The Great Game
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| See also: | Watsonian vs. Doylist, Baker Street Irregulars |
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The Great Game is a fan activity practiced by fans of the original Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in which it is assumed that the stories are all accounts of true events written by Dr. Watson, and that Conan Doyle was merely Watson's "literary agent," who got them published. Because Sherlockians playfully assume that Watson was Holmes' actual biographer, their gatherings and publications often focus on what is now described as meta: speculative or analytical material that seeks to explain or reconcile apparent contradictions in Doyle's canon.
See also Wikipedia's article.