• May include: A collection of printed documents, photographs, and a small lantern-shaped object arranged on a wooden surface. Items include a newspaper clipping, a blue architectural blueprint, a map, and a postcard addressed to England.
  • May include: A digital analytics dashboard displaying user engagement data. It shows 27 visits and 9 submissions. A list of cases includes The Last Vanishing at 33%, The Lantern in the Snow, The Crown of Éclairs, and The Illusion of Christmas.
  • May include: A collection of printed documents titled The Lantern in the Snow, including a newspaper, a map, a case file labeled The Lantern Girl with a magnifying glass icon, a blue floor plan, and a document with photographs.
  • May include: A collection of 27 pieces of evidence including beige documents, a blue floor plan, a newspaper clipping, and photographs. The text at the top reads 3 ENVELOPES · 27 PIECES OF EVIDENCE. The items are arranged on a dark wooden surface.
  • May include: A mystery game kit featuring a list of contents titled What's Inside, including 1 start guide, 3 envelopes, and 27 pieces of evidence. The set includes printed documents titled The Lantern in the Snow, a magnifying glass, and a mug.
  • May include: Three aged paper documents titled DECODE, MATCH, CHECK, THREE PUZZLES IN THE PAPERS. The pages feature handwritten text, a torn note, and a list of times. Below the papers are the labels DECODE A BET, FIT A TORN NOTE, and CHECK THE TIMES.
  • May include: Two printed documents titled A MAP AND A BLUEPRINT. One is a beige map labeled THE VILLAGE AND THE SLOPE, and the other is a blue architectural floor plan labeled THE CHALET. Both feature detailed technical line drawings and text.
  • May include: A mystery game set featuring printed documents, a magnifying glass, and a white mug. The text reads: How it works, 1. Print Start Here and the envelopes, 2. Open one envelope at a time, 3. Write your verdict in your own words, 4. Score yourselves, 2-6 players, about 2.5-3 hours, ages 18+.
  • May include: Two vintage-style documents titled 'Print at home' and 'US LETTER & A4 - DIGITAL DOWNLOAD'. The papers feature typed text, stamps, and signatures. One document is labeled 8.5 x 11 inches, the other 210 x 297 mm.
  • May include: Two printed map editions titled "Two Editions" with the text "Full Color or Light on Ink". One map is in full color, and the other is a black and white line drawing. Both maps feature a legend, numbered locations, and a compass rose.
  • May include: A collection of printed documents, photographs, and a small lantern-shaped object arranged on a wooden surface. Items include a newspaper clipping, a blue architectural blueprint, a map, and a postcard addressed to England.
  • Product video
  • May include: A digital analytics dashboard displaying user engagement data. It shows 27 visits and 9 submissions. A list of cases includes The Last Vanishing at 33%, The Lantern in the Snow, The Crown of Éclairs, and The Illusion of Christmas.
  • May include: A collection of printed documents titled The Lantern in the Snow, including a newspaper, a map, a case file labeled The Lantern Girl with a magnifying glass icon, a blue floor plan, and a document with photographs.
  • Product video
  • May include: A collection of 27 pieces of evidence including beige documents, a blue floor plan, a newspaper clipping, and photographs. The text at the top reads 3 ENVELOPES · 27 PIECES OF EVIDENCE. The items are arranged on a dark wooden surface.
  • May include: A mystery game kit featuring a list of contents titled What's Inside, including 1 start guide, 3 envelopes, and 27 pieces of evidence. The set includes printed documents titled The Lantern in the Snow, a magnifying glass, and a mug.
  • May include: Three aged paper documents titled DECODE, MATCH, CHECK, THREE PUZZLES IN THE PAPERS. The pages feature handwritten text, a torn note, and a list of times. Below the papers are the labels DECODE A BET, FIT A TORN NOTE, and CHECK THE TIMES.
  • May include: Two printed documents titled A MAP AND A BLUEPRINT. One is a beige map labeled THE VILLAGE AND THE SLOPE, and the other is a blue architectural floor plan labeled THE CHALET. Both feature detailed technical line drawings and text.
  • May include: A mystery game set featuring printed documents, a magnifying glass, and a white mug. The text reads: How it works, 1. Print Start Here and the envelopes, 2. Open one envelope at a time, 3. Write your verdict in your own words, 4. Score yourselves, 2-6 players, about 2.5-3 hours, ages 18+.
  • May include: Two vintage-style documents titled 'Print at home' and 'US LETTER & A4 - DIGITAL DOWNLOAD'. The papers feature typed text, stamps, and signatures. One document is labeled 8.5 x 11 inches, the other 210 x 297 mm.
  • May include: Two printed map editions titled "Two Editions" with the text "Full Color or Light on Ink". One map is in full color, and the other is a black and white line drawing. Both maps feature a legend, numbered locations, and a compass rose.
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New Year’s Eve Murder Mystery Game, Printable 1984 Snowbound Chalet Case for Couples

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  • Digital download
  • Digital file type(s): 4 ZIP, 1 PDF

Seller's description

New Year's Eve, 1984. Five friends who worked a ski season together ten years ago meet again at Chalet Bergruh, high above a small Swiss village. Rupert owns the chalet now. That evening he tells the village legend of the Lantern Girl, mostly to laugh at it, and just after midnight he bolts the terrace door "to keep her out." Later that night there are three knocks on the glass, and a lantern shows far down the slope. In the morning the caretaker finds Rupert frozen in the snow beside the shrine at the foot of the path.

