Murder at the Diogenes Club

These mystery gamebooks allow the reader to enter the world of Sherlock Holmes, though they don't allow control of Holmes himself - he is merely a character who sometimes shows up during play. Two six-sided dice are used for randomization, and players have the choice of either using a pre-created character or building their own by distributing bonus points between six attributes: Athletics, Artifice, Observation, Intuition, Communication and Scholarship. During play, the reader is frequently prompted to note down codes for clues, deductions and decisions. An example is given on the first character record. These codes can then affect the outcomes of subsequent sections. At least nine books were planned for the series, but only seven were released in English; the eighth book, though unreleased in its native tongue, did see publication in translated editions in several countries. The ninth book never saw the light of day in any form. Some books in the series were printed in two different versions: a Berkley-oriented version with the Berkley logo on the spine and a sequential series number on the front cover, and an Iron Crown Enterprises version with the ICE logo on the spine and the ICE product code on the front cover. The ICE is a more rare edition and extremely difficult to find in mint condition. Worth paying for.


Genre: Historical Mystery