MURDER AT THE CASTLE
'Gothic Horror' Murder Mystery Dinner Party Game for 6-10 players
The year is 1912, Titanic has hit her iceberg and sunk in the North Atlantic. Among those lost to the freezing waters is the Right Honourable Nauticus Skellington, heir to Skellington Castle. Far away on the Scottish Borders, his brother Baron Cyrus is pushed from the castle battlements to certain death. The murderer must be one of the guests invited to dine in the reclusive Baron's Great Hall. But why has the usually inhospitable Baron decided to host a dinner party at his forbidding castle, are the guests in danger?
Strange and spooky things are whispered to happen at Skellington Castle, it will be in the interests of all at the Baron's dinner party (you and your guests) to discover the murderer's identity before an awful vengeance is unleashed.
This is an original murder mystery game supplied as ready to print Microsoft Word pdf files on a USB flash drive or CD. The engaging plot keeps players guessing 'whodunnit' right until the very end. Running time is 1½ - 2 hours.
The supplied files print:
10 character script booklets for your guests, invitations, complete party setup instructions, name tags, a newspaper article, various evidence, clues, a choice of murder confessions and lots of extras to turn your venue into a crime scene.
You will need access to a printer, 65+ sheets of printer paper, a stapler and maybe some sticky stuff (Pritt stick?) The printed game functions much the same as a boxed murder mystery.
The 6-10 characters:
| Baroness Skellington (F): | You've come a long way from performing operatic arias on the London stage. Now you are a Baroness with plenty of airs and graces, mixing with the social elite. Always dressed in the latest fashions, you make sure to drink from your tea cup with little finger raised. |
| Zoe Zomére (F): | Mysterious and unconventional, you are a clairvoyant with the power of the supernatural. Haunted by a fraught past, you live in a private world of half shadows that no one else can see. |
| Ophelia Payne (F): | A pillar of the community, you are also a busybody, keeping an eye on what is going on around you. People come to you to hear the latest Skellington gossip. |
Violetta Suflay (F): *8-10 players* | You are Professor at the Paris Sorbonne, surely one of the best universités in the world, n'est pas? What do these Engleesh and Scottish know of culture, with their damp spooky castles and bagpipes. And the food! Neaps and haggis? |
| Fester Enrott (M): | You served Baron Skellington as his personal valet, butler and confidant. In fact so confident that you regularly helped yourself to fine wines and cigars from Skellington Castle's spooky cellar. |
| Rian Carnation (M): | Making money in the newly established Hollywood film industry, you have travelled to Scotland to check out the suitability of Skellington Castle as a film set. The broody atmosphere of the place will look just fine in one of your dramas. Cut! |
| Dr. Hackencutt (M): | A doctor trained in Edinburgh, there are plenty who prefer not to make use of your professional services. You have the reputation of being a slightly eccentric mad scientist. |
Johnny Walker (M): *8-10 players* | A farmer working in the shadow of Skellington Castle, you will do whatever it takes to keep your farm going in these difficult times. And you know all too well its best to keep out of the way of 'them up at the castle.' |
| Two extra characters: | |
| Owen Moore (M): | As local pie makers, your family has lived in Skelldoon for generations. The recipe for your prize winning pie is a closely guarded secret which you will protect at any cost. No one is going to get the Moore's pie recipe out of you! |
| Jacklyn Hyde (F) | You are a sophisticated strong willed American woman, used to getting your own way. In the middle of a round the world cruise, you have taken a break to visit Skelldoon. But is it just the roamin' in the gloamin' and the skirl of the bagpipes that attracts you to Scotland? |
This game and its packaging is an original work of fiction by the author/Ebay seller Templewaterman. All rights reserved. Not for re-sale. Any resemblance to real people, characters or events is purely co-incidental. ©Neil Faiman.