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Murder Most Foul: The Deed Itself

Scott — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 21:54:57 +0000

Previously, I discussed abilities to watch out for when attempting to run a mystery and took a look at some things you should determine about your cast of characters before the game. Today, I finally get around to the actual running. At the end of that last post, I mentioned that you don’t need to [...]

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Murder Most Foul: The Deed Itself

Murder Most Foul: The Usual Suspects

Scott — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:07:40 +0000

In my last post, I discussed things that should be considered prior to planning a murder mystery. Today, a quick look at the actual planning. The Victim is naturally the first concern. Who’s dead? The death should draw the PCs into in the mystery plot, ideally. The victim could be a prominent figure — the [...]

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Murder Most Foul: The Usual Suspects

Murder Most Foul: Premeditation

Scott — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 20:56:42 +0000

The murder mystery is a firmly-established sub-genre, so much so that it’s commonly crossed over. In addition to detective stories, there are murder mysteries set in the Middle Ages, in ancient Rome, in feudal Japan, in historical China. There are fantasy murder mysteries, science fiction murder mysteries, cookbook murder mysteries. (No, really. I’m not kidding. [...]

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Murder Most Foul: Premeditation