Freeform Games murder mystery blog

“Best” Murder Mystery Parties

Here's a roundup of murder mystery party games by Hexagamers. They’ve taken a good long look at the various murder mystery companies that you can find on the internet and are trying them out to judge which really are the best. Happily, we’re in the list - but they have yet to try one of our games. We’re looking forward to their feedback when they...

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From our mailbox: twins

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 chosen. What we recommended was to make the characters twins. To do this: Give each...

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Playing A Will to Murder

Cornelius and Janice conspiring on the balcony We don’t often get to play our games, but last weekend I played in A Will to Murder. Guy, one of my tabletop roleplaying friends, had bought A Will to Murder, and wanted to try one it with some of his friends. Although he didn’t ask me to run it (I thought he was going to), I said I was happy to play...

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How to Host a 1930s Murder Mystery Party (and get away with it)

(Guest blog post by Jessica Andrews, author of Death on the Rocks.) Death on the Rocks Ok, I’m just going to tell it like it is: hosting a 1930s party, murder mystery or otherwise, is not that easy. Twenties is obvious – just cover everything indiscriminately in feathers and strings of pearls – and for fifties you can just bust out some...

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2016: Better than expected

It’s the start of a new year, and that means it’s time for our traditional time to reflect on the previous year. We did this last year, in 2014 and 2013. 2016 was an extraordinary year in many ways. Here at the Freeform Games HQ, we’re pretty happy with how 2016 went for us. Sales overall were up 29% on 2015, and it was our second-best year ever...

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Death on the Gambia and Snow Business updates

Front cover for the Death on the Gambia cover booklet You may not have noticed, but we've given Death on the Gambia a refresh. Death on the Gambia was our first game, and it's been in need of a refresh ever since we reformatted our games. So it now each character has a character booklet like all our newer games. Unlike our recent Hollywood Lies...

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Freeform Games newsletter August 2016: New edition of Casino Fatale

Freeform Games newsletter August 2016: New edition of Casino Fatale

Welcome to the Freeform Games murder mystery party newsletter! In this issue we talk about a new edition of Casino Fatale and a playtest of a new game: The Food is to Die For.New edition of Casino Fatale! Ever since its launch back in 2005, Casino Fatale – our suave and sophisticated murder mystery of spies, gambling, and continental glamour –...

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Freeform Games newsletter May 2016 – new version of Pirate Island

Freeform Games newsletter May 2016 – new version of Pirate Island

Welcome to the Freeform Games murder mystery party newsletter! In this issue we talk about a new edition of Pirate Island, using Under the Big Top as a fundraiser, and A school for murder (mystery!)  New edition of Pirate Island! We've expanded our fabulous party game for younger children, Pirate Island, so that it now works for anywhere...

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