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INTRODUCTION
OBJECT OF THE GAME
W
elcome to the streets of London in the Victorian era. The fog is spreading, crime runs rampant, and you, one of
the Baker Street Irregulars, are here to lead the investigation… In A Study in Scarlet, Watson introduces the Baker
Street Secret Police Section to us for the first time.
This group of “half a dozen of the dirtiest and most ragged street urchins that I ever clapped eyes on,” under the leadership of
Wiggins, was a most precious help to Sherlock Holmes, to whom they were “the eyes and ears in the streets of London”.
As early as 1888, in The Sign of Four, Wiggins had become a young man, and his group of Baker Street Irregulars had doubled.
“They can go everywhere, see everything, overhear every one,” declared Holmes. Wiggins had become a vital collaborator to the
world’s greatest consulting detective.
Holmes’ career in Baker Street lasted some 22 years. The number of cases he had to solve grew at the same speed as his
reputation. After Watson’s first marriage, in November 1886, Holmes relied increasingly on the help of the Baker Street
Irregulars. During the years in which Holmes was absent, from 1892 to 1894, it was Wiggins, who was then attempting to
become an actor, who kept Mycroft Holmes informed of the criminal underworld’s activities in London. Mycroft, who had
frequent contact with his brother, would pass this information on to Sherlock.
Wiggins continued to collaborate with Holmes throughout the 1890’s, and during the first few years of the following century.
His talents as an actor, which he had learned mostly from Holmes, helped him move easily through the various layers of
London society. Upon Wiggins’ death, in 1939, his journal, which spoke of the many cases on which he had worked with
Holmes, was found.
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ou take on the role of members of the unofficial gang of the “Baker Street Irregulars”, founded by the famous Sherlock
Holmes to keep him informed about the word on the street and help him in mysterious cases. This set contains ten
mysterious cases which will be up to you to solve.
For each case, you’ll have a series of leads to follow, a map of London, a directory, and the local press.
You also have a list of informants which contains some very qualified people who will assist you in your research (medical
examiner, criminologist, sources…).
Armed with all these elements and with your imagination, you’ll walk the streets of London looking for clues which will
allow you to solve the enigma and answer a series of questions about the case. But nothing’s ever as simple as it seems, and
you will have to be wise if you don’t want to be ridiculed during your final confrontation with Holmes!
Will you surpass the master?

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CONTENTS
MAP OF LONDON
This map is a simplified version of the city of London during the Victorian era. All along, this map will take you through its
streets so that you can visit specific places and verify alibis.
London is divided into areas – North West (NW), West Centre (WC), South West (SW), East Centre (EC), and South East
(SE) – which are delineated by blue lines and the Thames. Then, each area is divided into numbers matching the addresses of
people to be questioned. These divisions are used in the books as chapters’ titles and in the directory. For example, the Hyde
Park address is 95 NW, which is the abridged version of the full address 95 Park Lane in the NW area.
The house blocks marked in red represent specific places (e.g. the British Museum), those marked in black represent police
stations and the yellow ones represent all other places where you may have, at some point, to go and investigate. As the
addresses are applied to house blocks, a character can, for example, be located at 62 EC – which is also the address of the Hotel
Dacre – without living in it. The places (a house, a building, a store, etc.) may change ownership from one case to another.
There is a travel time scale in one of the map’s corners. This scale allows you to check suspects’ walking speed only and thus
ascertain their alibis.

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LONDON DIRECTORY
This booklet presents the addresses of people living in London. Thus, when players wish to meet
someone, they can consult the directory to find their address and then head over to that address by
reading the corresponding lead. To simplify the game, the address system uses the map’s division system.
Thus, for example, Sherlock Holmes’ address (which will be found in the directory under “Holmes,
Sherlock”) is 42 NW. If the players want to head over to Holmes’ during the case, they must therefore
read chapter 42 NW from the current case.
Note: found in the directory, in addition to the standard alphabetical list, are entries by profession.
LIST OF INFORMANTS
Located on the back of this booklet, this list offers Sherlock Holmes’ recurring informants, as well as their addresses. These
informants will be able to help you in most cases, some being more useful than others depending on events.
NEWSPAPERS (10)
For each case, you’ll have at your disposal the day’s newspaper, as well as all of the newspapers published on previous dates. In these newspapers you’ll sometimes find articles or ads which will point you at new leads.

