First, Black Lives Matter: if, like me, you live in Toronto, and you’re wondering where to get your hands on some of the books from the links in my last post, you can borrow a lot of them from OverDrive here. If you’re Canadian, you can donate to Black Lives…
Since I love to read mysteries, it makes sense that I also love to write mysteries. When I write speculative fiction these days, my stories have an element of discovery and investigation. My characters uncover clues, wrestle with what they’ve learned to extract facts, and finally reach the conclusion around…
Hope all my fellow Canucks are having a fantastic Canada Day long weekend! I’ve been creating treasure hunts since I was a kid. At first, I made them for my sister and her friends at our house. Later, I started making them for both our friends around the city. When…
(But first: All das Beste zum Geburtstag (and always) to my littlest cousin!) Planning murder mysteries can be an educational experience. You learn how your friends deal with competition, who likes to dress up in costumes, and how to cook for fifteen people. You also learn things that are a little more…
(Unless otherwise noted, all photos are from Sarah and JB. Thanks, you two!) My dear friend, (the letter said) What a long time it has been since we saw each other face-to-face. You have not forgotten me, I’m sure; I know I have not forgotten you. Let us reminisce about…
Third entry in my process notes on developing a murder-mystery weekend! If you missed it, you can also check out the second installment. When I first started planning this hunt, I wanted to solve what seemed to me to be the main problem with all the murder mysteries I’d played in…
Second entry in my process notes on developing a murder-mystery weekend! At one friend’s murder mystery party, players could kill each other using in-game weapons. I thought this was a lot of fun, so I wanted to include a similar mechanic in my murder mystery weekend. (Besides, it would help…
So I’m planning a murder mystery weekend this May. Before I say anything about it, let me note: there is nothing in this blog entry that will spoil the game for any of the players or give anyone an unfair advantage. So feel free to keep reading no matter who…
Yesterday, Saturday July 28th, the Dark Lord tried to rise. Fortunately, a plucky band of clever wizards set out to stop him by following a trail of clues to collect the four legendary amulets of prophecy — or did they? You see, some of those wizards were secretly on the…
Graaaaa… BRAIIIIII- *ahem*, oops, sorry, something got caught in my throat. I’m here today to tell you a story. It’s not a pretty story — full of brains in more ways than one — but it’s the truth. It happened in High Park last Saturday. And now we all must…