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MURDER IN AN HOUR...
AT THE PSYCHIC COFFEE MORNING

4 to 12 players - family friendly
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OVERVIEW

In the village of Much Peering, many of the local business owners have psychic abilities.  Betty Brown, tea shop owner and tea leaf reader, regularly hosts psychic coffee mornings.  Where business owners can meet to discuss both psychic news, and local trading concerns.

But at the latest coffee morning Severus Squelch, unpopular pawnbroker, is poisoned in his coffee.  And members of the group, watched over by Village Police Officers, have to call upon their various psychic powers to reveal the killer!

SUSPECTS

Betty Brown,
Tea Shop Owner and
​Tea Leaf Reader
Morgan Graves,
Funeral Director and
​Medium
Penny Dreadful,
Bookshop Owner and
​"Spirit Writer"
Madam Jiang Po,
Chinese Restaurant Owner
​and Parrot Astrologist
Eluf Norsegood,
Pub Landlord and master of
​Pub Sign Predictions
Blowsie Bluff,
Barmaid and
​Playing Card Reader
Bill Bananas,
Greengrocer and founder of "Fruit & Vegology"
Len de Littel,
Bank Manager and
​"Numerology" expert

GAME STAGES

  • Crime Background
  • Character Introductions
  • Round 1 - featuring tea leaf reading and playing card reading
  • Round 2 - featuring "fruit and vegology", parrot astrology and spirit writing
  • Round 3 - featuring pub sign predictions and "talking with the dead"
  • Accusations
  • Deduction Poem
  • Murderer's Confession

GAME COMPONENTS

The following components can be created from the PDF file you will receive.

Crime Background

12 Place Markers

8 Character Booklets

16 Double Sided Question Cards

2 Double Sided Clue Object Cards

7 DOUBLE SIDED "PSYCHIC ABILITY" SCRIPTS

7 DOUBLE SIDED TEACUP CARDS

8 DOUBLE SIDED PLAYING CARDS

7 DOUBLE SIDED "FRUIT AND VEGOLOGY" CARDS

7 DOUBLE SIDED "PARROT ASTROLOGY" CARDS

7 DOUBLE SIDED "PUB SIGN PREDICTION" CARDS

Deduction Poem & Murderer's Confession

The Deduction Poem is not shown, as it would reveal "whodunit".

Rounds Flowchart

This helps the host to ensure that the game stays on track and that nobody misses their cue. A description of how the colour coded flowcharts work can be read here.