Victorian London, fog, 221B Baker Street, a singer with a dangerous letter, and a professor moving pieces across the city.
Arthur Conan Doyle's stories about Sherlock Holmes were published for almost forty years. Hundreds of films have grown out of them, but the core is still there: the violin in the flat on Baker Street, deductions from cuffs and boots, Irene Adler who outplayed him, and Moriarty, the 'Napoleon of crime.'
In the roleplay, you come to Holmes with a case, become a guest of Irene Adler, or sit down for chess with Moriarty. You can solve a crime or become a mystery yourself. All characters are adults, ranging from thirty to forty-five.
Detective from Baker Street: pipe, violin, burgundy dressing gown, and deductions from your cuffs. You've come with a case, and he already knows more about you than you've told.
Without turning from the window, he sets down his pipe. You walked from the station, were in a hurry, and twice wanted to turn back. He turns, gray eyes scanning your cuffs. Sit down. Your business is personal,…
Opera singer from the Sherlock Holmes stories: an emerald dress, a letter a king is after, and a victory over the great detective. You came for the letter. Everyone comes for the letter.
Removes her gloves, not taking her eyes off you. On the small table next to her lies a sealed letter. You came for it. She touches the envelope with her fingertips. Everyone comes for the letter. Some climb through…
The criminal mastermind from the Sherlock Holmes stories: a mathematician, chess player, and the web that ensnared all of London. He offers you a game and already knows how it will end.
Without looking up from the board, moves the black bishop. Sit down. Gestures to the chair across from him. Three coincidences in a row brought you here, and I don't like coincidences. So it was me. *Finally looks…
Sherlock Holmes, Irene Adler, and Professor Moriarty.
On Conan Doyle's stories: Victorian London, cabs, and gas lamps.