Murder Mystery

Newsroom Murder Mystery Party Game

★ MURDER AT THE NORTHERN CHRONICLE — a newsroom whodunit for 4-12 players ★

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October 1974. The back page has been held since five o'clock and nobody on the stone has been told why. At twenty to nine the editor comes out of the wire room, shouts one sentence across the newsroom over two teleprinters and a propped door, and shuts his office door behind him. At a quarter past nine his deputy finds him.

📰 THE TWIST THIS ONE IS BUILT ON

Six people heard that sentence. Every one of them is honest and no two of them heard the same words. This game is not about catching a liar — it is about reassembling four seconds of noise, out of what all six versions share and the exact word where they come apart.

👤 6 CHARACTERS, EACH WITH A REAL SECRET

• The chief sub, who cut a paragraph out of a reporter's story on orders and never said so

• The reporter, taken off his own two-year story in August by the man now dead

• The editor's secretary, thirty years outside that door, who keeps the diary to the minute

• The father of the chapel, with a strike ballot in his coat for Monday

• The deputy editor, passed over in the spring and gracious about it in public

• The advertising manager, running the best October in the paper's history

⚠️ You need a board or a big sheet of paper for this one. In Round 1 the host writes all six versions up word for word and leaves them there — it is the only game in the line that needs a prop, and it is the entire design.

🖼 FULLY ILLUSTRATED — NEW EDITION

• 12 painted character portraits, one on every character sheet

• A "Meet Your Characters" page so your guests can see the whole floor at a glance

• A painted cover of the stone as it was found that night

Nobody hands out a plain sheet of text any more. Your guests get a face to play.

📄 WHAT YOU GET (instant download, 23 pages)

• Host Guide — how to run all three rounds

• At a Glance — the whole game on one page

• The Tangle — who is covering for whom

• The Story — read aloud to open the night

• 12 Character Sheets — secret, alibi, heart & leverage

• Clue Cards for Round 2 and Round 3

• Accusation Sheet — one per guest

• Printable Invitation

• ★ Full Solution — every clue explained

🎲 HOW IT WORKS

1. Buy → download instantly (no item shipped)

2. Print at home — A4 and US Letter both included

3. Hand out the sheets, read The Story aloud, play three rounds and vote

👥 4 TO 12 PLAYERS

6 is the full game. At 4 or 5 the host guide tells you exactly who to drop and which clue card to move. Up to 10, extra guests arrive as the rest of the night desk — they question, they vote, they can win.

⏱ 90-120 minutes · Teen & Adult · No host required to sit out — nobody’s sheet names the killer, so keep the last two pages sealed until the vote.

🖨 Print at home on plain paper. Nothing to cut out except the clue cards. No app, no batteries, no pieces to lose.

❤ For personal use only. Digital product — nothing is shipped.

★ GREAT FOR ★

Dinner parties, game nights, girls’ nights in, birthday celebrations, Halloween gatherings, and evenings when a group of friends wants something to do together — small groups and large.