Lord and Lady Westing’s Will

5 reviews for Lord and Lady Westing’s Will

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   Maggie Van Seters – 4 January 2020

   We played Lord and Lady Westing’s Will for my husband’s 40th birthday just after New Year’s, and had an absolute blast! We decided to make it a steampunk theme to encourage some creativity with costumes because why no? Also a hot air balloon accident and submarine plans mystery sounded like a perfect steampunk story so we put candles and old books and few other themed decorations around the house. The thing was that it was a very dark and stormy night and the power went out half an hour before everyone arrived! So it was very atmospheric to have the party by candle and lantern light. Thankfully the food was all finger food and already prepared!

   Some guests went all out in their costumes and in the dark it made everyone seem very mysterious! When the power did come back on, we ended up turning out most of the lights again because it was so much more fun.

   Everyone left the evening laughing and having had a great time, with several couple saying they were now going to plan a mystery party for their birthdays!

   Your game was well laid out and easy to prepare – my only regret is not reading through all the materials sooner as host. There is a lot to digest and I would have stumbled over my guests questions a little less. But we were all winging it and had a great time. We will definitely be choosing your party games again!

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   Tonia Jackson – 29 April 2016

   What a fun afternoon 🙂 We made the decision a little late to host a Murder Mystery for my birthday this year.

   My partner very generously agreed to host the game so that I could play. He had never participated in a Murder Mystery before and was not entirely prepared for the volume of work hosting entailed, but he took to it like a pro and set the tone from the start with his invitation.

   We had a mix of experienced and inexperienced participants which meant that some were tentative to speak to each other and try out their abilities and others figured out how to get ahead really quickly. This didn’t matter, eventually everyone got into character and after some great twists to the tale things got particularly interesting towards the end!

   I highly recommend Lord and Lady Westing’s Will. We used all of the characters including the bonus character. We played in the afternoon not the evening. We hosted the event at home and served a finger feast with lots of beer and wine and whisky which worked really well.

   Everyone had an awesome time – thanks for a great game.

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   Melani O’Brien – 4 February 2015

   I hosted Lord and Lady Westing’s Will for my son’s 17th birthday and it was a fabulous evening! I bought the game just 3 days before the party, and that is definitely not recommended, especially if you are the host and having a sit down dinner also. (Pizza next time, but my son thought it would be fun to gather everyone together to try to spy on each other.) It is very important to have a comfort level with the material, as there is a lot going on, so you do need time to study everything.

   The kids were very enthusiastic: they thrift-stored for their vintage looks, stayed in character to the end, lied and connived like champs, built alliances, and were very patient when I had to fumble through the pages of my notes. When all the item cards were out and about, it made for very spirited play. There were bodies all over the place! They are all ready for another game as soon as possible, and another parent is looking forward to trying his hand as host in a couple of months. I am so glad to have found Freeform Games. The story and characters were all very interesting and diverse and it was great fun for the guests to be the characters with their hilarious “accents,” instead of following a script. Bravo Freeform and thank you! Our only problem now is which mystery to try next.

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   Becky Pruitt – 1 October 2013

   We played Lord and Lady Westing’s Will for my husband’s birthday party! I’ve played four of your other games and LOVE them… as always, the game was a huge hit.

   We liked that there were several mysteries to solve besides the murder, such as who was Mr. Flynn. It’s good to have extra bits to keep people asking questions and talking. I also loved the pickpocket ability and the poison abilities, where the players don’t know who did these things to them. The twist where [censored!] was a nice touch. Who doesn’t love a good plot twist!
   Thank you for a magnificent birthday party!

   
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   Chris Rudram – 12 August 2013

   My third time as a host of a game, but with a group of players who’d never tried a freeform game before (though a couple of role players). Organization was easy and we got a great location to play in… a old convent’s sitting room and parlour. Everyone by the end had thrown themselves into their roles, several characters got away with what they needed rather splendidly, while others who were thwarted were keen to try again at some point soon… now they see how it worked they felt they’d have a better understanding of how to approach their goals.
   Everyone got into the swing of things after a few minutes of not really knowing who to talk too at first. My job was pretty easy, though active with many people doing searches of the ‘mansion’ and several questions on what they could or couldn’t do…

   Everything provided was easy to use, and make it go smoothly. Couple of minor layout changes on the clue/secrets/abilities would probably help for the mechanics of the game itself, but these are minor quibbles.