The Hand of Moriarty

Description

Sherlock Holmes: The Hand of Moriarty .

Sherlock Holmes has tracked Moriarty to a reception marking the opening of a museum of Egyptian Antiquities. He is surprised to meet Irene Adler there as well. The rest of the crowd are highly suspicious. That is when the museum’s benefactor is found murdered and a priceless necklace gone missing. The museum is sealed and Holmes is put on the case. .

Each turn a player buys to right to make up what happens next in the game. Their action isn’t automatic, they have to pick another player to be their referee. The referee decides how likely the action is (which sets what the player has to roll). Other players may buy the right to make counter-arguments which trigger dice rolling contests. While this sounds complicated it is actually extremely simple. Events either happen or don’t. The players keep a running record of what has happened until the facts lead them to a story climax which ends the game! Because people make up different clues each time the game never plays the same way twice! .

The Hand of Moriarty is a beginner level Matrix Game. It comes with a fold out map of the location. Each location has a list of leading questions that the players make up answers for. The game also includes a character sheet booklet, a rules booklet, action tokens and a six-sided die. You can be playing the game 5 minutes after opening it up. .

TYPE: Beginner Engle Matrix Game
PLAYERS: 2 to 8
AGE: 13 to adult
DURATION: ½ hour
COMPLEXITY: Moderate
REPLAYABILITY: High