by | Dec 15, 2021 | Murder mystery design
We were recently asked how we would add around 20 additional characters to Hollywood Lies. That’s a lot, and as we’ve already talked about that for Casino Fatale, I thought I’d explain what I would do for Hollywood Lies. Hollywood Lies starts with 32 characters, and...
by | Nov 10, 2021 | General
Following on from our birthday post last month, I thought it would be interesting to show when we published each game. I’ve excluded translations to keep things simple… 2001 Death on the Gambia by Steve Hatherley 2002 Murder at Sea by Chris Boote (Murder at Sea was...
by | Jan 16, 2020 | Review of the year
We’re mid-way through January so it’s time to look back and see how the last twelve months have been. I don’t like to do this in December, because the year isn’t fully over and we haven’t tallied all the sales. Death on the Gambia We’ve been doing these...
by | Feb 24, 2019 | Customer stories
So what does a Freeform Games murder mystery party really look like? They’re hard to describe, and if you’ve not seen or played in one, they’re fairly hard to imagine. So here’s a moment from Hollywood Lies, sent to us by Julie D’Augusta....
by | Dec 22, 2015 | Murder mystery design
In Part 1 I talked about updating Hollywood Lies – bringing it into the modern format, making it completely kid-friendly, making all the characters gender-neutral, and including the extra character pack in the main game. In this post I talk about how I did it....