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CASE BOOKLETS (10)
These ten booklets contain the ten cases you will have to solve. The cases are sorted by date and are all structured the same way:
Introduction: In this text the title and date of the
mystery are presented to you, as well as the details of
the case (generally during an interview at Holmes’).
Leads: This part of the text represents all of the leads (in the form of chapters) which you may follow during your investigation.
By following the leads and making the right deductions, you will be able to solve the mystery offered by Holmes. Each lead
corresponds to a geographic area (see Map of London and Directory). The leads are sorted by area and, in each area, the leads are
sorted in ascending order. The illustrations which accompany the text are purely decorative.

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Questions: As soon as you think you have
solved the case, you will be faced with two
series of questions. The first series is always in
direct relation to the case. The second series
will allow you to score additional points for the
discovery of events which are related to the case.
Solutions: Holmes will detail for you the way he
unravelled the threads of the case.
Note : Questions and solutions are printed upside down at
the end of the booklet.
Score: In this final section (located in the envelope placed
at the end of the booklet), you’ll get the answers to the
questions and will tally your final score, which you’ll then
compare to Holmes’. It is common knowledge that Holmes
is unbeatable. But do not despair, you might surprise
yourself!

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GAME SETUP
GAME OVERVIEW
The players choose a case they all agree on. For practical reasons, we suggest that the cases are played in chronological order
(notably to avoid finding clues in the newspapers which may spoil the surprise, and in so doing, the fun).
The map of London is placed in the middle of the table.
The London directory and the list of informants (at the back of this booklet) are placed near the map.
The players also place nearby the newspaper whose date matches the case’s, as well as all previous newspapers.
Important: Newspapers with a date following that of the case will not be used.
The players may choose to grab blank sheets of paper and pencils to keep notes during the investigation.
Note: The players may delegate the task of keeping notes to a specific member of the group.
A player is chosen as the “lead investigator” . That player takes the booklet, reads the case’s introduction text, and the game
begins!
The players all cooperate to solve the case.
The game plays over a series of turns.
The lead investigator chooses a lead from the current case (they can for example declare: “I want to go visit the crime scene,” find
the address in the directory and go there).
If the lead doesn’t exist in the booklet (meaning there’s no corresponding paragraph in the current case for the location the
player wanted to visit), the player simply chooses another lead.
When they have found their lead, the player reads the paragraph out loud, then notes that this lead has been followed.
Their turn is now over.
Note: To keep intact the pleasure of discovering the answer, avoid looking too closely at the other leads on the page you’re reading!
They then pass the book to the player sitting on their left, who becomes the new lead investigator and chooses in turn a lead
of their own.
The players continue this way, until they believe they know the solution to the enigma.
The players can follow as many leads as they want, but on their turn a player can only read a single lead.
Newspapers, already visited leads, directory: On their turn, all of the players have a free and unlimited access to the
directory as well as the case’s newspapers. They can also reread the leads already visited as much as they want.
Discussions: Of course, the players can discuss as much as they want to talk about the case or to debate the next lead to
follow. But if there’s a disagreement between them about their next destination, it’s the current lead investigator who has
the final word.

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END OF THE GAME
SCORE
The players can decide to stop following leads as soon as they want to. They then move on to the “Questions” section
of the case and answer the two series of questions given to them.
Players then head over to the “Solutions” section and one of them reads Holmes’ conclusions out loud. Finally, the
players open the envelope to evaluate their score and compare it to Holmes’.
To tally their scores, the players add the points obtained by answering the questions, then total up the number
of leads they followed. Then, they compare this number of leads to the number of leads followed by Holmes.
Note: In some cases, some leads are considered to be “free”. These are given at the end of the “Solutions” section of each
case. If the players have followed some of these leads, they do not count them among their followed leads.
If the players have followed more leads than Holmes, they subtract 5 points from their score for each extra lead.
If they’ve followed fewer leads than Holmes, they add 5 points to their score for each fewer lead. They obtain
their final score this way.
Example: The players have followed 8 leads and scored 95 points by answering the two series of questions.
They realise that Holmes has, for his part, finished the case with 6 leads. As they followed 2 extra leads, they
deduct 10 points from their score and finally only score 85 points.
HOLMES
The players may then compare their score to Holmes’. Holmes’ score is always 100 points. Defeating the Master is clearly hard, but not totally impossible!

