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Scotland Yard
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Awarded Europe's Game of the Year Award
Consistent Top Ratings by US Games Magazine

Hunting Mr X *** Hunting Mr X *** Hunting Mr X ***

Where is that elusive fugitive?
Take on the role of detectives and stake out the player named Mr X!


This game requires strategy and accurate communication among a team of detectives of the Scotland Yard, the headquarters of the London Metropolitan Police Force. Close observation, clever tactics and a bit of luck are required for this exciting chase. Heed the clues and try to catch Mr X before he escapes!

Scotland Yard assembles a team of players, as "police", to cooperate in tracking down a player controlling a "criminal" around a board based on the mass transit system of London.

A rare find in terms of skill development, Scotland Yard requires a very high level of cooperation among players! Fantastic for skill-building in areas of problem solving and interpersonal communication! Deliberation, strategy, knowledge, creativity, action and a little dose of luck will put Mr. X in his rightful place.

Contents: 1 game board, 6 playing figures, 18 starting cards, 127 transportation ticks, 1 travel log, 1 baseball cap for Mister X.

Note:
Scotland Yard is interesting due to the fact that the game is asymmetrical. In most board games, the players have the same goal, but in Scotland Yard the goals of the detectives and Mr. X are quite different.

  • Scotland Yard, A Game of Strategy
  • More than 4,000,000 Sold Worldwide
  • Awarded Europe's Game of the Year Award
  • Consistent Top Ratings by US Games Magazine
  • Approx. playing time 45 minutes
  • 3 to 6 players
  • Ages 10 to 99

    Game Play:
    One player controls "Mr. X" a criminal whose location is only revealed periodically, and the other players each control a detective, which is always present on the board.

    All players start with a number of tokens allowing them a certain number of moves using the following methods:
  • Taxis are expensive and only allow the player to move a short distance per unit of 'currency' [card/token]. However, taxis can be used to reach any point in London, most of which are not accessible in this game by bus or tube.
  • Buses are available throughout most of the map, allowing longer-distance travel more quickly if the player is located at a bus stop.
  • The London Underground in this game also allows quick travel between distant points of London. However, stations are far apart so the use of an underground ticket can narrow down the possibilities of Mr. X's location.
  • Water routes are available, which only Mr. X can use (using a black ticket), using the water buses' routes along the Thames between Greenwich and Whitehall. When Mr. X uses a water-borne transport, the number of locations he can be at is narrowed quite considerably. Therefore, when Mr. X uses a "valid on any transport" black card, it is often the subject of debate whether this was used to obscure a river trip.
    *Once each transport token is used by a detective, it is turned over to Mr. X, effectively giving him unlimited transport. Mr. X also has a small number of 'valid on any transport' tickets, and 'move twice this turn' tickets.

    After his third move, and then every fifth move, Mr. X has to reveal his current position. Detectives will take this opportunity to refine their estimates for his position, and plan ways to encircle him if possible. From each known position, the types of transport used by Mr. X limit the number of possible locations he may be standing in, which provides useful information to detectives (as well as preventing some types of cheating by the fugitive player).

    The game is won by the detectives if they catch Mr. X by landing on the same square as Mr. X's current location, or it may be won by Mr. X if he remains out of the grasp of detectives until they all are unable to move (which happens after 24 moves at the latest, since there should be no more transport tokens left for the detectives).





      UPC 4005556261178
      Manufacturer SKU 26117
      Manufactured In Germany



    Scotland Yard has been reviewed 13 times with an average rating of 4.62. Click here to view all Scotland Yard reviews...

    Product review of Scotland Yard
    Posted 7/11/2008 by Julian Schack

    Rating:

    All parts of the game are there, and all in good conditions. The game is sooo much fun for the whole family cause is enjoyable for kids and teenagers as well as for adults.

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    Review for Scotland Yard
    Posted 1/16/2008 by Brynn Candell

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    This game was a favorite of mine when I was a kid. My family and I would gather around and play as Mr X. and the detectives. When I was a kid this game was quite challenging. As an adult, this game is not very fun. The game is hugely unbalanced, Mr X. has such an advantage with his Mr X. tickets, his x2 tickets and his invisibility that the detectives will NEVER land on him. The creators need to give the detectives more advantages to win.

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    Review On Scotland Yard
    Posted 1/4/2008 by Pamela George

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    My husband has absolutely loved this game. It has been a fun game to play.

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    A rating of Scotland Yard
    Posted 12/26/2007 by Rachelle Bailey

    Rating:

    great game

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    Great Entertaining Game
    Posted 12/14/2007

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    I've played this game before. It is fun and interesting. A clever way to spend time with friends and family. This product was a wonderful buy!

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    Some alternate spelling variations of this product:
    Hunting Mister X, Hunt Mr X, Hunting Mr. X, Scotland Yard game, strategy board games, strategy games, detectives game, detectives board games, ,criminal board games, police games, fugitives games, fugitives board games, murder and mystery board games, mystery games, mystery board games,



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