Dead Mans Chest - A Freeform Murder Mystery Game
A Dead Man's Chest is a dinner party murder mystery game for 12 to 16 guests and a host -
download the
free introductory pdf file (127 KB).
NEW! -- be one of the first to play this brand new murder mystery game!
Join us in a thrilling evening of piracy, intrigue, heroism and skulduggery. You will be in the middle of the action and it will be up to you to wheel and deal with the other guests. Can you achieve your goals, keep your secrets hidden and survive
A Dead Man's Chest? It's up to you.
Two pirate crews descend upon the sleepy Caribbean island of Santo Oloroso - to avenge the death of their former master Captain Flint, or is it to find and grab his treasure
Old enmities will surface, deals will be made and broken, and some folk will swing from the yard-arm while others receive the dreaded Black Spot, before these affairs are settled, for good or ill.
Will fortune favour the brave? Will faint heart ever win fair lady? How many Pieces of Eight make a Doubloon? Find out all this and more at A Dead Man's Chest.
How Freeform Murder Mystery Games Work
A Dead Man's Chest is unlike many murder mystery games. Although the game starts with a murder, most of the characters have more important things to do than to investigate it. And the killing may not be over - it is unlikely that everyone will survive the remainder of the evening.
A Dead Man's Chest is played just like a murder mystery game. You may be trying to solve the murder, but primarily you are (initially at least) concentrating on your own goals and objectives. Unlike most boxed murder mystery games, A Dead Man's Chest lets you decide how to achieve your goals and thwart your enemies.
On the evening the guests are met by the organizer. They then receive their detailed backgrounds - including dark secrets, objectives and money. The players can form alliances, blackmail each other, steal items and even try to make the best movie for next year. Along the way they may solve some of A Dead Man's Chest's mysteries. Why was the Governor's daughter kidnapped by pirates? Who is the masked do-gooder 'El Cuervo'? Where is the fabled treasure buried? And of course, how did Captain Flint die? Finally, the game concludes and everyone finds out how they did, and how their character fares in later life.
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Free Introductory File
A Dead Man's Chest lasts for about four hours and is suited to an evening. It is often played over a meal - a finger buffet if possible to allow guests to circulate and talk in private.
The
free introductory pdf file (127 KB) contains an introduction to the game, a cast list of all the characters, an invitation to send to your guests - plus details of how to buy the game.
Purchase A Dead Man's Chest
A Dead Man's Chest costs £20.00 (GB pounds). That works out at about US $36, depending on the exchange rate charged by your credit card.
To purchase
A Dead Man's Chest, follow these three steps.
Step 1:
Download the free introductory pdf file (127 KB). You will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to read this. If you do not already have Acrobat Reader,
click here.
Step 2: Read our
terms and conditions of purchase. Then come back here and click on the button to buy the game!
Step 3: Our orders are processed by WorldPay - we don't actually see your credit card details. After you have entered your credit card details you will be emailed the location of the main pdf files, plus the password required to unlock them. You can then download those files and enjoy the game!
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