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 originally All at Sea, we later changed its name)
- Curse of the Pharaoh by Mo Holkar
2003
- Way out West by Tracy Bose (consistently one of our best-selling games, particularly when we created a free version).
- Happy Birthday RJ by Lisa Butler
- Court in the Act by Mo Holkar
2004
- Snow Business by Lisa Butler
- Death in the Fast Lane by Steve Hatherley (which never sold well and we withdrew it in 2011)
- The Night Before Christmas/Dazzled to Death by Tracy Bose
2005
- Hollywood Lies by Steve Hatherley
- A Dead Man’s Chest by Mo Holkar (which quickly became our bestseller for a few years while Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean films were so popular)
- Casino Fatale by Lisa Butler
2006
- Under the Big Top by Mark Schaefer
- Halloween Lies by Steve Hatherley (the Halloween version of Hollywood Lies)
2007
- Lei’d to Rest by DeAnna Knippling
- Davy Jones’ Locker by Mark Schaefer
2009
- The Karma Club by Mark Schaefer
- Bludgeoned on Broadway by Jennifer Vals
2010
- Who Shot the Sheriff by Tara Laben
- The Spy Who Killed Me by Anastasia Kulpa
- Arabian Nights by Lisa Perez
2011
- A Will to Murder by Mo Holkar
2012
- A Heroic Death by Becky Channon
- Pirate Island by Peaky Games
- Spellbound by Lisa Perez
- Trick or Treat by Peaky Games
2013
- Monster Mash by Peaky Games (the non-Halloween version of Trick or Treat)
- Lord and Lady Westing’s Will by Rachel Wendel
2014
- Murder on the Dance Floor by Terence Smith
- A Speakeasy Murder by Becky Channon
2015
- Death on the Rocks by Jessica Andrews
2018
- The Reality is Murder by Freeform Games
2019
- Christmas Lies (the festive version of Hollywood Lies) by Steve Hatherley
2020
- Reunion with Death by Mo Holkar
- Death in Venice by Mo Holkar
- The Food is to Die For by Anastasia Kulpa
- Christmas Reunion with Death by Mo Holkar
2021
- Murder on the Istanbul Express by Mark Jarrell
2022
- Vanished in Vegas by Jennifer Vals
2023
- The Roswell Incident by Steve Hatherley
- A Purrfect Murder by Karolina Soltys
One of the things that amazes me is how my memory has changed everything. I think of A Speakeasy Murder as one of our newer games, but it’s now over seven years old! And was it really in 2009 when we published The Karma Club?