
- BGG rank
- BGG #576
- BGG rating
- 7.5
Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: Jack the Ripper & West End Adventures
- 1–8 players
- 90 min
- Complexity 2.2/5
- 2016

Expansion for Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Thames Murders & Other Cases
Rules assistance for Sherlock Holmes Détective Conseil: Octobre 1891
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Sherlock Holmes Détective Conseil: Octobre 1891 is an expansion for Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Thames Murders & Other Cases released in 1991 for 1–8 players. It was designed by Jean Millemann and its main mechanics are Storytelling and Cooperative Game.
We’ve just arrived at 221B Baker Street when Dr. Watson takes us aside. "Gentlemen, I’m deeply concerned about Mr. Holmes’s mental state. For two days now he’s been acquiring strange books and spending all his time at the coffee table playing patience with a deck of cards. I’m worried that he’s been seized by the idea of reading the future thus, which you will no doubt agree is quite illogical. Also, please don’t mention this madness of not speaking until he’s flipped a card." Wiggins asks Watson if he can say when exactly the most brilliant mind of our time was overcome with this folly. "Precisely two days ago, after reading The Times." Wiggins looks over at us conspiratorially and whispers in our ear: "I rather think we’d do well to read that edition of the Times and start investigating, don’t you?" So begins "October 1891," a single extra case expansion originally published in Role Mag' (#5 - March-April 1991). An alternate main case title was added to the English and Spanish editions: * Spanish: El Caso de la Baraja * English: Case of Bad Fortunes
Sherlock Holmes Détective Conseil: Octobre 1891 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.
Sherlock Holmes Détective Conseil: Octobre 1891 belongs to these categories: Deduction, Murder / Mystery, and Novel-based. Its main mechanics are Storytelling and Cooperative Game. 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 Holmes Détective Conseil: Octobre 1891 are: Jean Millemann. 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 Holmes Détective Conseil: Octobre 1891 as an expansion for Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Thames Murders & Other Cases. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Thames Murders & Other Cases to use it. Check that your edition of Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Thames Murders & Other Cases is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.