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How to Run a Mystery Game Night
How to Run a Mystery Game Night
Running a mystery game night is easier than it looks. This guide covers the real decisions — how many people, what format, how long it takes, and what actually makes... Read more...
Best Travel-Themed Games and Activities for Date Nights at Home
Best Travel-Themed Games and Activities for Date Nights at Home
If you and your partner are the kind of people who plan your next trip before the current one ends, who keep a running list of cities you'd visit if... Read more...
A Short History of Detective Games, From Victorian Parlors to Your Kitchen Table
A Short History of Detective Games, From Victorian Parlors to Your Kitchen Table
The murder mystery game is older than you think, and its history is stranger than you'd expect. It runs through Victorian drawing rooms, a 1930s publishing experiment that nobody remembers,... Read more...
Why Detective Games Are the Best Date Night Idea (An Argument in Six Parts)
Why Detective Games Are the Best Date Night Idea (An Argument in Six Parts)
I want to make a claim that sounds like an exaggeration and isn't: playing a detective game together is one of the best things two people in a relationship can... Read more...
pair of hands interacting with detective case file evidence spread on a table
Detective Games vs. Escape Rooms: What's Actually the Difference?
If you've ever tried to explain a detective game to a friend who's only done escape rooms, you've probably watched their face do a particular thing. A slow nod, a... Read more...