Sherlockian game

"The Great Game (Sherlock Holmes)" redirects here. For the Sherlock episode, see The Great Game (Sherlock).

The Sherlockian game (also known as the Holmesian game, the Great Game or simply the Game;[1] also as the Higher Criticism) is the pastime of attempting to resolve anomalies and clarify implied details about Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson from the 56 short stories and four novels that make up the Sherlock Holmes canon by Arthur Conan Doyle. It treats Holmes and Watson as real people and uses aspects of the canonical stories combined with the history of the era of the tales' settings to construct fanciful biographies of the pair.[2]

  1. ^ Cole, Sean (December 1, 2005). "Sherlock Holmes Fans Play 'Great Game'". All Things Considered. Retrieved June 5, 2012.
  2. ^ Britt, Ryan (August 29, 2016). "The First Modern Fandom Brought Sherlock Holmes Back from the Dead". Inverse. Retrieved December 11, 2023.