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Get ready to enter the poor and dreary Whitechapel district in London 1888 – the scene of the mysterious Jack the Ripper murders – with its crowded and smelly alleys, hawkers, shouting merchants, dirty children covered in rags who run through the crowd and beg for money, and prostitutes – called "the wretched" – on every street corner.
The board game Letters from Whitechapel, which plays in 90-150 minutes, takes the players right there. One player plays Jack the Ripper, and his goal is to take five victims before being caught. The other players are police detectives who must cooperate to catch Jack the Ripper before the end of the game. The game board represents the Whitechapel area at the time of Jack the Ripper and is marked with 199 numbered circles linked together by dotted lines. During play, Jack the Ripper, the Policemen, and the Wretched are moved along the dotted lines that represent Whitechapel’s streets. Jack the Ripper moves stealthily between numbered circles, while policemen move on their patrols between crossings, and the Wretched wander alone between the numbered circles.
Ages | 14+ |
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Players | 2 Players, 3 Players, 4 Players, 5 Players, 6 Players |
Play Time | 60m – 60m |
Designer | Gabriele Mari, Gianluca Santopietro |
Mechanics | Hidden Movement, Team-Based Game, Memory, Point to Point Movement, Secret Unit Deployment |
Theme | Bluffing, Deduction, Murder/Mystery, Post-Napoleonic |
Publisher | 999 Games, Devir, Hobby Japan, Nexus Editrice, Planplay, Sir Chester Cobblepot, Stratelibri, Swan Panasia Co., Ltd., Zhiyanjia, Edge Entertainment, Fantasy Flight Games, Galakta, Giochi Uniti, Heidelberger Spieleverlag, Korea Boardgames co., Ltd. |
AlistairG
My favourite hidden player movement game. Lots of tension for the player who plays as Jack. If you like analyzing and puzzling over things you'll enjoy playing one of the policemen.
adamscott
Got this to the table at 4p and really enjoyed it. BGG says best at 2p, but 4p was great because the 3 officers got to coordinate and strategize together. Very clever design, with few rules and minimal components (huge plusses in my book). Upping this to a 9 after my second play. Hoping this gets lots more plays.
AlanDAmico81
Uno dei miei giochi preferiti in assoluto. Sia per esperti che per neofiti, grazie al fattore collaborazione.