Creating a Murder Mystery Weekend Problem III: Getting Players to Solve the Mystery (SPOILER FREE)

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…

Creating a Murder Mystery Weekend Problem II: Letting Players “Kill” Each Other (SPOILER FREE)

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…