You will use this data to write stories and timelines, and it will also let you know what information you should disclose to players in the game. When you invite players to your party, you may give them some "safe" information. Some information will be provided to them in advance, because they need to know general information about the role they will play, how to dress, what props they will bring and how they will perform at the party.
I will discuss at the back of this guide what information should be revealed at every stage of your whole murder mystery party so that everything can go as smoothly as possible. We will also create a "secure" player version of these worksheets, which will be called "role files". Before we begin, we should refer to the scene description and the updated victim description, because they are so far. ...
Case: brenton Manor murder.
Theme: The Noisy 1920s (1922)
Venue: brenton Manor in Manitou Springs, Colorado.
Activity: Celebrate Colby brenton, who gave a big performance in a popular local place.
Victim: Kobe brenton, male, 34 years old.
Occupation: Amateur jazz musician, playing saxophone in some places.
Marital status: married dentist Lisa brenton.
Family: My brother is Nelson brenton, a tobacco company.
In-laws: My wife and sister are Claire Roupell, the younger sister of Lisa brenton, a beautician and dentist.
Employee: Benita lintner's maid.
Friend: No.
Finance: comfortable monetary income, but debt banker lance Gibbs.
Secret: a few things
Habits: drinking and smoking cigars.
Political factions: * * and the party.
Religion: theist
Acquaintances: (below)
Derek granridge, police.
Eric Macha-Barber
Lance Gibbs-Banker
Mrs. edwina-Psychological Counselor and Fortune Teller
Cause of death: suffocation-suffocated by a pillow
Time of death:1922 aug11am12: 45.
Location of the body: Found in the billiard room.
Crime scene: His bedroom.
Black boy: Mrs. edwina.
Liar: Claire Roupell.
Who found the body: the housekeeper (game host)
List of suspects: (below)
Please note that I need to determine who found the body. In some cases, the person who finds the body immediately becomes a suspect and will be interrogated like this. It may be one of your suspects or a third party, and they can't be involved. As the real owner and host of the game, you can choose to play a truly innocent guest, who will be the commentator and referee in the game. You will guide or direct suspects and detectives as needed, so that the story can be carried out in a logical way in the scene.
In most murder reasoning games, the host sometimes plays detective to keep the game running normally, but I don't think this is necessary. I think we all remember how interesting the housekeeper was in that comedy reasoning movie, which was based on the famous desktop game of the same name.
Perhaps, you can also decide to play Colby brenton at the celebration party. You can perform his roles, actions and dialogues in this part of the story. It depends on you and how you want to play. I decided that when I presided over the competition, I would play the role of Colby brenton at the dinner party. In the' morning' stage of the game, I will not only be the host and referee, but also play the truly innocent housekeeper, find the body when necessary and direct the next story.
This time, the role of the housekeeper is not designed like this. We began to make a list of suspects.
On the next page is the format I used to create all the information. I need this information as my own reference and create the player character file in the future.
Here are the steps to use the format described earlier.
Step 1: Determine the gender of the role.
Step 2: Name the role as described in Chapter 6a.
Step 3: Determine the age of the character as described in Chapter 6b.
Step 4: Determine the marital status of the characters. (Single, in love, married, divorced)
Step 5: Write down the occupation of the character you choose.
Step 6: Write down the professional field of the role, because it is related to their occupation.
Step 7: If necessary, designate a political faction. See chart # 10.
Step 8: If necessary, designate a religion. See chart # 1 1.
Step 9: Determine the relationship between this character and the victim. You may want to write this information after the story is clear and all the characters are listed. You can use the chart # 14 if necessary.
Decide what the character might be interested in. (See the example in diagram # 16)
Step 1 1: Decide what habits this role may have. (See the example in diagram # 16)
Step 12: Record the criminal status of the role. (Murderer or liar or innocent person)
Step 13: record whether this character has or has access to weapons or killing methods. You may want to expose half the suspects to the murder weapon or the method of killing.
Step 14: According to the description in Chapter 14 and Chart #9, determine the motives of the characters. All suspects should have or seem to have motive for murder.
Step 15: record whether this character has a chance to commit a crime and how to commit it. You might want the other half of the unarmed suspect to have a chance.
Step 16: Describe the alibi that the role owns or claims to own. All suspects will try to have an alibi, but maybe one or two people will admit that they don't.
Step 17: Determine what information clues this role must reveal. You may want to write this information after the story is clear and all the characters are listed.
Step 18: Determine what information clues this role wants to hide. You may want to write this information after the story is clear and all the characters are listed.
Step 19: How did you do it? This is just a description of the murderer, which will be used to write a statement. You don't need to put it on the list of innocent suspects.
Step 20: Determine four pieces of information about other people that this character knows or thinks they know. You may want to write this information after the story is clear and all the characters are listed. I will describe how to determine who knows who in chapter 16.
Step 2 1: Describe what the characters will do in the process of corpse investigation and what clues they may find. You may want to write this information after the story is clear and all the characters are listed. Use your clue notes and story notes for reference.
Step 22: Describe the behavior and reaction of the characters when they ask questions. You may want to write this information after the story is clear and all the characters are listed.
Next chapter: creative suspect-murderer