Scotland Yard

1983 board game
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Scotland Yard

Summary

Scotland Yard is a board game[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of board_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Scotland Yard received the Spiel des Jahres[3].
  • Scotland Yard's instance of is recorded as board game[4].
  • Scotland Yard was published by Ravensburger[5].
  • Scotland Yard's genre is deduction game[6].
  • Metropolitan Police is named after Scotland Yard[7].
  • Scotland Yard's Commons category is recorded as Scotland Yard (board game)[8].
  • Scotland Yard was published on 1983[9].
  • Scotland Yard's minimum number of players is recorded as {'amount': '+2'}[10].
  • Scotland Yard's maximum number of players is recorded as {'amount': '+6'}[11].
  • Scotland Yard's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+45'}[12].
  • Scotland Yard's minimum age is recorded as {'unit': 'Q24564698', 'amount': '+8'}[13].
  • Scotland Yard's game mechanics is recorded as cooperative gameplay[14].
  • Scotland Yard's P14579 is recorded as 1557[15].
  • Scotland Yard's P14915 is recorded as scotland-yard[16].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Scotland Yard was published by Ravensburger[5].

Publication

Scotland Yard was released on 1983[9]. Its genre is deduction game[6].

Reception

Scotland Yard received the Spiel des Jahres[3].

Why It Matters

Scotland Yard ranks in the top 8% of board_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

FAQs

What awards did Scotland Yard receive?

Honors received include Spiel des Jahres[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · Maxlath · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14915 → scotland-yard
    Wikipedia languages → ['commons', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'fy', 'it', 'ja', 'nl', 'pl', 'u
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P14915]]: scotland-yard, add BlueSky handle (P12361) scotland-yard"
  2. 11w ago · Dirac · 2026-07-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+45'}
    Minimum age → {'unit': 'Q24564698', 'amount': '+8'}
    Image → Jeu Scotland Yard.jpg
    Global trade item number → 4005556266807
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P18]]: Jeu Scotland Yard.jpg, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/261337|batch #261337]]"
  3. 13w ago · Marcandre.lureau · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Maximum number of players → {'amount': '+6'}
    Genre → deduction game
    Publisher → Ravensburger
    Publisher → —
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14579]]: 1557, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782934895517"
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