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U
nder the Portico with the Ionic columns, Mr
Renford T. Pennypacker of the Smith, Smith,
Jones & Vanbrugh-Hawksmoor agency is
expecting us. He is a short, lively man, of whom one notices
above all, on a face otherwise nondescript, the broad,
somewhat artificial smile, topped by a moustache trimmed
in two fine tips like needles. He hands us a delicate hand,
which he withdraws immediately. With his hands crossed
on his belly, he looks like a diva about to execute an aria.
In a fluttered voice, chirping and sometimes chirruping, he
starts a guided tour of the dwelling.
As we are outside, he points out the vastness of the main court
and notes that it is more than sufficient to accommodate an
almost unlimited number of cars, “quite large enough to
satisfy the most tenacious of reception organisers. He also
mentions the vast courtyard for cars, on the south-west side.
The doorman’s Lodge (GF-50, GF-51) and the Marshal
Forge (GF-52) form on the right a kind of a miniature
Greek temple. On our left, adjoining the main building,
are the upper part of the Kitchen (GF-40), the Cook’s
Flat (GF-41, GF-43) and a Staircase
z leading to the
basement. “The supplies which are delivered can thus be discreetly unloaded and taken down to be put away, and without disturbing the comings and goings of the house masters.” Before we go inside the mansion, Mr Pennypacker points out the Balcony to us, accessible from the front by the two Staircases
a & b.
“Of course, the Balcony is accessible from the first-floor rooms, through French Windows, but you’ll see for yourselves in due time. Now, if you’d please follow me.” We climb the stairs and enter the First Vestibule (GF-1). We make a left to enter an Anteroom where Pennypacker points out a Staircase
k to us.
“There are backstairs leading to the basement and to the first floor. When shutting this door, next to the fireplace, the servants can attend to their chores, go up and down as discreetly as possible. You will note, hidden in this corner,
another Staircase
o which leads to the kitchen, in the
basement. It is used for serving in the main Dining Room. It is somewhat small, 2x2x1.5 ft., but it also connects that floor to the Kitchen, and leads to the First Floor (FF-1) Living Room. Mr Pennypacker opens two large doors and enters the main Dining Room (GF-27). His enthusiasm for the “English solid oak” - in which the 30 or so foot long table was carved -,
for the draperies in velvet of the finest quality adorning the tall windows “an enjoyable carpet of green grass,” and for the “Venice” crystal chandelier, seems limitless. Once his monologue is finally done, he turns the heels and enters the adjoining room, the Library (GF-26). “This room is my favourite one” he says, going into raptures again. The Library is a circular room that occupies both the ground and upper floors. It is crowned by a glass ceiling shaped as a dome.
DWELLING
R
ental – Carlton House,
100 Eaton Place, SW. Old
mansion, rebuilt in 1783 to be used
as a city house by the Prince of
Wales, Carlton House is the most
typical example in London of the
French neo-classical style. Spacious
private mansion, sophisticated,
magnificently equipped. Contact
Smith, Smith, Jones & Vanbrugh-
Hawksmoor; 33 Great Wild Street,
WC.
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On the first floor, an open gallery encircles the Library.
A spiral wrought iron staircase m, gives access to that
gallery, as well as the Laboratory (BF-5 ), thus connecting
all the floors of the house. “Here, you have close to 20 000 books, all leather-bound, on all unimaginable topics. These books are included in the rental price.” On that note, Mr Pennypacker enters majestically in the Large Living Room (GF-25). “Remove the furniture, and you have a ball room. Place the chairs in rows, add a stage, and you have a show room. You can transform this room so easily. Please, take note of the upper part of the casements. Belgian stained glass! A marvel!” In the adjacent room (GF-22), Mr Pennypacker draws our attention to the French windows which overlook the Porch (GF-35) and the garden.
