The Sherlock Files: Elementary Entries

About this board game

The Sherlock Files: Elementary Entries is a cooperative mystery-solving game for 1-8 players, with an approximately 60-minute play time.

Step into the role of modern mastermind detectives and investigate three confounding cases. Your challenge is to examine the available clues, determine which ones are relevant, and share your discoveries with your detective partners.

Each case presents a different mystery to unravel:

• Discover the cause of a fatal heart attack aboard Flight TJ1309.
• Reopen a cold case from 1923 involving the violent and unexpected death of a famous explorer and archaeologist.
• Uncover the story behind a mysterious body that disrupted one family’s Fourth of July party.

As you investigate, decide which theories deserve your attention and which clues can be set aside. The game challenges your group to discuss the evidence, pursue promising explanations, and work together toward a solution.

The Sherlock Files: Elementary Entries asks how you will fare compared with the world’s greatest detective. Solve each case and find out whether your team can decipher the clues and uncover what really happened.

Released in 2019, this entry in The Sherlock Files series offers three distinct investigations in one mystery-focused experience. Gather your fellow detectives, share what you know, and see whether collective reasoning can crack these perplexing cases.