Lucky Duck Games

By Bree Goldman, Director of Marketing for Lucky Duck Games

In Sherlock: Case Connection you are a detective investigating a crime. Collect proof, make connections between threads, and use this evidence to reconstruct the leads that you are pursuing. Solve the nefarious plots that Sherlock has discovered as you strive to become the world’s next greatest detective. Stay determined, and you might even overcome the master himself!

Sherlock: Case Connection is a competitive puzzle game designed by Radosław Ignatów and based on thea hit television show starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman.

Lucky Duck Games has partnered with BBC Studios and Hartswood Films to bring the enigmatic detective to life through board games. This is the first title published under this partnership.

Delivering the Sherlock Experience

For this first game in the Sherlock partnership, the goal was to deliver a massmarket focused product that provided quick, easy-to-learn gameplay while incorporating recognizable characters and locations from the TV show.

The gameplay is a light, competitive puzzle where players aim to form connections between their Plot card and various Thread cards through the use of matching colored Proof tokens. By forming these connections for every symbol on the edge of their Plot card, a player can solve that Plot and score points for it. Forming shorter, more efficient connections will score more points.

You are allowed to rearrange your “crime board” at any time, so you are never locked in to one theory of the crime – you can always have an “aha!” moment and move things around to suit your new ideas.

Easy to Learn, Easy to Play

The rules of Sherlock: Case Connection are straightforward – pick a location, choose two items from that location to pick up (any combination of Proof tokens and Thread cards), then refill locations if certain conditions have been met.

You can place your Thread cards and Proof tokens on your crime board at any time, even when it’s not your turn, and you can rearrange them freely throughout the game. When you complete a Plot card on your turn, you score it and get a new one. The first player to score 9 points is the winner!

By pairing straightforward but intriguing gameplay with the Sherlock IP, which already has strong mass appeal, Lucky Duck Games hopes to reach a mass-market audience with a quick, light game that still connects strongly with the brand.

Sherlock: Case Connection is a competitive puzzle game for 2-4 players. It will appeal to light puzzle gamers, fans of the Sherlock TV show, and anyone looking for a quick competitive game that will get your brain working.