“This room, and the other two that are on this side, can be used for almost anything. For example, this one could be a study room, or maybe a snooker room. The room next to it
(GF-23), could be a smoking room and the one after
(GF-24), could be a small sitting room.” He turns over and have us cross another Study Room (GF-21), which can also be used as a conference room, and an Anteroom (GF-20), before getting to the following rooms.
“The rooms in this angle make a very nice private suite. The Anteroom (GF-17) and the Living Room (GF-15) are the only rooms, apart from the one we’ve just seen, to have French windows providing access to the Porch.” “This Stairwell (GF-16) allows going up and down. It is a private staircase
h, adjoining a suite: A Toilet (GF-13), a large
Bedchamber (GF-14) and… err… a Lavatory (GF-12).” Blushing, Mr Pennypacker crosses briskly the large bedchamber, the suite’s Anteroom (GF-11), and enters a hallway. He stops to show us another Backstairs
g which,
once again, leads to the three levels of the house. On each side of the hallway, are the rooms reserved for the servants (GF-5 through 10).”
“We are here on the other side of Carlton House, where we find the Study of the house master (GF-3), his personal Cabinet (GF-4), the adjoining Anteroom (GF-2), as well as the private Staircase
c leading to the house master’s
Bedchamber of and its annexes (FF-5 through 7).” Mr Pennypacker managed to make us complete the tour of Carlton House going through the rooms overlooking the outside, so that we find ourselves in the First Vestibule (GF-1).
“Now, if you’re not too tired, we will go upstairs.” Without waiting for our response, he goes down the two steps giving access to the main Vestibule (GF-30). “Oh! I almost forgot, next to the Loge reserved to the doorman (GF-31), there is another Backstairs
e, which
gives access to the basement and, further away, there’s another Staircase
d which leads to the Turkish Bath
(FF-26) on the first floor… Ah, there’s also the Octagonal
Vestibule (GF-34) and the Stairs of Honour j.”
Once in the centre of the octagonal Vestibule, Mr Pennypacker suddenly starts twirling around, the arms extended. Just as suddenly, confused at having thus flaunted his emotions, he freezes in full motion. “Err... humm... the marble used here for the floor, and for the Stairs of Honours, is a white marble of Florence, very rare and very pure. Note the particular sound that the leather soles produce on the marble.” He taps his foot softly so as to illustrate what he has just said. Looking up, we see that, just as the Library, the Octagonal Vestibule rises over the entire height of Carlton House. Mr Pennypacker shows us the chandelier hanging from the ceiling. “This chandelier is, of course, the twin of the one in the main Dining Room.” Before we start climbing the Stairs of Honour, Mr Pennypacker shows us a succession of hidden rooms: the Playroom (GF-18), a Study (GF-19), and another Backstairs
i leading to the basement.
“Oh, yes! There’s somewhere in this house a secret room which once was used for… Well, never mind what it was used for.” We go up the stairs very slowly, making ours the majestic tempo of Mr Pennypacker’s gait. He seems enchanted by the sounds his shoes produce on the naked marble. Finally, we make a turn, keep going up, and at last get to the balustrade running alongside the circular gallery, from where we take a last look downwards. “Behind me, there is a set of Bedchambers and rooms
(FF-11 through 16) which all have French windows overlooking the Patio. There are, at the end of the corridor, on this side, the Study Room (FF-17) and, right here, I must show it to you, the Tapestry Room (FF-19). The tapestry that you see, which practically covers three walls of this room, is about fifty feet long and twelve feet high. It dates back to

