone else to try their hand and compare how far off you all are from holmes' deductions.

Not too many rules so it is easy to teach if you have lots of players. Great value for money for the time spent on it, probably spent about 30-40 hours on this game total.

I love this game but my partner hated it! He’s dyslexic and there is so much reading he found it a little bit of a chore. I thought it was great. It had good humour and I liked trying to solve the cases. Some cases are a bit ludicrous and when we found the answer we felt it was ridiculous to expect us to think that way...but maybe we are just not as good as Sherlock. A few spelling errors here and there but overall I had hours of fun and my partner had hours of reluctant fun.

Love this game as has given us hours of fun. Each game has taken us about 2 hours. Really simple rules mean you can dive straight in and play. We tend to follow as many clues as possible rather than do it in the shortest time but the game is very flexible. Would definitely recommend

The instructions for this game explicitly tell you not to make any assumptions to base everything on evidence and deduction which any sherlock holmes afficionado would expect - a couple of this game's cases require leaps of imagination not based on evidence or even logic. One on case i went through every piece of evidence in the book and still could not have got the correct answer. Not a game for the perfectionist! However very easy to learn fun and engrossing, but for the money i would go with one of the later games where these kinks have been ironed out. Just for info Space Cowboys: one small unathletic/strong person CANNOT lift a dead body of a large person up and into a sarcophagus on a plinth. Not possible without equipment!!

Fantastic! The game is mostly readying and I am someone who normally HATES to read. So this is realy a testament to how enjoyable and gripping this game is as I couldnt stop playing until the murderer was found. Just a tip for first time players. I made the mistake of playing this game as if I was columbo, as in I had a good idea who the murderer was but kept looking for proof or evidence. That is not how sherlock roles and this game doesnt get 5 stars from me because sometimes his deductions can be a bit flimsy.

El producto es un juego de mesa pero está etiquetado como alimento para perros. Me siento afortunado de tener una copia.

A fascinating dive into Sherlock's Victorian London with compelling mysteries to solve. You're given a map, address book and a newspaper page (plus ones from previous cases). Armed with these, you are presented with a crime to solve and have the freedom to choose how you go about it. When you are ready, you can go to the back page of the casebook to answer a range of questions. The mechanics of the gameplay are therefore very simple and effortless to learn, but the challenge is often high. You can play solo or in any sized group. There is a scoring system, based on your ability to answer the questions correctly while visiting as few locations as possible. However, I think the game is best enjoyed without worrying about it. Exploring London, going down rabbit holes, and being tricked by inevitable red herrings is more enjoyable for me than trying to "beat" Sherlock's score (which, let's face it, is rather a fool's errand). It seems a shame to have all this narrative material and then try to ignore as much of it as possible for a high score. But players are free to play however they like, so I don't really consider it a problem. There's ten cases in the box. A couple didn't quite grab me, but on the whole they're great and well-written. While replayability isn't really possible (maybe many years later?), there are dozens more free fan-written cases available online to get more mileage out of your purchase. Highly recommended.

Fun!

This game is the best. So different than any other board game, exciting and fun! All the cases are in-depth and very detailed (or at least the 3 we played so far), the newspapers are cleverly put together and the whole game experience is just awesome. I'd highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys crime & detective stories. Bear in mind though that it's NOT a party game, when you sit down to play, you're in for a 2-3 hour sitting, reading and speculating, so don't bother bringing it to a party that was supposed to be about music, alcohol and chit-chat. Also, don't worry that the cases are not replayable. 10 is a lot, you probably won't finish it in 10 days. The cases are - as I mentioned - in-depth and can be tiring too, so once you finish them you'll feel like you just finished a very-very long book. Besides, there are two more games with 10-10 brand new cases each so if your only concern is that the cases are not replayable then drop it and just buy the game! 😃 You won't regret it.

Much like the Sherlock Holmes series. If you love Call of Tchullu youll love this