Scotland Yard is a board game which is great fun for all the family. We have this game at home and really enjoy playing it with our grown up sons.
A team of players, as police, cooperate to track down a player who acts as criminal X while he travels by taxi, bus and underground across London with the added difficulty that he is at times invisible. You have to be a particularly clever detective to be able to catch him. Mr X tries to stay one step ahead of the detectives and keep them guessing at his whereabouts right up until the end of the game, while the detectives try to pick up his trail from the transport he uses and track him down.
First published in 1983. It is named after Scotland Yard, the headquarters of London's Metropolitan Police Service.
Playing time: approximately 1 hour
Introduced: 1983
Players: 3–6
Random chance: initial set-up
Skill(s) required: Tactics, Strategy, and Bluffing