by Steve Hatherley | Mar 11, 2026 | Newsletters
Welcome to Scene of the Crime Welcome to the Freeform Games murder mystery newsletter. We have a packed issue this time, with our newest game, a competition, and another call for playtesters. Plus we visit a larp festival in Leeds, appear on a podcast and more. And we...
by Steve Hatherley | Jan 28, 2026 | Party Tips
One simple way to elevate your murder mystery party is to include fun awards and let your guests vote on them at the end of the night. One of our experienced customers, Rich, shared a tip for making these awards easier: use online voting to make tallying the votes...
by Steve Hatherley | Jan 6, 2026 | Review of the year
Looking back at 2025 It’s 2026! Already! So how was 2025 for Freeform Games? In summary, we published more games (yay!), but sales were flat (hmmm). We’ve been doing these reviews since 2013 – read them here. Best-selling games Our bestsellers in 2025 were our...
by Steve Hatherley | Dec 3, 2025 | Newsletters
Welcome to Scene of the Crime Welcome to the Freeform Games murder mystery newsletter. As Christmas approaches, we talk about playing our games during the festive season, playtesters, and more! And we have a seasonal discount code! Enjoy! Mo and Steve Christmas games...
by Steve Hatherley | Oct 10, 2025 | General
We had a recent query about the gender of our murderers, as a customer was looking for games with female murderers. We checked through our games, and we have a fairly even split of male/female/ungendered murderers (although, to be fair, there are slightly fewer female...
