Halloween Lies
Halloween Lies is an interactive murder mystery party for 16-22 guests (plus one host) published by Freeform Games.
Set in the modern day, Halloween Lies takes place during the Halloween-theme costume party for The Vampire Detective, a fabulously successful horror movie. However, all is not well as the star, Tom Speed has died suddenly in a car crash last night. Was it foul play? (Go on - take a guess...)
Freeform Games have written a kid's version of Halloween Lies. It's basically the same game, but with the sordid side of Tinseltown removed. When you buy Halloween Lies you get both versions of the game - so you can decide which to use.
Click here to download the introductory pdf file and learn more about Halloween Lies.
Halloween Lies is an interactive murder mystery game - much like Freeform Games' other games such as All at Sea and Curse of the Pharaoh. Halloween Lies also shares many of the same features - it has the item cards and the ability cards that those games have. (Item cards are used to represent all sorts of things - from the Skelly awards, to movie screenplays and even a strip of negatives. Ability cards, on the other hand, provide rules for things like hypnosis and detecting secrets.)
Halloween Lies has a number of different plots to keep everyone busy. For example, there are affairs, photographs of a young starlet, the mysterious dealings of the Post-Modern Freeform Movement - plus of course a murder to solve. On top of all that, The Vampire Detective's producers are all looking to make the next big movie - so they will be wheeling and dealing and need directors, actors and screenwriters for their movie.
At the end of the party, the producers and their crew act out a scene from their movies for everyone to enjoy - and vote for the next winner of Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Actress.
- The cast of Halloween Lies includes:
- Movie producers
- Movie stars
- Screenplay writers
- Bit-part actors
- Agents
- A newspaper columnist
- A hypnotist
- A detective
- A private eye
- And more...
Halloween Lies needs a dedicated host, someone to organise the game. They play the Master/Mistress of Ceremonies. I really enjoy being the host - you know what's going on and can watch your friends scheme and plot and be devious to one another. (Note that for the kids' version of Halloween Lies - I really do recommend that an adult hosts the party.)
Halloween Lies is available from Freeform Games and costs £25. To see how much Halloween Lies costs in other currencies, use the converter. (It's pre-set to show how much £25 costs in US dollars - however please note that the exact amount will depend on the exact exchange rate at the time you buy and also the commission charged by your credit card.)
Please note that Halloween Lies is the same game as Hollywood Lies - it has just been changed from an "Oscar-night" setting to a horror-movie/Halloween setting.
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You will be taken to the Freeform Games LLP website - just follow the instructions to purchase Halloween Lies. You will then be emailed the location of the main Halloween Lies pdf files and password (to unlock it) almost immediately. Just download the game, print it out and have a great murder mystery!
By the way, if you don't want to buy the game over the Internet, the introductory pdf file provides details of paying by post.
Halloween Lies is published in pdf format. Pdf stands for "portable data format" and allows any computer (PC, Apple, etc) to read it providing they have the right software such as Adobe Acrobat or Foxit PDF Reader. Both of these are free.