Is initial dialogue exactly scripted, or are players presented with bullet-pointed info and suggestions of questions to ask?
1049223
If I remember correctly, each participant is given a list of things that they know. Some of them are things that they are encouraged to share, and others are things that they're trying to hide. The best murder mystery parties I have attended were full of people who had a flair for acting and improv.
1049224
Only the points to share and the points to hide are given. We did this years ago, but remember that it was a "hoot!"
1049225
You can read your facts word for word but it is meant (in my opinion) that they are in more of a bullet-point form, for you to have fun with and be creative in your "readings"; that said one of our guests was a tad shy and read things word for word and it worked out fine. Everyone else had a bit more fun with it and made things a little more dramatic, if you will. It was so fun! Good luck!
1049226
The dialogue is not scripted. You are given information that you must to disclose to the group. You are also given information that you do not want others to find out. It isn't boring like I just made it sound... We had a blast!
1049227
Each player gets a short autobiography for their character and a bit on others. At each round, each player receives a list of what they must reveal and what not to reveal. No one knows who the killer is until the very end. There is no script, so each player has to devise their own way of getting to information, although no one is permitted to outright lie.
1049228
Points to discuss and hide for each section. We had a mixed group, some actor types some shy and it worked out great. Character. #1 will have a bullet point that perfectly intertwines with another character. Very fun group night.
980920
I'd say it is! The intro adventure walks you through the rules as you play, introducing each mechanic "naturally". Honestly, it works very, very well for starters.
1676248
I can only vouch for starting them. Most of my students were natural talkers. But it did seen to keep them engaged. I would suggest putting up the who? What? Why? Where? When? and How on the board and have someone ask a follow up question. I also used a cooosh
212426
Absolutely! we had players aged 10,12,14,16,38,41 and 62 in same game! Some of the questions were so trendy that "elders" had no clue. Some of the historical questions made up for that easily. Great family fun.
408489
The dialogue is in JP only. The rest of the game is in English. Menu, subtitles, coins.
1668834
The host is one of the guests/players. I've been a non-playing host before and it's not nearly as fun. All you do to start it off is press play on the CD and then stop each round when you all determine the information has been shared. It's pretty straightforward and easy to do as a playing character :)
891629
One time deal...this brand of game (I've played MANY in the series) has a predetermined murderer. That person will know it's them at the beginning of the game, which makes the game a little less fun for that person - unless they are a great actor, in which they will really play everything else up and red herring answers and such. It's fun no matter what!
1666413
To put it simply yes.... Though that would depend upon the answers made up by the other players. This game has really nothing to do with trivial knowledge.
784420
Similar in idea as you have limited actions based on a character sheet. Mostly determined by dice rolls of specific symbols. More story based though
289620
The more we've played it one thing has come up. The 11 year old didn't know some of the questions. So the later eedition might be more current. Other then that I am not sure it matters.
1148003
Each participant gets a script with directions on what to say and do for the next act of the mystery.Each booklet with the actor's script is unique to the individual character.
1623192
The game is stated to be for 10 and up. It can certainly get inappropriate if the crowd itself is inappropriate. All the answers come from everyone's own opinions and usually the topic is fairly wide, for example "What is the worst gift to receive?" Of course any game that has open ended answers can be a bit tricky, but I have played with me 11 year old brother-in-law and he has had no issues with it, unless someone wrote something down he didn't understand.
838491
We didn't play straight through. We would start one section and end up talking, but probably about 3-4 hours with dinner etc.
834533
At night go to a forest, house, basement. Make sure everything is dark and such, have a small candle as a light and be serious when asking questions. It kind of ruins the game if everyone jokes around, that's kind of how It ended up for me.
1894640
Yes---It saves TONS of time and does things that word cant. One BIG thing is stretching out or shrinking line spacing so dialogue or action lines don't get split at the end of the pages. And less worry, as you KNOW that your script is formatted to industry standards too.
1676247
This conversation game tends to work with single questions. You can extend it, but it takes a bit more work on your part.
1239552
No. Not at all. There is a quick video on you tube what to do exactly. Very helpful.