The Santa Clause
The Santa Clause is a Christmas-themed murder mystery game published by Dinner and a Murder Mystery Games, a Tennessee-based company specialising in murder mystery events. They have turned some of their games into downloadable games that can be played at home - including The Santa Clause.
The Santa Clause - an interactive Murder Mystery Game
It's time for the annual Holiday Party for the law firm Lie, Cheat and Steal, a powerhouse law firm with influential ties to business, government and politics. This party is one that everyone is just dying to attend. Quite literally that is. Mr. A. Big Scam, who was the next in line to become Partner in the firm, was found stuffed up his chimney in the Santa suit he was going to wear to the party!
Someone leaked a statement to the press stating that Mr. Lie will be announcing his retirement and replacement at the party tonight. With Mr. Scam dead who will be the one to get this lofty and very sought after partnership?
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The Santa Clause is an interactive murder mystery party. As well as solving the murder, each character also has a number of things that they have to do to progress the plot. The game isn't scripted, but these interactions need to take place - and apart from the murder, it doesn't matter when they take place.
Everyone in The Santa Clause has a complete character with background and costume suggestions.
Like most interactive murder mystery games, The Santa Clause suits a buffet meal or finger food so that everyone can mingle.The cast of Death by Chocolate includes:
- Gabby Gossip - Gossip Columnist
- Mary Christmas - Receptionist
- Earl E. Bird – Senator
- Mambo Phillipa Macumba – Vodou High Priestess
- Bonnie Bolin – Bonnie works for the CDC (Center for Disease Control)
- Chip Shoulder – Chip owned The Greasy Spoon before it was shut down
- Keene Whistleblower – Keene is an FDA (Food and Drug Administration) Inspector
- Igotta Cheat - Constance Cheats husband
- Barbie Dahl-Scam - Widow
- Justin Case - State Attorney General
- Sue Yu - 'Ambulance Chaser'
- Chris Mass - A Private Investigator
- Constance Cheat - partner
- Seymour Steal - partner
- Inspector Ness - police inspector
- Marsha Mellow - Pharmaceutical Magnate
Like most murder mystery games, The Santa Clause can be played out over a single evening. The game itself should take no more than a couple of hours, but you will need time at the beginning (for everyone to settle down) and the end (for solving the murder and prizes).
The Santa Clause is for 8 to 20 people. It is available from Dinner and a Murder Mystery Games and costs $49.
Purchasing The Santa Clause
The Santa Clause is available from and costs US$49. To see how much The Santa Clause costs in other currencies, use the converter. (It's pre-set to show how much $49 costs in GB pounds - 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.)
Purchasing The Santa Clause is simple. Just follow these three steps:
Step 1: Connect to the Dinner and a Murder Mystery Games site.
Step 2: Learn more about The Santa Clause from Dinner and a Murder Mystery Games. (I recommend that you download the free sneak peek that tells you more about the game.) If you decide that you like the game, click through to the shop and enter your details.
Step 3: You will be emailed the location of the main game file and password (to unlock it) shortly. 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, you can pay by check, money order, wire or bank transfers.
And please remember that if you buy The Santa Clause, you are buying it from Dinner and a Murder Mystery Games (the publishers). Don't forget to read their terms of trade.
The Santa Clause 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.