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The Detective Game: Suspicion

1970

The Detective Game: Suspicion

2–6 players · 60 min

"Suspicion" is a detective game set in the times of the legendary private-eye Sherlock Holmes. The playing board represents London. Each player is a detective whose aim is to solve the crimes of three suspects. There are 24 suspects in all. Each of these bears the name of a fictional Victorian criminal and four items of information. These are:

  1. a clue to identification
  2. evidence of the crime
  3. proof (fingerprint)
  4. a district of London To solve the crime, the detective must collect every item of information on the card.

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