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Scotland Yard: every award it has won

Spiel des Jahres 1983

Box art for Scotland Yard
Spiel des Jahres

1983Manfred Burggraf, Dorothy Garrels, Wolf Hoermann, Fritz Ifland, Werner Scheerer and Werner Schlegel

6.5

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18,272 ratings

Players
2–6
Duration
45 min
Complexity
1.9/5Light
Age
10+
  • Deduction
  • Travel

1 award

All of its awards

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About the game

In Scotland Yard, one of the players takes on the role of Mr. X. His job is to move from point to point around the map of London taking taxis, buses or subways. The detectives – that is, the remaining players acting in concert – move around similarly in an effort to move into the same space as Mr. X. But while the criminal's mode of transportation is nearly always known, his exact location is only known intermittently throughout the game.

The 125 fare tickets are 5 black, 23 pink underground, 43 green bus, 54 yellow taxi.

Similar to

The Fury of Dracula
Clue: The Great Museum Caper
Ghost Chase
Letters from Whitechapel
Garibaldi: The Escape
Specter Ops
Whitehall Mystery

Mechanics

  • Hidden Movement
  • Point to Point Movement
  • Secret Unit Deployment
  • Team-Based Game