Sherlock Holmes: The Baker Street Irregulars

After our playing the first scenario, I feel like this was a great choice for us. While we love games, this one isn’t bogged down with a bunch of rules, so it’s easy to get into — and great for non-gamers. The game play felt less like a game and more like we were actually investigators piecing together a mystery, thumbs up for its immersion value. While you do have the opportunity to compare yourself to Holmes at the end of each case, I’ll will always win if I have a good time, not how I compare to the great detective. We even purchased a copy for friends of ours since they live too far away to share the table with them.

Great game!!

Addicting and very hard BUT worth it! I think it works best with 3 players and up. My husband and I do them together sometimes but it takes a lot longer lol

A group of friends and I get together every so often for mystery game night. We've been finishing through the Hunt A Killer series and we find this series quite enjoyable. We became used to the structure of having a pile of evidence to go through a few puzzles to figure out as one of the only type of mystery game. I decided to buy this game after seeing such high reviews online. The first case we did was structured so differently than what we were used to and was a lot more challenging. Not that we didn't use our brains before, but this style of mystery needed all of us to be locked in. After the great trial of the first case we started getting the hang of it and started to (hopefully) think like Sherlock. I compare the style to an RPG video game where you have to speak to specific people in a specific order to unlock different dialogue. You also have the walking simulator part where you have to go to a specific location the game allows you to go to find clues. It's a pretty interesting concept and works really well. I like how there's little mysteries you are solving along with the biggest mystery in each case. The story is pretty cohesive, too. The long narrative and dialogue is not usually my cup of tea, but my group made it fun. Once you immerse yourself, it really enhances your mystery solving experience! I just bought another set of Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective and my group and I are excited to solve those cases too.

These cases are excellently written and innovative. The first few are great for introducing newbies to the system and after that, the cases become deeper and thinkier. I strongly recommend this game for anyone who enjoyed the first three boxes, or someone who wants to start playing this system. Once you have played all ten cases in the box, head over to BoardGameGeek. Look for the page on the Thames Murders and Other Cases (the brown box) where you will find many fan cases to play.

This was a gift for my sister. We've played four of the games, and each one is amazing. Each does get a little bit harder to deduce but it is doable....even if it takes WAY more clues than Sherlock uses.

I've loved Sherlock Holmes since I was a kid. I saw this and expected it to be casual and cool. It is not. It is awesome and very in depth. My wife and I are 2 hours & 4 pages of notes into the first case. I'm am blown away at how well this is made and the stories laid out. I would estimate that there is easily 30+ hours of material in this pack (10 case files) this isn't something your going to run through in a 30 min session. If you like crime, mysteries, investigations at a moderate to serious level this is for you. If your looking for something casual like a game of clue it is not. Personally after leaving a semi-long career in LE for something safer this is scratching an itch in my brain that I haven't been able to in years since investigating real cases. I don't impress easily but this has truly done it. (Cases 1-4 are stand alone, cases 5-10 build on all previous cases)

Quality: really well planned out and challenging

There was a slight confusion about the product, merchant corrected it, quickly, 5 Start for the great customer service, by email, phone and chat. Product is also of high quality.

Really good game. No problem with delivery.

Played with a group of friends. About an hour per week for 10 weeks. We played remotely via video call- both of us having a set. I even took it on a trip when I had a 5 hour break between flights (you can take just the case fine and the map and things- you don’t need the whole box just to do one case. The cases are quite varied and all of them are solvable but not obvious. This is better than the original game, which we felt ‘cheated’ and made the answers too obscure after about the third case.

Each case in this game is innovative and unique. Really enjoyed playing, and is well worth the purchase cost.

One of the best in the series and a great starting point for those not familiar with the series. Gone through a few of the cases and they are all interesting with great writing and production quality. As a fan of Sherlock Holmes, I appreciate the details hidden within it.. yet I found it a tad bit challenging (even as someone who's into mystery)