Freeform Games murder mystery blog

Scene of the Crime: The Show Must Go On!

Feb 25, 2025 | Newsletters

Our newsletter, with a new game to tell you about, a game update and a remarkable story about A Dead Man’s Chest.

In Search of a Dead Man’s Chest

Feb 5, 2025 | Customer stories

One of our customers, Melissa Midcap in Ohio, used our A Dead Man’s Chest murder mystery game and turned it into “In Search of a Dead Man’s Chest”, an interactive pirate dinner event. Here’s how she did it!

Wild west costume ideas

Jan 26, 2025 | Party Tips

Here are our Wild West costume ideas, along with photos from our customers, for costuming for our games set in the 1800s USA: Way out West and Who Shot the Sheriff.

Updating Court in the Act

Jan 9, 2025 | Murder mystery design

We’ve finally done it – we’ve updated Court in the Act to our modern format.

Freeform Games review of 2024

Jan 6, 2025 | Review of the year

Our review of 2024, which didn’t quite scale the dizzy heights of 2023 in terms of sales, but it was still pretty good. Sales slipped a bit in 2024, but it was still our third-best year (after 2024 and 2019).

Scene of the Crime: Christmas games and a call for playtesters!

Nov 27, 2024 | Newsletters

Welcome to the Freeform Games murder mystery newsletter. As Christmas approaches, we talk about playing our games during the festive season, we talk about office parties, and we need playtesters!

Using our murder mystery games for Christmas

Nov 5, 2024 | General, Party Tips

While we have a few murder mystery games for Christmas, written with a specific festive theme, you can host any of our games during the festive season. And with a few adjustments, you can make them Christmassy as well!

Murder mystery office game

Oct 16, 2024 | General

Hosting a murder mystery office game can be a fun and engaging way to bring colleagues together, offering numerous benefits for team dynamics and workplace morale.