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Sherlock Aquelarre: El Mercader
2021
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Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
- 1–8 players
- 60 min
- 8+
- Complexity 1.8/5
For 1 player
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Sherlock Aquelarre: El Mercader is a board game released in 2021 for 1–8 players and ages 8 and up. It was designed by Josep Izquierdo Sánchez, Martí Lucas Feliu, and Ricard Ibáñez and its main mechanics are Hand Management, Memory, and Deduction.
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About the game
Ignacio Zambrano, a successful merchant, was found dead in the back room of his shop. How did he die? Who is responsible for that? And why? Follow the instructions with your investigation team and try to answer these and many other questions. Can you clear up the mysterious death of the merchant? In each Q case, you try to solve a mystery case with 32 clues, with players revealing one clue at a time until all cards have been revealed or discarded. During your turn, each player must perform one of the following actions: Choose a card from your hand and place it on the table, so all players can read or see the entire information. We recomend you read out loud all shared info when you place it on the table. If you play a clue that happens to be irrelevant to the case, you lose points at the end of the game, but be careful! Some clues are vital to resolve the case. You can share and expose your theories at any moment and talk about the cards you have in your hand but you cannot show them to the other players and you may only read out loud the words written in bold or the text framed inside an image: At the end of the game, when all clue cards have been revealed or discarded, you must check carefully all the available information and prepare a theory of what happened, working all together. Then, open the questionnaire and answer all questions. During this phase of the game, you can speak freely about your discarded cards, or the information you remember of them. Each right answer will add two points.
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Publishers
- Geekach LLC
- Lifestyle Boardgames Ltd
- MS Edizioni
- GDM Games
Questions and answers
Sherlock Aquelarre: El Mercader supports 1–8 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.
The catalogue lists Sherlock Aquelarre: El Mercader for ages 8 and up. This is the publisher’s recommendation and reflects reading demands, rule complexity and small components rather than theme alone. Younger players can often join with help from an adult, so check the age guidance on your edition and consider your group’s experience with board games.
Sherlock Aquelarre: El Mercader has a complexity rating of 1.8 out of 5 from BoardGameGeek players, which makes it a light game. The rating reflects how much rules knowledge, planning and decision-making a typical game demands. Expect a longer first teach for heavier games, and use a preparation guide before game night.
Sherlock Aquelarre: El Mercader belongs to these categories: Card Game, Deduction, and Murder / Mystery. Its main mechanics are Hand Management, Memory, and Deduction. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of Sherlock Aquelarre: El Mercader are: Josep Izquierdo Sánchez, Martí Lucas Feliu, and Ricard Ibáñez. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists Sherlock Aquelarre: El Mercader as a base game. It can be played on its own with the components in the box and does not require any other title. Expansions, if any exist, add new content or rules on top of it and are listed separately in the catalogue with a link back to this base game.