gait He seems enchanted by the sounds his shoes produce on the naked marble Finally we make a turn keep going up and at last get to the balustrade running alongside the circular gallery from where we take a last look downwards Behind me there is a set of Bedchambers and rooms FF 11 through 16 which all have French windows overlooking the Patio There are at the end of the corridor on this side the Study Room FF 17 and right here I must show it to you the Tapestry Room FF 19 The tapestry that you see which practically covers three walls of this room is about fifty feet long and twelve feet high It dates back to

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century. As you can see, it represents scenes from the
life of Christ and was made by Lady Anne of Conventry who
worked on it alone. His brother had been seriously injured
during a joust defending her honour, and she swore that if
he’d recover she’d devote her life to the service of God. This
tapestry was her way of expressing her devotion. It is said
that after completing the last point - it took her fifteen years
to get there - she fell dead.”
After a few moments of silence, we leave the room and head
towards the part of Carlton House which is in the front.
“Still more Rooms (FF-20, FF-22) and a Smoking Room
(FF-21), where these discreet Backstairs
k lead to,
and which I told you about when we visited the ground floor. Here is another fairly large Living Room, where the Dumbwaiter
w stops at and, on the front side, still more
Rooms (FF-2 through 4). These three rooms, as well as the Antechamber (FF-5) adjoining the Bedchamber of the house master (FF-6), all have patio doors overlooking the Balcony.” We walk along the Suite of the house master (FF-5 through 7) and make a right. “Ah! The Turkish Bath (FF-26)… Decorated with a mosaic which happens to be the exact replica of the one in the private bathroom of the Izmir Sultan. Ours, of course, is much smaller.” Continuing the tour of the house, Mr Pennypacker points to another Bedchamber (FF-8), a Small Storeroom (FF-9), and the Bedroom of the floor servant (E-10), the main Staircase
f that leads to
the ground floor, and the Backstairs g that gets to the
basement. Finally, we make another right and enter the Storeroom (FF-27). As we have finished visiting the first floor, we take the Private Stairs
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When we get to the bottom floor, it is obvious that Mr Pennypacker’s enthusiasm for this seriously declines. We detect a crack in his never-ending smile, and the tips of his moustache start sagging. We make a left in the Boiler Room (BF-15), and find there the boiler in an open air well. The Stairs
p next to it go all
the way up to the roof. We walk by the Coal Cellar (BF-16) and the Basement
n doors. Mr Pennypacker is about to make a left, but
stops suddenly. He then explains, with a hand gesture: “Well, here in the basement, as anywhere else, there are the servants’ rooms, the wine cellar, the cheese cellar, the grain cellar, and so forth. Oh, there is also an Armoury (BF-10) with some quite remarkable armours and other medieval items, but we’ll keep that for some other day.” We then go through the Passageway (BF-23), and climb other Stairs
y. We suddenly find ourselves in the doorman’s
Lodge (GF-50). From there, we go to the Main Courtyard. The visit being over, Mr Pennypacker’s conversation about art and architecture becomes a big money business. He tells us the rental price for this dwelling. “And this amount is inclusive of all standard maintenance costs… It’s really a good deal, you know… Of course, you don’t have to decide on the spot… Think about it…” A car drives into the Main Courtyard and Mr Pennypacker’s face blossoms at once. He regains his smile which had almost faded, twists his moustache, and whispers, sputtering: “Lord Wiggleston!” He goes to meet Lord Wiggleston then as if he remembered our presence, waves his business card in our direction and takes his leave, mumbling.

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Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective
A game by Gary Grady, Suzanne Goldberg and
Raymond Edwards.
Additional cases: Thomas Cauët
Illustrations by Pascal Quidault (box), Arnaud
Demaegd (booklet covers), Neriac (inside),
Bernard Bittler (maps)
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Informants are recurring characters, with specific skills. From time to time, you will need their assistance to progress in
your investigation. Of course, not all informants will be of use in each case, and they will sometimes be absent. It’s up to
you to decide when to use a lead and to call on one of them…
Carlton House (100 SW)
Mansion whose occupants can be critical to the outcome of some cases.
Sir Jasper Meeks (38 EC)
Head Medical Examiner at Saint Bartholomew’s hospital. He performs the autopsies on all bodies found during the investigations.
H.R. Murray (22 SW)
Criminologist. He analyses all items and substances found during cases.
Scotland Yard (13 SW)
Police (represented by Inspectors Lestrade and Gregson). They have reports and details relating to the case.
Disraeli O’brian (14 WC)
Archivist with the Office of National Archives. Compiles legal and criminal records.
Somerset House (17 WC)
Records of births, deaths, marriages, and wills. Free access.
Edward Hall (36 EC)
Lawyer at the Old Bailey court. Source of information on court cases and legal affairs.
Porky Shinwell (52 EC)
Owner of the Raven & Rat pub. Source of information on all illegal affairs and underworld figures.
Fred Porlock (18 NW)
Member of the Underworld. Leaves coded information about the activities of Moriarty
(leader of the Underworld and sworn enemy of Holmes) at the Parsons & Sons toy shop.
Henry Ellis (30 EC)
Reporter for the London Times. Source of information on current events, mainly on foreign affairs.
Quintin Hogg (35 EC)
Reporter for the Police Gazette. Source of information for criminal cases.
Mycroft Holmes (8 SW)
Eminence grise. Source of information on all things relating to politics and government.
Langdale Pike (2 SW)
Social columnist. Knows all London society gossip.
Central Carriage Depot (5 WC)
Meeting point for London cab drivers. Source of information on the movements of suspects.
Lomax (5 SW)
Librarian at the London Library. To be consulted for any encyclopedic research.
Sherlock Holmes (42 NW)
If you’re stuck in your investigation, Sherlock Holmes will set you back on track with some good advice.
Be careful, that help could spoil the fun of investigating!
Informants

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