This game, where the murder actually happens during play, is suitable for between 8 and 10 people. It has an adult rating of 7/10, and with a playing time of about two hours, it is an ideal evening's entertainment. And, by simply signing up for the merrymurder newsletter, you can download it for free!

THE SIX FILES YOU WILL BE ABLE TO DOWNLOAD ARE

Instructions File	Investigator Invitations File	Character Invitations File
Character Booklets File	Clues Questions Plus File	Envelopes File

To see the Game Components that you can make up from the contents of these files, please click here.

To obtain your free game simply click here and fill in your email address. A confirmation link will be sent to your email account. When you click on this link you will receive a second email. This will have the password needed to open the files and a link to where you can download them.

I hope you enjoy it. Best wishes, Tim Morrell.

SOME FEEDBACK I HAVE HAD ABOUT THE GAME

"Hi Tim,

Sorry for the long silence. Its been a hectic Christmas and New year. I have been meaning to touch base with you and first of all thank you for your prompt and very informative response to my original email; and secondly for writing such a wonderfully delightful murder mystery that everyone at my party enjoyed. My husband and I decided to go with "The Pungent Pumpkin Poisoner" despite the larger group of people, and it was a smashing success.

My family loves detective stories and mysteries, both in print and on TV. So they were both intrigued and excited about attending the event. I picked one member from each family to play one of the 7 roles and asked all the rest (the investigative team) to dress as their favorite detective. We had Hercule Poirot, Miss Jane Marple, Columbo, Sherlock Holmes and the teenage girls dressed as Charles Angels! It was a riot!!! My brother in law played Inspector Brown. My sister (who played Mavis Cheek) correctly solved the mystery. It was most hilarious to watch her (she is such a prude), struggle with her lines as she had to go up to Lloyd and say "“Mmm, I wouldn’t mind a taste of your salami!” She choked on the words several times and said "My I just cant say this line" - and all of us just howled in laughter! When she finally got the words out, it was even more funny!!! Everyone totally got into the role of their character and had a blast. Needless to say, for the rest of the Christmas week, at every occasion we met, we were all called by our new character names.
I got so many raving reviews about the event. My sister called me after the party, to tell me that her husband, who usually gets bored at our multiple family gatherings (this was the 4th night in a row that we were all meeting), had such a grand time. That for those 3 hours, he totally forgot about work and the stresses of life and unwound and enjoyed himself He played Inspector Brown to perfection.

This is an email I recd. from my uncle:

"Thanks so much for the lovely dinner followed by a mind boggling, head spinning, nose diving, heart pounding, brain picking - Sherlock Holmes murder mystery. I just can't believe I was sitting next to that killer all the time."

Needless to say, everyone wants to do it again. Thank you for the flowcharts that we all stuck to closely once we got the hang of what we were supposed to do. The instructions were very clear and the color coding perfect. Please do keep me informed if you have any sales or specials on your mysteries. I thought I read something about it in one of the reviews. Also, please feel free to use parts or all of my email in your feedback/review section or if you'd like for me to write something in particular, I would be happy to.

Thank you for making for a memorable night!

Athena and Daniel - Pennsylvania - USA"

"I am a huge fan of Murder Mysteries and I was "dying" to find a great murder mystery that was online and that was free. This is when I stumbled upon the Pungent Pumpkin Poisoner. It was awesome. I will never forget the moment where I tried to run away after my friend said "Pal, you're nicked!" and the girl we had playing Lloyd chased me down and caught me. Your murders perfectly combine intrigue, humor, red herrings, good plot, and fun.

I am about to buy the Slaughter at the Circus game to do at my birthday party, and my friends have come such a long way when it comes to murder mysteries that they're fighting over who gets to be a suspect. I love your formatting of the color coded charts and the first person speaking; it made your murder mystery stand out from all the companies that we tried. One of the greatest parts was the ending; no one got it right but we were still all very satisfied with the answer and felt dumb for not figuring it out! Please feel free to use my comment to get other people to buy!! -Coz

Colin Deicke, Nassau County, New York"

"Hello Tim,

Thank you so much for the free download. We definitely were able to play and it was amazing. We had so much fun with the characters. Everyone had a blast.

Everyone was put together in such a fashion that there were no problems in playing the scenes out or understanding what was going on. I have recommended your site to several of our friends. One in particular has received one from you already.

Thank you again for the fun!

June E Wetherbee, Port St John, Florida"

"What a great idea to give away a trial game! I downloaded this game which we played on New Years Eve. It was a huge success and thoroughly enjoyed by everyone. The downloading and printing off of all the paperwork was a doddle and it was easy to print everything without getting information that was likely to spoil the game. Great game, great site, will definitely be using you again. Many thanks, Vicki"

"Just to say thanks for the murder mystery freebie....what a scream!!!!! as we're all new to this murder business, we were really astounded by how much fun was had by all......we're looking forward to another great evening over the Xmas time...."

"It was a lot of fun!! We are thinking about trying Humpty Dumpty next..."

"I used your game with a small volunteer church group in the UK. We had a lot of fun and as funds were non-existent I much appreciated your free download."