Could Hollywood Lies be played with less people?

by Lynn
(Sebring, FL,, USA)

I have the Christian group (e-mailed before about Lei'd to Rest) coming but not quite 16 people. Could I eliminate a few characters from Hollywood Lies? Or could I clean up the mistress part (would it make a big difference if they were just dating?) in Lei'd to Rest?

My response:

Hollywood Lies unfortunately has the same issue as Lei'd to Rest - one of infidelity. (It's a popular theme in murder mystery games because of the motives it can generate.)

The kid's version of Hollywood Lies calls infidelity "secretly seeing", but in any instance the theme of infidelity and adultery is no worse than you find on much prime time television. (And probably a lot tamer.)

(It's also not really possible to reduce the numbers of players in Hollywood Lies without a lot of work.)

I think you've got two options.

I suggest you have a look at my "good clean fun" murder mystery games and pick one of those.

Or, try to establish if, in your group, there are a couple of people who don't mind being cast as characters involved in a plot involving infidelity.

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