We can customise this game. However, sadly we do have to charge for this service as even minor customisations take between 1-2 hours to process in the office and we need to buy toilet roll and biscuits as much as the next person…
It’s hard to give “ball park” figures for what different customisations would cost however we’ve attempted to HERE.
Remember… if you just need 1 extra person, or 1 less person, why not add in the inspector as your extra guest. The inspector can usually be male or female as the “for real” inspector can simply invent a new name for themselves.
Some hosts prefer to play the inspector role as it means they can work on the catering while the round plays out amongst their guests.
The inspector/facilitator role is essential for the game to work. He/she facilitates the entire evening.
The other characters can be taken from the audience and briefed before game play starts, OR you can select a group to play your suspects in advance of the night and give them time to get fluent in their roles and answers.
The rest of the guests are fully included in the game as they’ll be asking questions throughout the night.
Essential Cast:
Prudence Tuppeny – Ladies detective from the 2nd Ladies detective agency. Willing and able and very intrusive when she needs to be, Prudence can get to the bottom of the murder with help from those around her!
Countess Flora Rawley – Lady of the manor
Flora is cool, calm and very sophisticated. With her beaded headband and long velvet jacket, she just oozes sophistication.
Lady Martha Rawley – Daughter of the Earl of Grandham
Languid and beautiful, Lady Martha wears jet beads, long black gloves and an evening gown.
Lady Ethel Rawley – Daughter of the Earl
Extremely elegant in her empire-line dress, string of pearls and white silk gloves, Ethel’s dressed to impress but no one notices or cares.
Mrs Pratmore – Cook
With her rolling pin stuffed in her apron, a mob cap to hide her unruly hair and her finger bandaged and bloody, she’s the last person you’d want to cook your dinner!
Maisy – Cook’s assistant
Pale and pasty, like her pastry. With her sleeves rolled up and her pinny at the ready, Maisy’s usually moaning about something.
Miss O’ Ryan – Former lady’s maid
Wearing a severe black dress, travelling bonnet and cape and with her hair in a bun, Miss O’Ryan looks to be a formidable lady.
Additional characters in the 9 cast game:
Lady Carnavit – Countess
In a pith helmet, khaki shorts, shirt and sand boots, Lady Carnavit has just returned from an archaeological expedition in Egypt.
Mrs Snooze – Housekeeper
In her long black skirt, blouse and jacket and with a bunch of keys around her waist, Mrs Snooze yawns her way through the corridors of Downturn.
Additional characters in the 11 cast game:
Virginia Woof – Writer
Wearing a floaty dress, beads and with a poetry book in her hand, Virginia is always looking for life’s similes and metaphors.
Joanna Carsteers – Yachtswoman
Tattooed, cheroot-chewing, trouser-wearing yachty who carries her doll, Lord Doddery Waddle, everywhere she goes.
additional characters in the 13 cast game:
May Pickup – Silent movie star
With her fur stole, pearls and red lipstick, May epitomizes Hollywood glamour.
Lady Astra – The first female Member of Parliament
Wearing a long silk dress, a police helmet and carrying her whistle and truncheon, this American aristocrat fears vice lurks in every corner of society.
These games require 7-13 cast and involve the rest of the audience by getting them to ask pre-set questions – which are provided to them on paper by the inspector at the start of each round.
They run in a similar way to a dinner party, so are an ideal first choice for novice hosts and acing teams with little or no experience running large scale events.
These games work best as a sit down event with 6-12 tables of guests, with a suspect on each table.
As a rough guide these mysteries take approximately 2-3 hours to complete with a three course meal.
During the game the audience will listen to five short sets of dialogue from the cast and pose pre-scripted questions (which the cast answer with pre-scripted answers). There are three rounds which can be evenly spread throughout the night or, if preferred, the question and answer rounds can be bunched together into one large round.
At the end of the final round the guests are given time to decide who is the murderer, and once the guests have decided who did it, how and why (i.e. the murderer and motive) they will complete the answer sheet and hand it in.
How these games usually run.
Introductory Round: Introductions by the cast and the facilitator “inspector character”.
Rounds 1, 2 and 3: Scripted dialogue from the cast, followed by pre-set questions and answers.
Concluding Statements and solution: conclusions by the cast and denouement from the inspector.
There is one “inspector character” who acts as facilitator during the event and is essential to the cast.
Reducing the cast size will reduce the length of time required to solve the mystery.
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