Halloween Murder Mystery Game: The Wych Elm

The Wych Elm

🕒 Game Time: 2-3 hours 

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Number of players: 6-10 players, all gender-neutral

🖥️ Play Online or In-Person with you and 9 friends!  

👻 Theme: Halloween True Crime Haunted Mansion

🕵️  Inspired By: True Crime, Haunted Mansion, Ghostbusters

✨  The Host can play without knowing whodunnit!

Please note this game is a digital party game kit with files that can be used to play online or print and play in-person

Your Story Starts Here!

In 1943 in Worcestershire, England, four children found a human skeleton in the hollow of a wych elm while playing in Hagley Wood. Several years later, graffiti started appearing near the site asking “Who put Bella in the Wych Elm?” To this day, no one knows the identity of Bella, what happened, or why. Since this gruesome discovery, Worcestershire has never been the same and the four have remained haunted by what they saw, in more ways than one. Fifteen years later, they return to the Hagley Estate for a Halloween party.

CONTENT WARNING: Mild violence, mild romance, suggestive themes

Recommended For Ages 16+

Character List: 

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Foulplay Games are immersive, interactive mystery experiences able to be played online or in-person. Before the game, players receive a character profile with a backstory, personality traits, and various goals to accomplish. Once the game begins, guests "act" as their character, interacting with others, moving through scenarios, while investigating, bribing, or blackmailing other characters. Then, spoiler alert, a murder takes place! After that, players receive their Goals and Objectives for the rest of the game. The murderer knows they are the killer and is trying to cover their tracks while the other players are trying to figure out whodunnit! Many players will have secrets of their own to hide. At the end, there is awards for Best Performer, Costume and more and players have an opportunity to share their secrets with the rest of the group. As Host, you can play a character and keep the identity of the murderer a secret, even from yourself!

Your Game Comes With:

A Host Guide walking you through all the steps you need to host your game, Character Profiles and Goals and Objectives, Name Tags, Play Money, Item Cards, and Foulplay Cards, Best Costume, Best Performer, Shadiest Player, and Wealthiest Player Award, Evidence and Solution, A Pinterest Board and Spotify Playlist and BONUS: Instructions on how to host your game online if you choose!

About Us: 

Foulplay Games is a women-owned creative business based in Seattle, WA! We write murder mystery games for geeks! Learn more about us at https://foulplayco.com