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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. |
ab5124
The game feels very thematic to me. The hidden movement of Jack is great and trying to track him down gets harder with every night.
altonu
Hidden movement and one vs many are two of my favourite mechanisms, and this is my favourite game of that category. This rating only applies to having full player count of investigators though - without full player count, I'd rather just play something else.
Aiko Akemi
My very first time playing this game, I managed to escape while being Jack the ripper. I wonder if it'll be as fun when being one of the policemen. Need to find out :)