by | Dec 15, 2021 | Murder mystery design
We were recently asked how we would add around 20 additional characters to Hollywood Lies. That’s a lot, and as we’ve already talked about that for Casino Fatale, I thought I’d explain what I would do for Hollywood Lies. Hollywood Lies starts with 32 characters, and...
by | Mar 30, 2019 | Customer stories
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...
by | Jul 7, 2017 | Party Tips
Recently we were asked a question about having two people play the same character. (It might have been a mixup, and by the sounds of it the game was oversubscribed.) Our answer was that while it was tricky, it was doable – particularly with the character she had...
by | Apr 28, 2016 | Murder mystery design
We’ve just tweaked Pirate Island so that it now works with up to 32 pirates. I’m going to explain the how and the why of doing that. The why Pirate Island had been bugging me for a while – because it’s actually a bit fiddly to prepare. Scout...
by | Jun 3, 2013 | Options
Here’s an idea that you may wish to include in your game. (Note that if you’ve not played our games before, we suggest that you stick with the basic rules – but if you’re an old hand, go crazy!) Bit Parts: Use a co-host or two to play the “absent” characters as...
