I'm sure I don't need to mention the worldwide coronavirus pandemic currently underway, but please be responsible in organising a social gathering and make sure you follow the latest advice. Playing Death on the Gambia before the days of social isolation Some of our customers are doing that - and still hosting our murder mysteries… A Will to...
Freeform Games murder mystery blog
Murder mystery video – with Freeform Games!
Here's a great YouTube video about interactive murder mystery games created by Isaac Litkowitz and friends. Isaac interviewed Mo and I over Skype, and we appear (briefly) in the video. The video features lots of scenes from our murder mystery games - so you can get a sense of how they play, and reactions from many of the players....
A Speakeasy Murder – video
Helena Mas sent us this spoiler-free video of A Speakeasy Murder, filmed at Cafe Repin in Potsdam, Germany.
Adding characters to Court in the Act
We were recently asked by Pam, one of our customers: I'm getting ready to run Court in the Act in three weeks time. I was just sending out character assignments tonight, and realized I accidentally listed Sir Walter Raleigh twice in my list, so I have two different people down to play him! My cast list/assignments is full, and I already have...
Hollywood Lies – actual play!
So what does a Freeform Games murder mystery party really look like? They're hard to describe, and if you've not seen or played in one, they're fairly hard to imagine. So here's a moment from Hollywood Lies, sent to us by Julie D'Augusta. In this scene, Jules Milton is being thrown out from the Post-Modern Freeform Movement (one of many plots in...
Adding Skype and cryptography to The Spy Who Killed Me
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...