221B Baker Street
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created Sherlock Holmes. Undeniably the most famous detective ever (fictional of course)! His pipe and hat are the first thing that comes to mind when I think of him. I loved the books along with many other mystery novels. There is something about that era in history where mystery fits in perfectly. The quiet dim dark misty London streets are the perfect setting for a crime, and a supercool detective to solve them.
This game was great for its time. It bought together 30 cases for a super-sleuth such as yourself to solve, with the cases being fun and offering a variety of challenges. You make your way around the city stopping in at various locations, questioning people and finding clues. I guess it’s a bit like Cluedo, you have to figure out suspects, motives and weapons etc.
The locations in London are pretty cool, and fit the theme nicely. There are the shipyards, museum, pawnbrokers and pub to name a few. When you enter the buildings, you go into a bigger room where you can do your detective work.
Then when you think you are ready to solve the crime you venture back to 221B Baker Street and take a test. But, there is much more to the game then merely wandering around solving crime. You have to get your Scotland Yard badge before you can take the test at 221B Baker Street. If you fail the test, then shame on you! You probably did not take enough time and interrogate enough people 
You can encrypt clues to make the game harder, but I guess that once you have played it about 10x through encryption just won’t do you much good. But it does make the game a lot harder.
Overall, I enjoyed the game. I got a bit bored as the characters and the board never really changed, but it was still a lot of fun 
While nowadays they could probably make a really cool version of this game, this was a classic and I would play it again. * Gives a thumbs up *
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221B Baker Street
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January 6th, 2007 at 8:21 pm
sploh ne vm kje se dov potegne pa vse so v winzipo v kurco je vse skup
March 25th, 2010 at 8:14 am
really great game, mplayed it a lot in a winter time
February 11th, 2011 at 9:37 pm
Fantasizing me right now!!
February 22nd, 2011 at 3:03 am
I like this game. But realy I last time plaied in it few years ago!
February 1st, 2012 at 11:05 pm
When ever we have come to take in here a little over a full week ago, my brother came to be so insistent on the subject of crafting comment on Ruben’s idea being put on. I even so insisted that we need to keep our lips sealed temporarly and simply never make a comment but when he made an effort to make another comment which gives criticsms about how other folks responded on his statement, I guess he was dead drastically wrong in it.