Case no. 001 · filed tonight · status: open
A night in with your own people, on your own TV.
Party games for the living room. The TV is the stage, every phone is a private screen, and the game is about the people on the sofa.
The evidence so far
Two cases. One living room.
Case summary · Murder mystery nights
Culprit Club
One of your guests did it.
Pick a world, type in your guests, and each one gets a character written around them. The TV plays the opening, the twist and the reveal. Each phone keeps its owner's secrets.
Suspects: your guests
- Guest 1“always knows the password”
- Guest 2“the best dancer in the room”
- Guest 3“replies all”
Example trait chips. Your guests' real quirks show up as flavour. The motive always belongs to the character.
Known locations
- 001The Speakeasy1923, a raided jazz club
- 002The MasqueradeA masked ball in a Venetian palazzo
- 003The Office Christmas PartySomeone poisoned the Secret Santa
- 004CountdownNew Year's Eve on a rooftop, and the victim dies at midnight
Pending: Snowed In, Casino Night, The Saloon, Premiere Night, Station Nine.
About two hours, made to fit around dinner.
Every case can end three ways, so a replay has a new culprit.
File 02 · The game show about your lot
Room Famous
A game show about the people in the room.
Before the night, everyone answers a two minute survey on their phone. The show is built from those answers, so the board shows what your own people actually said.
Everyone answers for themselves, and every question can be skipped.
Statements taken before the night
Q. Name something Grandad always says.
- A. Mind the step (5 of 12)
- A. Who's that then? (3 of 12)
- A. In my day (2 of 12)
- A. Put the kettle on (1 of 12)
- A. Shut the door (1 of 12)
A made up example. On the night, the board fills from your own answers.
Line of questioning
- 1.The survey board Two teams, a buzzer and a board of what your group said, revealed one answer at a time.
- 2.Who said it? A line goes up on the TV. Everyone picks the author on their phone.
- 3.Who knows them best? Guess the guest of honour's answers. Their phone holds the truth.
- 4.The picture round Baby photos and fridge doors, uploaded by the people in them.
- 5.The final Two players, five questions, twenty seconds each.
Memo · to: whoever is hosting · re: procedure for the night
How it works.
- 1Open the TV page. Any browser on the TV, a laptop on HDMI, or a cast tab. The TV becomes the stage.
- 2Scan the code. Every phone joins from a QR code on the screen. Nothing to install, no accounts for guests.
- 3Play. The TV shows the story and the board. Each phone shows only what its owner should see.
Tip line · coming soon
Be first on the scene.
Culprit Club opens first. Room Famous follows. One email when the doors open. Nothing else.