Death in the Fast Lane – a Freeform Games murder mystery 
For 9 to 11 guests and a host – costs £20.00 (about 30.72 US dollars)
Death in the Fast Lane is a dinner party murder mystery game for 9 to 11 guests and a host – download the free introductory pdf file.
Click here to see previous hosts' stories about their Death in the Fast Lane parties.
Welcome to the world of Formula 17 racing -- fast cars, big deals and bitter rivalries. Three races are all that remain of the current racing season -- and with everything left to play for, the championship is in turmoil. Jo Shooie, championship leader, has been murdered! Will the murderer be caught? Who will take the chequered flag and the Championship? You will be in the middle of the action and it will be up to you to wheel and deal with the other guests. Can you achieve your goals, keep your secrets hidden and survive Death in the Fast Lane? It's up to you.
Death in the Fast Lane
At Death in the Fast Lane you will discover the following:
- Who is having an affair?
- Who has renegotiated their contract?
- Who are the Three Tenors?
- Who will win the championship?
- ...and, of course, who murdered Jo Shooie?
Find out in Death in the Fast Lane!
In Death in the Fast Lane, the last three races of the current Formula 17 season will be played out over the course of a single evening. The characters include drivers, team owners and the chairperson of the Race Committee. However, not everyone is as they seem - some have dark secrets they need to keep hidden... and someone is the murderer.
Death in the Fast Lane lasts for about four hours and is suited to an evening. It is often played over a meal – a finger buffet if possible to allow guests to circulate and talk in private.
The free introductory pdf file contains an introduction to the game, a list of all the characters, an invitation to send to your guests and a copy of Pit Lane – plus details of how to buy the game.
These are the characters in Death in the Fast Lane:
- Alex Kirk – Team Picard's #2 driver
- Andy Davis – Team McDonald's replacement driver
- Jac Noir – Team McDonald's #2 driver
- Jean Picard – Owner of Team Picard
- Marc Pizzt – Team Chelsea's #1 driver
- Mel Watson – Michaela Sprint's assistant
- Michaela Sprint – Chairperson of the Race Committee
- Mike Hacker – Team Picard's #1 driver
- Pat McDonald – Owner of Team McDonald
- Sam Chelsea – Owner of Team Chelsea
- Wendy Shooie – Team Chelsea's #2 driver
How Freeform Games Murder Mysteries Work
Death in the Fast Lane is unlike many murder mystery games. Although the game starts with a murder, most of the characters have more important things to do than to investigate it. And the killing may not be over – it is unlikely that everyone will survive the remainder of the evening!
Death in the Fast Lane is played just like a murder mystery game. You may be trying to solve the murder, but primarily you are (initially at least) concentrating on your own goals and objectives. Unlike most boxed murder mystery games, Death in the Fast Lane lets you decide how to achieve your goals and thwart your enemies.
On the evening of the game the guests are met by the organizer, the Race Marshal, and welcomed to the races. They then receive their detailed backgrounds - including dark secrets, goals and items. The fun then begins as form alliances, blackmail each other, steal items and maybe even try to run one another off the circuit! Depending on what the players choose to do, there are several different possible endings, but finally everyone finds out how they did, and what secrets everyone else was concealing.
Extra characters
Sometimes you have too many guests and you need more characters. So we've written a free extra character for each of our games that you can add in, and some of our customers have created their own characters for their parties and are kindly willing to share them.
Please note that we haven't tested these and they may not tie in exactly with our games.
IMPORTANT – if you've bought the game, you can download the files for these characters from the download page where you got your main game files. Contact us if you need the link and password to get back to that page.
- 'Ginger' Roberts – freelance reporter in search of the Big Story. (M/F)
(by Freeform Games)
Purchasing Death in the Fast Lane
Death in the Fast Lane costs £20.00 (GB pounds). That works out at about US$30.72 at today's exchange rate, although the rate charged by your credit card may vary slightly.
To purchase Death in the Fast Lane, follow these three steps.
Step 1: Download the free introductory pdf file. You will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to read this. If you do not already have Acrobat Reader, click here.
Step 2: Read our terms and conditions of purchase. Then come back here and click on the button to buy the game!
Step 3: Our orders are processed by WorldPay – we don't actually see your credit card details. After you have entered your credit card details you will be emailed the location of the main pdf files, plus the password required to unlock them. You can then download those files and enjoy the game!
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Cast Iron Guarantee
We offer a Cast Iron Guarantee on all our murder mystery games. If you're not completely satisfied with Death in the Fast Lane then please let us know within 30 days and we will refund you.