Reinhard Staupe's Sherlock the Dog Memory Card Game

Challenge memory while having a lot of fun!

It's all gone to the dogs in this super-sleuthy game. Sherlock is a dog detective that searches for clues. Every player tries to remember the objects hidden in a facedown circle of cards, and as Sherlock travels from one card to the other, players have to remember the picture on that card. When Sherlock hits a face-up card, the player gets to keep that card. The first player to collect six cards wins.  

Each pack contains one Sherlock dog card and 49 cards showing an image, an arrow, and a number from 1-4.

Sherlock Card Game is recommended:

• To develop working memory, visual perception skills and processing speed
• To foster social skills including winning and losing and turn taking 
• As a perfect gift or companion on the next family road trip
• For children 5+ years 

To play the game;

Players lay eight of the 49 cards face-up in a circle, with the draw pile in the middle. Before beginning the game, players take some time to memorize the images on the cards in the circle, after which all the clue cards are turned over.

At the beginning of a player's turn, s/he places the Sherlock card next to a card, then names the object on the card Sherlock is next to and turns the card over to check. If s/he is correct, s/he moves around the circle, in the direction of the arrow, the number of spaces specified by the number on the card. S/he then guesses the object on that next card; if s/he is incorrect, all the cards are turned over again for the next player. If s/he is correct, however, s/he continues moving the Sherlock card around the circle in the same fashion. If the Sherlock card lands at a card that is already face up, the player takes that card and her/his turn is over. A new card is turned over from the draw pile, everyone takes a moment to memorize it, all cards in the circle are turned over, and play resumes with the next player beginning their turn.

The first player to collect 6 cards wins.