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Sherlock Kids
Chasing the Thief of pictures
Sherlock
Kids are a secret society of young detectives, whose flair for detection is
needed for the clearing up of art thefts in the Museum; pictures disappear and
all that is left is an envelope with a picture riddle.
The Art
Museum is set up and each player puts his marker on the entry staircase. The
current Riddle Submitter draws one of the picture boards, chooses one side and
places the picture for all to see. All study it and pay close attention to
color details while the Riddle Submitter thinks up a question that can be
answered unequivocally with a color. When he thinks that enough time has passed
he covers the picture and poses his question. All mark the answer on their
disc; when the color is not named on the disc you mark X. Then the riddle is
scored; if you marked the correct answer you move your marker on the stair by
one step; the riddle submitter moves his marker when there was a minimum of one
correct answer, but not all answers were correct – which means that he must not
ask a question that is too easy or too difficult to answer.
When all
have been riddle submitter two or three times – depending on the number of
players – you win if you are nearest to the picture thief; if you manage to
reach the last room before that you win instantly. In variants you can also ask
for numbers; on the discs you can mark 1-6 or X; or you can agree that any kind
of questions is possible and each player simply writes down his answer.
Basically
this is a memo game, but ingeniously disguised, the challenge is in the posing
of the question by the Riddle Submitter! Fantastic pictures, simple mechanism
and a fun gaming experience!
Players:
3-6
Age: 5+
Time: 25+
Designer:
Reiner Knizia
Artist:
Ulrike Fischer
Price: ca.
16 Euro
Publisher:
Haba 2013
Web:
www.haba.de
Genre: Communication,
memory
Users: For
children
Version:
multi
Rules: de
en es fr it nl
In-game
text: no
Comments:
Fantastic
components
Colorful,
details pictures
Simple,
very attractive mechanism
Trains
observation of details
Compares
to:
Memo game
with questions and answers
Other
editions:
Currently
none
Chance (pink): 0
Tactic (turquoise): 2
Strategy (blue): 0
Creativity (dark blue): 0
Knowledge
(yellow): 0
Memory (orange): 3
Communication (red):
Interaction (brown): 0
Dexterity (green): 0
Action (dark green): 0