Who goes first?
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Who goes first in Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Thames Murders & Other Cases?

Space Cowboys English Thames Murders

Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Thames Murders & Other Cases Space Cowboys English Thames Murders game box cover

Choose a lead investigator. That player reads the case introduction, then chooses the first lead to investigate. The role passes left after each turn.

Rule details

Everyone cooperates and may discuss the next lead. If the group disagrees about where to go, the current lead investigator decides.

Read one lead aloud and record that it has been followed, then pass the booklet left. If a location has no entry in this case, choose another lead.

Choose a case together; the rules suggest chronological order to avoid newspaper spoilers. Use its dated newspaper and earlier issues, leaving later newspapers aside.

Keep the London map, directory and informant list available to the group.

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