Mark R recently wrote to tell us about Kumospace. In Mark’s words… We did Reunion with Death back in 2020 using Zoom. The game was great, but Zoom is a bit clunky since the host must admit people to rooms. Kumospace layout I just bought Death in Venice. I'll use a different service this time: Kumospace. I haven't used it yet (other than to play...
We have received a great story from Rosie about her Way out West Zoom party. Way out West on Zoom I ran Way out West via zoom for a group of old school friends last weekend and it was so much fun! The players said it was one of the best evenings they’ve had all year. I wrote one extra character. My husband played it and said it worked really...
Gather.town is a map-based virtual space where users can walk around a map and engage in video conversation based on their proximity to one another. Although we've not tried it, it's another option if you want to run a murder mystery game online. The Food is to Die For The restaurant Gather.town uses a map, and while several are provided none of...
In an earlier post Kelly from Michigan told us about the prizes she awards when she hosts one of our murder mystery games. The Reality is Murder She then told us about another thing she does - mass murder! “We usually have a mass murder after the game is over. I let anyone who wants to kill anyone else if they win at RPS, it doesn't matter if...
Lord and Lady Westing’s Will is one of our more challenging murder mystery games to run online. The game is set in an English country house with numerous private bedrooms to sneak into. Our rules for searching the rooms involve talking to the host (because you probably don’t have an English country house of your own to run the game in). Different...
Kelly in Michigan has tried both Reunion with Death and Death in Venice, and has shared her story (and some great tips) with us. “Thanks for making the online versions of the games! We tried both of them. I don’t think I am qualified to review Reunion With Death though. The first time around I was going through stuff and made a mess of it. The...
A Heroic Death is one of our more complex games in terms of moving parts - it has superpowers and hidden identities and specific locations. So we never thought it would be a candidate for online play during coronavirus lockdown. How wrong we were! Eve Bennett successfully ran A Heroic Death with her friends spread across three cities, two in...
Following on from our last post about running a A Will To Murder in lockdown, we have another lockdown story - Way out West. Paul Barnard used Zoom and ownCloud (a bit like Dropbox or Microsoft OneDrive) to run Way out West across five houses. Here's how he did it. Way out West across five houses “With the Covid-19 isolation policies in place it...
I'm sure I don't need to mention the worldwide coronavirus pandemic currently underway, but please be responsible in organising a social gathering and make sure you follow the latest advice. Playing Death on the Gambia before the days of social isolation Some of our customers are doing that - and still hosting our murder mysteries… A Will to...
Here's a great YouTube video about interactive murder mystery games created by Isaac Litkowitz and friends. Isaac interviewed Mo and I over Skype, and we appear (briefly) in the video. The video features lots of scenes from our murder mystery games - so you can get a sense of how they play, and reactions from many of the players....