Unsurprisingly, 2020 was all about the pandemic for Freeform Games. 2020 had started well, with sales in January and February building on 2019 (which was a good year for us). And then in March the pandemic properly reached the UK and USA and our sales dropped off a cliff… We’ve been doing these reviews since 2013 – you can read them all here....
Our murder mystery newsletter with details of our Christmas games.
In this issue, we have an exciting new game, as well as more lockdown tips and suggestions and a suggestion for mass murder! (No, not really.)
Last weekend I hosted and played Death in Venice, using Discord for video chat. When Mo wrote Death in Venice earlier in the year I deliberately kept away from it because I wanted to play and host simultaneously. Normally our games don’t allow us to do that – the host needs to know too much about what’s going on, but as the games we’ve written...
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...
Our murder mystery game newsletter featuring news of a new game, games that the host can play too, and practical tips about hosting our regular games online
We occasionally receive criticism about the role of the host: some people want to be able to host a murder mystery game and play it at the same time. While we’ve written before about hosting and playing our games, it’s not always satisfactory because of what the host needs to know and manage. But that changes with Death in Venice and Reunion with...
We've just released another game specifically designed to be played online during this unprecedented lockdown – Death in Venice. Death in Venice is for 5-9 players (and one host) and is again designed to be played using video chat (Zoom, Hangouts, or whatever your favourite is). Last night at the glamorous Venice Film Festival, controversial...