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Scotland Yard Master

Mister X on The Run

Mister X is on the run again in London! Up to five detective are chasing him - if it's only two or three, they are supported by one or two Bobbies. Mister X is the first to move in each round, then all detectives or Bobbies have a turn for a move and/or a special action. Used tickets are discarded and new ones drawn. Bobbies do not use tickets and are moved by the detectives, they can confer on moves. Mister X secretly notes his new position and surfaces in regular intervals. He wins the game if he has not been caught after 22 rounds or no detective can move anymore. If a detective or bobby moves to the spot with Mister X, Mister X must reveal himself and the detectives win.

This edition features an App for smartphone or tablet and can be played with or without App. The App replaces the ticket board for Mister X and shows him meeting points that he must visit - if he cannot reach any of them he loses. Should he manage to reach two of them, he wins instantly. For the detectives there is usually a joint additional chance as a special action: analysis - all possible locations of Mister X without relation to detective positions; locating - distance of Mister X to four aerials; scanning - exact distance of Mister X in taxi moves to one of the aerials, which is not named, and interrogation - information if Mister X is near a landmark. Detectives are also told the amount of special tickets Mister X has left.

Well-tried, still an excellent game and now new all the same - the App introduces well-working new features and additional mechanisms; if you want to familiarize yourself with the basic game first, you can play without App.

Players: 2-6

Age: 10+

Time: 60+

Designer: Projekt Team III, Michael Schacht

Artist: Felix Harnickell, Franz Vohwinkel, Thorsten Wolber

Price: ca. 45 Euro

Publisher: Ravensburger 2013

Web: www.ravensburger.de

Genre: Deduction, cooperation

Users: For families

Version: de

Rules: de

In-game text: no

Comments:

Attractive new edition

Well-working and nicely fitting new features via App

Can be played without app

Compares to:

All other editions of Scotland Yard and Mister X

Other editions:

Scotland Yard, Ravensburger, 2013

Chance (pink): 1

Tactic (turquoise): 2

Strategy (blue): 0

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 3

Interaction (brown): 2

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 1