2018 · Card Game
Sherlock: The Tomb of the Archaeologist
Players investigate the murder of a prominent archaeologist in 1923 by examining a fixed set of 32 clues and answering a series of questions about the case. Each player or team reviews evidence, compares testimonies, and deduces relationships between clues to build a coherent reconstruction of events and identify motives, opportunities, and means. Play emphasizes logic, deduction, and elimination as players narrow possibilities and justify answers to specific case questions.
- Players
- 1–8 best 2
- Playing time
- 40–60 min
- Age
- 10+
- Complexity
- 1.5 / 5
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Full stats in Ludoya- 33
- Plays logged
- 65
- Players
- 51m 30s
- Average play
- 54
- In collections
- 1
- On wishlists
6.7/10
from 26 Ludoya reviews
Mestremuten4.0 Rating: 3/5 Production value: 1/4 Is the game in my collection/Love to have?: 0/1
Great history! Lot of fun!
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