The Night Before Christmas
Dazzled to Death is an interactive murder mystery party for 12-15 guests (plus one host) published by Freeform Games.
It is Christmas Eve, 1948. The socialite Evington-Browne family ("E-B" to their friends) and guests are preparing for their annual cocktail party, heldat the family's hunting lodge in the White Mountains north of Boston. A fierce storm has now set in, and the party finds itself cut off from the rest of the world. This is unfortunate, as the valet of one of the guests has been found dead in the kitchen...
Click here to download the introductory pdf file and learn more about The Night Before Christmas.
The Night Before Christmas is an interactive murder mystery game - much like Freeform Games' other games such as All at Sea and Curse of the Pharaoh. Dazzled to Death 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 - paintings, poison and even the fabulous "Dazzling Diamonds". Ability cards, on the other hand, allow the characters to detect secrets find out information about other people.)
The Night Before Christmas has a number of different plots to keep everyone busy. For example, there is a cat burglar, the bestowing of the diamonds themselves, various family secrets - and of course the murder to solve.
The cast of The Night Before Christmas includes:- John Evington-Browne III: Respected businessman and head of the family.
- Rose Evington-Browne: John’s much-loved wife.
- Patrick Evington-Browne: John and Rose’s 20-year-old son.
- Evie Evington-Browne: John and Rose’s 21-year-old and wilful daughter.
- Tracy Evington-Browne: John and Rose’s youngest (16 years old) and mischievous daughter.
- Priscilla Evington-Browne: John’s elderly and often forgetful aunt.
- Agatha Marbles: Priscilla’s elderly English friend and allegedly famed detective.
- James Pemberton: Rose’s brother. Art dealer and traveller.
- Charles Pemberton: James’s son, currently a student at Harvard.
- Dr. Bruisyard: Retired family doctor and friend.
- Miles Earnshaw: Unexpected guest, friend from Rose’s youth.
- Soames: Butler/Housekeeper.
- Dinah Peters: Cook (temporary stand-in for usual cook).
- Reggie Haven: Young socialite friend of Evie’s.
- Christy Crompton: Young fellow-student friend of Patrick.
The Night Before Christmas needs a dedicated host, someone to organise the game. 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.
The Night Before Christmas is available from Freeform Games and costs £20. To see how much The Night Before Christmas costs in other currencies, use the converter. (It's pre-set to show how much £20 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 The Night Before Christmas is the same game as Dazzled to Death - it is simply set at Christmas Eve in 1948.
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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.
The Night Before Christmas 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.