The Roswell Incident

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Playing The Roswell incident, an alien-themed murder mystery game.
Playing The Roswell incident, an alien-themed murder mystery game.
Playing our The Roswell Incident alien-themed mystery game.
Playing The Roswell incident, an alien-themed murder mystery game.
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Playing The Roswell incident, an alien-themed murder mystery game.
(11 customer reviews)

£30.99

Turn your friends into scheming aliens and alien-hunters for an unforgettable evening of alliances, betrayal and laughter!

The Roswell Incident is a murder mystery game with an alien theme set in 1947 Roswell, New Mexico.

Key features:

  • 10-13 players
  • Aged 12+
  • 3-4 hour party
  • Download instantly
  • Host-led game
  • Suitable for beginners
  • 30-day money-back guarantee

Over 20 years of murder mystery games enjoyed by thousands of groups worldwide.

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Not your traditional murder mystery party game!

The Roswell Incident isn't a traditional murder mystery.

  • No script to read
  • Everyone has their own goals
  • The murderer knows they did it - and has goals of their own
  • Players can negotiate, bluff and scheme
  • Rules for combat - some characters may die!
  • Multiple storylines
  • The ending is determined by the players

What people say

  • "We used it for our daughter’s 16th birthday party with her friends and it was an absolute blast!" - Daniel
  • "The Roswell Incident was so much fun!" - Ryan
  • "Best party ever!!" - Kristen

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What do you get with The Roswell Incident?

Our pdf download includes:

✓ Host guide
✓ Character booklets - 8 pages long
✓ Item cards
✓ Ability cards
✓ Rules
✓ Solution and ending materials
✓ Invitations
✓ Name badges

Suitable for anyone

All characters are ungendered.

Easy to host

  • Download instantly
  • Simple host guide included
  • No acting ability required
  • Works with mixed experience levels
  • Most hosts prepare in an hour or two
  • Suits a buffet or finger food to allow guests to mingle

During your party

  1. Guests arrive in character
  2. Guests form alliances
  3. Secrets are investigated - and sometimes revealed
  4. The murder is investigated
  5. The solution is revealed - along with other secrets!

Free introductory file

Discover more about The Roswell Incident in the free introductory file.

And click here to read the Roswell Courier, which sets the scene for The Roswell Incident.

11 reviews for The Roswell Incident

  1. Daniel Ernst (verified owner) –

    Another great plot, with very clever intersecting storylines. We used it for our daughter’s 16th birthday party with her friends and it was an absolute blast (quite literally!). Everyone enjoyed themselves thoroughly and are begging to do it again sooner than a year! This is the fifth freeform MM we have run, and once again it delivered. They are absolutely the crown jewels of murder mysteries, with no equal in terms of quality in my opinion!

  2. Loode (verified owner) –

    We played the Roswell Incident with 10 people and had a blast. Quite literally cause there was quite some shooting going on. 😀 Everybody had fun and liked the theme cause it gave cool options for dressing up (see picture) It took quite some preparation and reading for the host but it paid off in a good running evening

    Image #1 from Loode

  3. Anonymous (verified owner) –

    The game was a ton of fun. Everyone enjoyed it. It wasn’t too difficult to set up. Everything needed was included. I am excited to try another one.

  4. Marte (verified owner) –

    We had a super fun evening playing this game and all my guests thought it was a great theme. The only negative is that some characters are a bit “uninteresting”. One of the guests said he felt he was only an npc. Other characters again are super fun. All in all well worth the money and looking forward to next year and playing a new mystery 😀

  5. Edward –

    We had a mix of new players and people who had played freeform games before. They all loved this game. It felt like everyone had something to do for the full length of the game, with the drip feed of information players received through out adding extra drama.

  6. Allison A. –

  7. Kristen –

    Best party ever!! Thank you for the brilliant story and kit. We were all first timers to murder mystery parties, and we are 100% sold on Freeform Games! The instructions were clear, the interwoven plots were wild, and the alien desert theme was a big plus.

  8. Ryan –

    The Roswell Incident was so much fun! I’m excited to run it with another group

    I hosted it with a full group of 13. About half the players had played a murder mystery before. I was a little worried about combat rules, but the group did a great job of not going full cowboy until we were nearing the end of the night.

    I found the combat to be very additive. Players used it to negotiate information, and at one point we had a chaotically fun 5-in-a-row shoot off that took a number of rock-paper-scissor fights to resolve. Not everyone was part of combat, but it seemed engaging for everyone to watch.

    The big combat segment happened about 20 minutes earlier than the game’s final checkpoint. By this point, some of the non-combat characters had mostly completed their goals and already had a little bit of downtime, so it felt like a natural stopping point and I moved the final announcements up to this point in time.

    I’d strongly recommend printing the contingencies differently. Item 99 is a bit of a spoiler, so I printed strips of paper telling players to talk to the host when they found items by number, excluding their names. This worked well and the secret ended up being both expected and a surprise as a result.

    I’d also recommend giving players the option to text the host for performing secret actions, instead of always making them talk to the host in person. One of the players with a secret identity did this, and it made it easy for me to perform their secret action without implicating them.

    I really really loved the plot and characters. I don’t want to delve into details because of spoilers, but it isn’t quite a normal murder mystery and the way that was handled was fantastic and super engaging

  9. Anonymous –

    The game was fun, but not as good as the 3 others we have played (Will to Murder, Curse of the Pharoah, and A Future Death). The story, setting and characters were great, but there were 2 problems that detracted:
    1. One character met their win condition too soon and the game ended after just 1h45m. Guests had been anticipating a full evening and were disappointed when it was over too soon.
    2. In the debrief, we learned that no one was remotely close to figuring out what the aliens were doing and we did not see any path by which they could have garnered enough information to do so; in that sense the game felt a bit unbalanced.

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  11. Elina –

    A great game, with interesting plots, believable characters with great motivations, cool investigations, and some fun twists. I love how The Roswell Incident plays with real incidents and gives its own spin on them. This game will be fun and easy to run for new players but will also appeal to more experienced players who love to get their teeth stuck into roleplay. Highly recommended!

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Can I play this game with 8 players? Brian asked on 10 December 2024

Hi Brian, thank you for your interest in The Roswell Incident. This game is for 10 to 12 players. If you'd like to take a look here though, you'll see plenty of other games of ours that will work fine for 8 -- hopefully one of those will work for your group.

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Recommended for ages 12+

We recommend The Roswell Incident for everyone aged 12+ as it is family-friendly and contains no adult themes.

Cast of characters

Citizens of Roswell

  • Mayor Weinrib: Roswell’s mayor
  • Sheriff Jackson: Roswell’s police chief
  • Dr. Blake: Vet, with a practice opposite the sheriff’s office
  • Turner: Cattle rancher living north of Roswell, originally from England
  • Karns: Chain-smoking mechanic and junkyard owner
  • Finley: Roswell Courier reporter

Roswell Army Air Field

  • Major Collins: US Army major
  • Sgt. Baker: Major Collins’ driver
  • Dr. Fowler: Shark Systems Inc scientist

Visitors

  • Prof. Kraushaar: Physicist at the University of New Mexico
  • Zivojinovič: Junior reporter for Albuquerque Chronicle
  • Agent Franz: FBI agent
  • Agent Deacon: Junior FBI agent

You also need one hosts, to organize the party and ensure everything runs smoothly.

Extra characters

Sometimes you have too many guests and need more characters. The Roswell Incident comes with a free extra character (written by us) that is included in the download when you purchase the game.

  • Deputy Werner – Roswell’s deputy sheriff (Any)
    (by Freeform Games)
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