The most important thing when planning to run a murder mystery is to pick the right company.

Yes – I know… immediately you think we say that because we want your business.  But actually we have referred people to different companies before if we think the style they’re looking for is something we don’t have the expertise in.

The thing about murder mysteries is that every single firm runs them differently.  There isn’t such a thing as a wholesaler for murder mystery scripts that everyone uses.

Instead many companies (like us) write our own and many firms have one, two or a few different writers who produce scripts.  Some firms monitor the script output to maintain quality and keep the “style” similar, and in some firms it’s a free for all, with authors writing plots in whatever format they like – which means you can buy one game from them, but discover on purchasing the second it runs in an entirely different way.

If you are looking to run a murder mystery yourself – it’s important to understand what format of game you’re getting – which is why we ensure all our scripts run in specific categories run in the same way.  We also do the same with our event managed performances.  We have several different styles of event which suit different venues or private parties – so during our initial conversation we always find out as much as we can about your needs so we can get the right format for you.

We also write and run bespoke events.  We’re one of the few firms who can.  So if Tracy had come to us, then we may have suggested something quite different for Grey Gables first event.