The Whitechapel Horror
ExpertSisters in Shadow
A series of gruesome murders terrorise London's East End. As lady investigators, you understand what Scotland Yard does not: the victims were women, and women will bring their killer to justice. Navigate the fog-shrouded streets using networks of working women, charity workers, and survivors who trust no man.
"They call her victims 'unfortunates' -- as if their deaths were inevitable, acceptable, unimportant. You see what they cannot: these were women, each with a name, a story, a life. And other women saw what happened to them."
Lady Detective Notes
The victims were women failed by every institution meant to protect them. The witnesses are women terrified to speak to police. Only lady investigators can earn their trust, hear their stories, and find the monster hiding in plain sight.
Districts of London's East End
Whitechapel
The infamous slums where the murders occur. The working women have formed their own watch.
Spitalfields
Markets and immigrants. The women here work in sweatshops and know every face.
Aldgate
Eastern gate to the City. The charwomen who clean the offices see everything.
London Docks
Busy docklands. The dockworkers' wives notice when men spend money they shouldn't have.
Shoreditch
Music halls and pubs. The barmaids and chorus girls hear every drunken confession.
Bishopsgate
Inspector Abberline's station is here -- and his wife has read all his case files.
Tower Hill
Aristocratic townhouses hiding dark secrets that their wives have noticed.
Wapping
Riverside district. Madam Lu deals in information -- and only shares with other women.
The Three Acts
Act I: The First Body (6-round limit)
Investigate 3 murder sites and gather 6 clues. The police are useless, but the women who work these streets saw something.
The victims' friends are terrified. They won't speak to male reporters or police. But they might speak to a woman who treats them with dignity.
Act II: The Hidden Network
Identify 2 Veil agents. Someone is using the murders as cover. The women's networks have noticed patterns.
The servants, the barmaids, the washerwomen -- they've noticed the same men appearing before each murder.
Act III: Stop the Ritual (4-round limit)
Stop the final ritual with matching Leads: Motive, Method, Agent, Location, and Time.
The women of Whitechapel are counting on you. The sisterhood stands together.
Special Rules
Time Pressure
The game lasts exactly 8 rounds. At round 8, the ritual completes. You must win before then.
The Killer Strikes
Every 3rd round, another murder occurs: Menace +3.
The Fog
Movement costs +1 action during night rounds. The killer strikes unseen.
The Sisters' Watch
After gaining 3+ clues from women NPCs, draw one fewer Hazard card in Whitechapel.
Lady Blackmoor's Alliance
The Hostess can spend 2 Trust in Tower Hill to gain Lady Blackmoor as an ally, unlocking access to her husband's townhouse.
Survivor's Testimony
After spending 6 total Trust helping women, a survivor emerges with crucial testimony -- automatically revealing one Lead.