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FAQ - How does the COLOUR CODING work?

Merrymurder Party Games and "Murder in an Hour" Games both use a colour coding system to ensure that players do not miss their cues and that the host stays fully in control of the game. How this colour coding works is shown below, using the game "Murder in an Hour in Space" as an example.

Questions and Responses

The first question card to be asked in Round 1 by the Space Investigators is shown below.  You can see both sides of the card.
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It is clearly marked as being a red bordered item. The question card also states that the red question flow ends when Dr Callisto has spoken.

Below you can see the Round 1 page of the character booklets of Aurora D'Lytes and Dr Callisto. They have red bordered items for round one. None of the other six suspects have red bordered items.
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So, when the red bordered items begin, the players portraying Aurora D'Lytes and Dr Callisto know that very shortly their cue to speak will be coming. And the other six players can sit back and relax, knowing that for the moment it is not their turn to speak.

Similarly once Aurora has performed her red bordered item, she knows she won't be called upon to speak until the pink bordered question is asked. Likewise for Dr Callisto with the purple items.

Flowcharts

All games come with round flowcharts that pictorially depict what will happen in each round. These can be used by the host to keep an eye that everything that happens in a round does happen. Alternatively they can be pinned on the wall, and all players can help to ensure that the round develops as expected.

You can see the flowchart for "Murder in an Hour in Space" below.
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  • Home
  • Zoom Games
  • FREE - No need to print puzzle books
  • All Games at a Glance
  • Games by No. of Players
  • All Party Games
    • The Pungent Pumpkin Poisoner
    • The Merrymurder Wine Tasting Game
    • The Merrymurder Pantocrime
    • Slaughter at the Circus
    • Murder at the North Pole
    • The Murder of Mrs Whyte
    • Eight Deadly Sins BBQ
    • Death by Depreciation
    • Ten Little Vampires
    • An Easter Extravaganza
    • The Wake for Humpty Dumpty
    • The Cutting It Killer
    • Natural Porn Killers
    • Natural Porn Killers II
    • Orgy of Death
    • Randy Butt - RIP
  • All Hour Games
    • Murder in an Hour with the Pungent Pumpkin Poisoner
    • Murder in an Hour at Cloo Hall
    • Murder in an Hour at Monster Mansion
    • Murder in an Hour with Santa's reindeer
    • Murder in an Hour at the Bake Off
    • Murder in an Hour at the BBQ
    • Murder in an Hour at the Psychic Coffee Morning
    • Murder in an Hour in Space
    • Murder in an Hour in Camelot
    • Murder in an Hour with Robin Hood
  • All Puzzle Books
    • FREE - The Pungent Pumpkin Mystery Book
    • Monster Birthday Party
    • Who Stole Santa's Sleigh?
    • The Great Easter Egg Theft
    • Who Flame Grilled Frosty?
    • Who Spooked Spook?
    • Who took the tail off the Easter bunny?
    • Murder at the Seaside
    • Murder at Herbwell Hall
    • The Shakespeare Murder Mystery
    • Murder at Cainem College
    • Surprise Birthday Party
  • Photo Gallery
  • Testimonials
  • FAQs
  • Purchase
  • Contact Me
  • Yulia