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221B Baker Street

Gibsons, 1975

221B Baker Street is a party game published by Gibsons in 1975. It is played with 2 to 6 players, from age 10 and in about 90 minutes.

players
2–6
minutes
90
years
10+

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Publishers
Gibsons, Gameology (Gameology Romania), Gammon Games, Grow Jogos e Brinquedos, H. P. Gibson & Sons, John N. Hansen Co., Inc.
Designers
Antler Productions, Jay Moriarty
Artwork
Antler Productions
Year of release
1975
Also known as
221B Baker Street: The Master Detective Game · Scotland Yard

About the game

221B Baker Street: The Master Detective Game is a board game featuring Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional detective Sherlock Holmes and developed by Jay Moriarty (dba Antler Productions) in 1975 and sold by the John N. Hansen Co. in the US since 1977. The players have to solve cases using the clues provided by visiting locations on the board such as 221B Baker Street, Scotland Yard, Apothecary and Pawn Broker. The original game has twenty cases, but there are eight expansion sets of 20 cases each for a total of 180 cases available for play, created through 1986. A new Deluxe Edition of 221 B Baker Street, published by Hansen, has been released in the U.S. in 2016. This Deluxe Edition contains the original 180 cases plus 20 all-new cases for a complete set of 200 cases. The Deluxe Edition also includes all new artwork, board design, and collectible Sherlockian metal tokens. The original game has been licensed for sale in the UK (Gibsons Games), Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil and Romania. Editions of the game published by Gibson have reproduced almost 40 of the 180 cases of the Hansen edition (basically taking from the 20 original cases plus the 20 from the first expansion), but also included 60 new cases for a total of 100. Their recent 2014 edition has 75 cases taken from their 100.
Excerpt from the Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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  • 5012269007787221B Baker Street

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