Bludgeoned on Broadway – a Freeform Games murder mystery 
For 8 to 13 guests and a host – costs £20.00 (about 30.74 US dollars)
Bludgeoned on Broadway is a dinner party murder mystery game for 8 to 13 guests and a host – download the free introductory pdf file.
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Join us in a thrilling evening of of drama, double takes, and denouements. 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 Bludgeoned on Broadway? It's up to you.
Bludgeoned on Broadway
It's 1947 and along New York City's Broadway Avenue, theatres are stuffed to capacity with anxious spectators waiting to be entertained. Inside the Arlington Theatre, it's the first scene of the new Broadway play Olympian Days, and leading actor Jackson Turner has failed to make his grand entrance! Why? He's been brutally murdered in his dressing room backstage.
In Bludgeoned on Broadway, everyone is acting a part, and it's up to you to figure out who's hiding behind the mask of illusion, deception, and even murder! You can form alliances, blackmail each other, steal items and money, and generally usurp and upset others' attempts to achieve goals!
Along the way, you may solve some of Bludgeoned on Broadway's mysteries, like who is the Theatre Bomber? Who is the Midwest Murderer? Who is a Communist? And of course, who murdered Jackson Turner? Find out in Bludgeoned on Broadway!
Bludgeoned on Broadway 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.
"What a great way to spend a New Year's Eve!I loved it! The mystery was so well written. Everyone seemed to understand and fit into their character role. It is a must play game! "
Jen Laubscher, United States
The free introductory pdf file contains an introduction to the game, a list of all the characters, an invitation to send to your guests, a copy of the New York Press – plus details of how to buy the game.
These are the characters in Bludgeoned on Broadway:
- "Scrappy" Barker – the wily owner of the Arlington Theatre
- Bruno – the stage manager and a tough mafia soldier
- Dorothy Sadler – the ditzy leading actress debuting in the role of Hera, Greek Queen of the Gods
- Franco Torrio – fronts as a waste management consultant, but really a powerful mafia capo
- Hannah Edelstein – the production's talented choreographer and a Jewish immigrant from Denmark
- Harold Finney – the veteran character actor and mischievous storyteller playing the role of Hades, God of the Underworld
- Jordan Lutrova – the costume / prop coordinator and an eccentric collector of antiques and other treasures
- Lana Johnson – the glamorous and talented Broadway actress playing the supporting role of Aphrodite, Greek Goddess of Love
- Logan Randolph – a New York City police detective
- Mayor La Garner – the ambitious New York City Mayor
- Olivia Dalton – the Olympian Days producer
- Pat Waddle – the studious and idealistic Olympian Days playwright
- Taylor Higgins – a newspaper reporter from the Manhattan Happenings newspaper
How Freeform Games Murder Mysteries Work
Bludgeoned on Broadway 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!
Bludgeoned on Broadway 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, Bludgeoned on Broadway 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 Director, and welcomed to the Arlington Theatre. They then receive their detailed backgrounds - including dark secrets, objectives and money. The fun then begins as they form alliances, blackmail each other, steal items and maybe even try to murder one another! 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 Bludgeoned on Broadway
Bludgeoned on Broadway costs £20.00 (GB pounds). That works out at about US$30.74 at today's exchange rate, although the rate charged by your credit card may vary slightly.
To purchase Bludgeoned on Broadway, 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 Bludgeoned on Broadway then please let us know within 30 days and we will refund you.