His body has been flown home to London, and the coroner has called you to sit on the jury. The Swiss police file, translated for the court, reaches you in three envelopes. Everyone at Bergruh that night had a reason to be angry with Rupert. Whatever the village says about the Lantern Girl, someone on that mountain knows how he ended up outside.

What's included
• 27 pieces of evidence in three envelopes: police reports, the scene photograph, party snapshots, a blueprint of the chalet, a map of the slope, witness statements, medical reports and newspaper cuttings
• Three puzzles worked into the papers: a code, a torn note and a timing puzzle
• A Start Here page
• Hints for every question: a nudge first, then a pointer if you're still stuck
• A Scoring file: you write your verdict first, then score yourselves question by question
• The full story, explained step by step
• A printable gift invitation

Players, time and difficulty
• 2 to 6 players, ages 18+
• Difficulty: hard
• Plan on two and a half to three hours. Some groups will be quicker, some slower
• Content: one death (off the page, no gore), drinking, an affair and some mild swearing

How it works
Print Start Here and the three envelopes. Open Envelope 1, read everything in it together and take your own notes, then move on to the next envelope when you're ready. Nobody plays a role and nobody hosts: you're the jury, working through the file together. After Envelope 3, write down who is responsible for Rupert's death, how it happened and why, with two exhibits for each. Then open the Scoring file on screen, mark your answers and read the full story.

Printing
• US Letter with US units and A4 with metric units, each in Deluxe (full color) and Ink-saver (light on ink)
• 36 pages to print, plus the one-page gift invitation if it's a present
• Print at 100% scale, single-sided, at home or at a copy shop
• You'll need scissors for a couple of pieces
• The hints, the scoring and the full story stay on a screen, so nobody reads an answer by accident

Written and illustrated with the help of AI tools, from our own story, prompts and edits, and checked by us.

Digital download, nothing is shipped. You receive PDF files to print yourself.

FAQ
• Can we play it on a screen? Start Here opens fine on a phone, but you'll be laying papers side by side and cutting a couple out, so printing works much better.
• Do we need a host? No. Everyone plays together, and nobody needs to know the answer in advance.
• Can more than 6 play? Yes, though the papers go round more slowly. Start Here tells you which page is worth printing twice.
• Is it a Christmas game? It's set on New Year's Eve in the snow, so it suits any winter evening.
• Letter or A4? Letter for US and Canadian printers, A4 for most of the rest of the world. Choose Ink-saver if your printer is low on ink.

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May include: A collection of printed documents, photographs, and a small lantern-shaped object arranged on a wooden surface. Items include a newspaper clipping, a blue architectural blueprint, a map, and a postcard addressed to England.

New Year's Eve, 1984. Five friends who worked a ski season together ten years ago meet again at Chalet Bergruh, high above a small Swiss village. Rupert owns the chalet now. That evening he tells the village legend of the Lantern Girl, mostly to laugh at it, and just after midnight he bolts the terrace door "to keep her out." Later that night there are three knocks on the glass, and a lantern shows far down the slope. In the morning the caretaker finds Rupert frozen in the snow beside the shrine at the foot of the path.

His body has been flown home to London, and the coroner has called you to sit on the jury. The Swiss police file, translated for the court, reaches you in three envelopes. Everyone at Bergruh that night had a reason to be angry with Rupert. Whatever the village says about the Lantern Girl, someone on that mountain knows how he ended up outside.

What's included
• 27 pieces of evidence in three envelopes: police reports, the scene photograph, party snapshots, a blueprint of the chalet, a map of the slope, witness statements, medical reports and newspaper cuttings
• Three puzzles worked into the papers: a code, a torn note and a timing puzzle
• A Start Here page
• Hints for every question: a nudge first, then a pointer if you're still stuck
• A Scoring file: you write your verdict first, then score yourselves question by question
• The full story, explained step by step
• A printable gift invitation

Players, time and difficulty
• 2 to 6 players, ages 18+
• Difficulty: hard
• Plan on two and a half to three hours. Some groups will be quicker, some slower
• Content: one death (off the page, no gore), drinking, an affair and some mild swearing

How it works
Print Start Here and the three envelopes. Open Envelope 1, read everything in it together and take your own notes, then move on to the next envelope when you're ready. Nobody plays a role and nobody hosts: you're the jury, working through the file together. After Envelope 3, write down who is responsible for Rupert's death, how it happened and why, with two exhibits for each. Then open the Scoring file on screen, mark your answers and read the full story.

Printing
• US Letter with US units and A4 with metric units, each in Deluxe (full color) and Ink-saver (light on ink)
• 36 pages to print, plus the one-page gift invitation if it's a present
• Print at 100% scale, single-sided, at home or at a copy shop
• You'll need scissors for a couple of pieces
• The hints, the scoring and the full story stay on a screen, so nobody reads an answer by accident

Written and illustrated with the help of AI tools, from our own story, prompts and edits, and checked by us.

Digital download, nothing is shipped. You receive PDF files to print yourself.

FAQ
• Can we play it on a screen? Start Here opens fine on a phone, but you'll be laying papers side by side and cutting a couple out, so printing works much better.
• Do we need a host? No. Everyone plays together, and nobody needs to know the answer in advance.
• Can more than 6 play? Yes, though the papers go round more slowly. Start Here tells you which page is worth printing twice.
• Is it a Christmas game? It's set on New Year's Eve in the snow, so it suits any winter evening.
• Letter or A4? Letter for US and Canadian printers, A4 for most of the rest of the world. Choose Ink-saver if your printer is low on ink.

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