Most of the stress of hosting comes from doing the right job at the wrong moment. Printing on the day. Deciding the guest list after the invitations have gone out. A MortalCase game takes 2.5–3 hours to play, and this guide breaks the preparation around it into jobs small enough to finish on a weeknight. By the time your friends ring the doorbell, the only one left is opening the door.
The most common worry about a murder mystery is being handed the murderer and told to fool your friends for the rest of the night. In a MortalCase game that job doesn't exist, which is usually enough to turn a hesitant maybe into a yes. You'll leave with the short, honest answer for a guest who asks, and a way to decide whether you want to know the ending yourself before the evening starts.
Awards are the easiest part of a murder mystery to get wrong, because it's tempting to buy a pile of things and work out what they're for afterward. Do it the other way round and the ending lands. This guide shows you how to name the 3 or 4 moments your guests will recognize, hand them something small that points back at the game, and close a MortalCase party in about 5 minutes without anyone feeling overlooked.
In a MortalCase game the killer votes with everybody else, because that guest doesn't know either. Endings still go wrong in small ways: a card filled in after a persuasive speech, a Reveal opened early to check a name, an award that lands as a joke at somebody's expense. You'll get the words to say and the moment to say them, so your friends leave the table with a shared answer instead of a shrug.
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