(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...
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...
In this issue of our newsletter we announce a half-price seasonal sale on The Night Before Christmas and Dazzled to Death.
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...
In this issue of the Freeform Games mystery party newsletter, we talk about our half-price Halloween offer and an update for The Food is to Die For.
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 –...
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...
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 Master Richard running Pirate Island - and on his 50th birthday as well! Pirate Island is a team game,...
It’s the start of a new year and that means it’s time for us to look back and reflect on how we did last year. We did this last year, and for 2013 before that. Sales overall were up 7% on 2014, and it was our best since 2012. Sales might have been even higher, but for some website problems - more on that below. Hopefully this trend will continue...
We use some standard rules in our murder mystery games to cover situations such as combat, poisoning, death and the like. We’ve now made these available in pdf form so that you can share them with your players.