SEV Murder Mystery: Death at the Private View

Marlowe Vane, owner of the Vane Gallery, is found dead on the night of a private view. Everyone in the room was in the gallery that evening, and one of them is a murderer. Over three rounds, the players question each other, study the evidence and decide who did it, how and why. Then the host opens the solution.

• Host: how the game works and the rules, a before-the-night plan (what to print and when), a running order of about 2½ hours with time for food, and scripts to read aloud for the opening, each round, the accusations and the reveal. Optional scoring for a winner.
• Guests: invitations, two to a page, to fill in by hand, and a casting card for every character, with what to wear.
• Characters: eight two-page character booklets: who they are, their evening, what they think of the others, and what to reveal in each round. Six characters are essential; two are optional, for 7 or 8 players.
• Evidence: eleven evidence cards over three rounds, to cut and keep in three envelopes until each round opens, plus a spare card for the host.
• Play and after: eight name badges, detective's notes for every player with an accusation slip, a sealed solution (what happened, minute by minute; how the case could be solved; the murderer's confession, read aloud), and four award certificates.

The host can play too: the contents page says which pages to read, and the evidence and the solution can be cut and sealed without reading them. Every person, place and business in the story is invented.

Who it is for

• Hosts of a dinner party, birthday or games night for six to eight guests.
• Groups who like to dress up and play a part.
• Hosts who want to play as well as run the evening.

Section — Pages

Cover, contents and licence — 2

Host: how it works, before the night, opening and rounds scripts — 4

Guests: invitations, casting cards — 3

Eight character booklets, two pages each — 16

Evidence: three rounds, eleven cards — 3

Name badges, detective's notes — 2

The solution and the confession (sealed) — 2

Awards: four certificates — 1

Back cover — 1

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