X also has a supply of black tickets that are valid for any mode of transport available from the current location of Mr.

Underground to 46 (sole closest underground stop space connected by a broken red underground line).

Bus to 58 or 94 (closest bus stop spaces connected by a solid green bus line).

Taxi to 58, 73, 75, or 92 (closest taxi stop spaces connected by a solid yellow taxi line).

The possible movements from this space are: For example, consider movement from space #74. įrom any given space, movement is possible along a line matching the mode of transportation (taxi, bus, or underground) to the closest adjacent space for that mode. X, effectively giving that player an unlimited amount of transport tokens. X starts with the remaining transport tickets however, once each transport ticket is used by a detective, it is turned over to Mr. X can use with a black ticket, allow them to follow routes along the River Thames between Greenwich and Whitehall.Įach detective begins with a finite mix of taxi, bus, and underground tickets.

The Underground, which allows quick, long-distance travel between stations that are distant from each other and can therefore be used to move towards Mr.Buses, which are available throughout most of the board and allow longer-distance travel but only if the player is located at a bus station.Taxis, which allow the player to move only one space per use but can be used on most spaces in the game to move in all directions.Movement is governed by exchanging transportation tokens ('tickets'), which allow passage between spaces according to the following modes: There are a total of 199 spaces ('stations') on the board. X cannot be caught in the first round of play. The locations on the cards are spaced far enough apart to ensure that Mr. Setup Schematic network game board diagram for Scotland Yard (Milton Bradley version)Įach player draws one (or more) starting card(s) to determine the starting locations of each piece the detectives place their tokens at the locations they drew, but Mr. In the Milton Bradley version, there are always five detectives on the board, so with less than six players, one player can control two or three detectives. The other players each control at least one detective, all of which are always present on the board. X': a criminal whose location is only revealed periodically throughout gameplay. It received the Spiel des Jahres (Game of the Year) award in 1983 -the same year that it was published. The game is published by Ravensburger in most of Europe and Canada and by Milton Bradley in the United States. Scotland Yard is an asymmetric board game, during which the detective players cooperatively solve a variant of the pursuit–evasion problem. It is named after Scotland Yard which is the headquarters of London's Metropolitan Police Service in real-life. Scotland Yard is a board game in which a team of players controlling different detectives cooperate to track down a player controlling a criminal as they move around a board representing the streets of London.

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