How do freeform murder mystery games work?
As a host, you take the role of an impartial referee in a freeform murder mystery game. You won’t get to solve the murder with everyone else – but as you will already have read the game you will be able to watch your guests try and puzzle things out. As a guest you must rely on your wits and must negotiate, scheme and plot with the other guests to get what you want. Nobody needs to learn complicated background or memorise lines – your character background is little more than a side or two of paper – and you can keep that to hand during the game to refer to whenever you like.
