Welcome to the Freeform Games murder mystery party newsletter! In this issue we talk about: Other games for Halloween Meet the author – Jessica Andrews Enjoy! Mo and SteveOther games for Halloween Of course, you don't have to buy a special Halloween-themed murder mystery to have a Halloween party – you can use any of our murder mysteries, and...
As part of this year’s Hollywood Lies update, one of the changes I have made was to the murder plot. The original murder plot involved a love affair, and that was no longer appropriate as I was making the game more kid-friendly and gender neutral. So this is what I did. Plotting a murder The first thing I needed to do was work out the basic plot...
We’ve got something a bit different this time - a story from customer Mark Lemay about adding Skype and simple cryptography to The Spy Who Killed Me. Here’s Mark: When I ran The Spy Who Killed Me I created two additional characters who were only contactable by Skype. The players playing the characters were remote from the party, and I had two...
As I mentioned in our review of 2014, I am updating Hollywood Lies and bringing it into our current format. However, one of the things that it making this harder (and therefore taking much more time than it otherwise should), is that I am making all the characters gender-neutral so that they can be played by men or women. Hollywood Lies - our...
Welcome to the latest Freeform Games newsletter! In this mini-issue we announce our new game: Death on the Rocks. Enjoy! Mo and SteveDeath on the Rocks launches! Just a quick note to tell you about the release of our new murder mystery party game – Death on the Rocks! Get Death on the Rocks here.Here's a summary: Death on the Rocks is for 12–16...
Freeform Games newsletter April 2015: Death on the RocksWelcome! Welcome to the April 2015 edition of our irregular newsletter. In this issue, we talk about: New game – Death on the Rocks VAT – good news Website – more good news A story about A Speakeasy Murder New game – Death on the Rocks! It's been a while since we brought out a new murder...
I recently played in UK Freeform’s annual weekend game. Last year it was Cafe Casablanca (Mo played and I helped run it). The year before we both played in The King’s Musketeers. And this year it was Lullaby of Broadway: Into the Woods. As you might guess by the title, Lullaby of Broadway: Into the Woods was based on Broadway musicals - lots of...
So it’s that time of year again when we look back at the past twelve months and review how we did. We did this for 2013, and now it’s time for 2014. Sales overall - a bit flat 2014 was overall a bit flat for us - a rise of just over 1%. However, that figure hides quite a bit of good news, as although the first few months were generally very bad,...
Second in our occasional author profiles, this time it's the turn of Becky Channon - author of A Heroic Death and A Speakeasy Murder. Becky grew up in London, England, and (mis)spent her youth writing comic short stories with her brother. Much later, her brother asked her to write him a funny superhero-themed murder mystery party for his upcoming...
When is the best time to end a murder mystery game? We provide a timetable with all our games, covering the murder mystery party in detail. The timetable typically includes the briefing, key events (such as when clues are released), the point at which characters can die (for those games that involve fighting), and the end of the game. Casino...