Murder in the Court

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Murder in the Court Setting: Courtroom
Number or Players: For either 7 or 9 players
Game Duration: 1.5 hours to 3 hours
Costume Themed Storyline: Yes

Package includes 2 months access to the Murder In The Court interactive website, which includes:

Email Invitations – to be sent out to participants providing event scheduling details.
Costume Suggestions- to be sent out to participants to dress the part (this is optional)
Scene Diagram – layout of character positions in the courtroom around the time of the crime.
Instruction Document – step-by-step details describing game rules and order of play.
Cast of Characters – lists all the participants’ characters in the story, including background information on each character.
General Knowledge – covers all characters’ information about the events that occurred the night of the murder.
Special Knowledge – a private document explaining more information about each participant’s character and that character’s observations and knowledge about other characters.
Voting Cards – electronically distributed to each participant at the end of each round so they can elect whether or not to accuse another character of being the murderer.
Clue Cards – information electronically distributed to participants representing an absolute truth that can be relied upon to help them solve the crime.

Welcome to Murder in the Court, Mystery Enterprise’s game of intrigue, secrets, and deception! We provide our players with a full package of online tools to digitally disseminate character insights and situational clues, and to direct players to meet and vote throughout the game. Your goal is simple: talk to other players and convince them that you are innocent, while at the same time you gather information to find the murderer. But be careful…the murderer among you will be trying to spread misinformation!

Here’s an overview of the main aspects of the Murder in the Court murder mystery game:

1. Gather Your Participants

The Murder in the Court standard package requires at least 7 players, and the expanded package requires a minimum of 9 players. Our system will send automated email invitations to prospective participants, ensuring you have firm commitments to attend. Each participant will be required to have internet access through a phone, tablet or computer.

2. Understand the Story

Murder in the Court has a unique and detailed storyline. To understand the story, each player will be given access to three documents:

Cast of Characters- lists the characters in the story, including general background information on each character
General Knowledge- provides information that all characters know about the events that happened around the time of the murder.
Special Knowledge- explains information that is specific to each character. It gives additional details about your character and knowledge about other characters from your perspective.

3. Conduct Meetings

Prior to each round of voting, a player will have the opportunity to have multiple one-on-one meetings with another character. These Meetings are the only time a player can discuss or share information with another player. During the Meeting, regardless of whether a player is innocent or is the murderer, players can choose to lie or tell the truth about anything. Players need good observation skills, attention to detail, and an ability to decipher motives, alibis, and suspicious behavior.

4. Voting/Accusing

During the voting period, each character votes in private on their digital voting card for who they think is the murderer. The vote tally is 100% computerized, and in every round, the innocent character with the most votes will be eliminated unless that character correctly votes for the murderer in that round.

5. Utilizing Clues

The game strategy accelerates by the distribution of clues to participants. A clue could be information from the police investigation, the autopsy results, the deceased’s will, the deceased’s diary, or observations from the day or days leading up to the murder.

6. Game’s Conclusion

The Murder in the Court game ends when all remaining innocent characters vote for the murderer, or only the murderer and one innocent character remain.

With most mystery games the host must run the game. With Murder in the Court, our automated system runs the game, and the host can fully participate as a player. So what are you waiting for? Can you solve the crime before others accuse you and oust you from the game? Now that you understand the game, get out those detective skills; you’re ready to dive in!