Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: Jack the Ripper & West End Adventures FAQ
21 questions players ask · Updated Nov 12, 2026 · Full rulebook
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- Does the map travel-time scale apply to cabs and other transport, or only to walking?
- Do you measure travel time on the map scale along the streets or in a straight line?
- Are the Case 5 (Doctor Goldfire) cab log times wrong, and how should you handle them?
- Why do some directory addresses use a street name while others use only the map-section code?
- Can you carry a directory location's information from one case into the next?
The Jack the Ripper Campaign
Game Setup
- Which newspaper do you use for Case 5 (Doctor Goldfire) when the casebook is dated 12 September 1898?
- Which newspapers do you read for a case: only the one dated for it, or all earlier ones?
- Do fan-made or older-edition cases work with the Jack the Ripper and West End box?
- Are the London Directory and map the same in the base set and this box?
- Do cases 5 to 10 have to be played in order?
- Are the West End and Jack the Ripper cases connected to the original ten cases?
- Do you need to play the original cases in chronological order alongside the West End and Ripper sets?