Watch “The Queen's Park Affair (SHCD Expansion): In-depth spoiler-free review and advice on playing (80min),” a board game review on BoardGameVideo.
Description provided by CO-OP FOR TWO on YouTube:
A review of the game, a discussion of the differences between the 1984 original and the 2017 reprint, and some advice on how to maximize your enjoyment. Timestamps:
00:00 - Start of video
00:47 - Preliminaries
01:36 - Outline
02:34 - Historical context / 1984 version
07:33 - 2017 Reprint
13:35 - Bottom line
15:39 - Part 2: detailed impressions
18:20 - Multi-day campaign
20:36 - Pacing problems
24:38 - Nature of the “work"
28:09 - Quality of the mystery
30:40 - Quality of final solution
33:20 - Advice for playing
36:54 - The time mechanic in depth
51:30 - Random advice for playing
54:57 - Game design lessons
01:08:35 - Game design lessons contd.
01:13:34 - Final thoughts
Queen's Park Affair playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUuYfoWEBEMVp7niIEQ1SytDl62sR41oj
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2017·Thomas Cauët, Raymond Edwards, Suzanne Goldberg, Gary Grady
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Mostly playthroughs. Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: Carlton House & Queen's Park is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 1 reviews and 8 recorded sessions.
1 - 8 players
90 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting
About Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: Carlton House & Queen's Park, from BoardGameGeek:
Welcome to the Carlton House. Enjoy the luxury and solve the murders! How about a stroll in beautiful Queen's Park? Beware dogs and the occasional crime scene…
Return to the streets of Victorian London, but also venture into brand new locations in the latest installment in the Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective line: Carlton House & Queen's Park! Like the previously released The Thames Murders and Other Cases, Carlton House & Queen's Park introduces ten exciting cases, each one drawing players deep into the world of Sherlock Holmes. Among these cases includes two classic, long out-of-print expansions which are now revised and updated. Whether you're playing solo or with up to eight possible players, you need your wits about you to solve the cases and beat Holmes himself!
-description from the publisher
Designers
Thomas Cauët, Raymond Edwards, Suzanne Goldberg, Gary Grady
Artists
Bernard Bittler, Arnaud Demaegd, Neriac, Pascal Quidault