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Party Booklet

Copyright © 2019 Maple Mystery Games Polly 1

Swing back to the Swinging Sixties when chicks

were foxy, cats were cool, miniskirts were hip

and music was outta-sight, groovy and boss, man.

Hang loose and have a blast, man. Don't get

ticked off, or tee'd off or flip your wig at any

squares or rat finks.

Have a gas at Pete's pad, defend your innocence -

but be prepared to beat feet, bug out and burn

some rubber if your secrets are found out ...

Polly Rottingham

Introduction


Poor Pearl was killed on her

birthday at the mansion in

Sleepy Turrets that she shared

with husband Drake Wilde.

Your job is to find out who

stabbed Poor Pearl.

The host will now play a short audio introduction.

Introduction


Map shows where suspects live – not necessarily

where they were at the time of the murder.

To Greater Turrets Hotel (Greater Turrets)

Pete’s Pad Annie Phoenix Pat Psychello

Entrance to Damson Woods

Part of wasteland where TurretsFest will happen

Commune of Love Support and Dreams Starlight Moonlight Chastity Morals

Raymond & Polly Rottingham

Payton Morals

Drake Wilde (and Pearl)

Merlyn Mercier

Commune Shop

To Dodgy Pharmaceuticals

Instructions To Be Read Aloud


Rounds and Sections

Player 1

Player 2 Player 3 Player 1

Say:

• There will be 6 rounds with different sections in each. Sections are shown by the shaded lines.

Say:

Allow ALL PLAYERS shown in the left column of a section to speak before starting the next section. (In this section, Player 1, Player 2, Player 3 and Player 1 should all speak before starting the next section.) New sections are usually indicated when speaker says “Moving on to the xyz section”.

Each PLAYER Chooses Scripted or Non-Scripted

Player 1

Say:

• Moving on to the Each Player Chooses section, information that your character MUST say is given in bold opposite your name. (For example, this dialogue is for Player 1.) Feel free to use your own words. Optional, non-essential dialogue suggestions are non-bold and are for those who finds ad-libs difficult.

Player 5 Player 8 Player 6 Player 3

Player 1

• EACH PLAYER chooses whether to: read their part as a script OR use their own words, embellish and ad-lib as much as they please so long as the information in bold is given! Ad-libs make the game more fun and are encouraged.

Instructions To Be Read Aloud


Essential and Optional Speakers

Player 1

Say:

• ESSENTIAL speakers (dialogue suggestions IN BOLD)

are shown in the left column IN ORDER.

Player 5 Player 8 Player 6 Player 3

Optionally chime in:

• OPTIONAL speakers (suspects and non-suspects) have NON-BOLD dialogue suggestions. They are NOT SHOWN in the left column and can speak or not as they choose and can chime in whenever they wish.

Your prompt cards may not tell you how to react to optional speakers – if in doubt, deny everything!

Player 1

Say:

• Once optional speaker(s), have spoken, the next essential speaker continues in order.

Most Important Points

Player 1

Say:

• Moving on to the Most Important Points section:

Allow ALL PLAYERS shown in the left column of a section to speak before starting the next section.

Give all information in bold – but use your own words and ad-lib as you please.

If in doubt – deny everything and enjoy the game!

Another Option for Optional Speakers

Player 4 Player 2 Player 6


• We recommend that optional speakers can chime in as and when they wish as this makes parties more fun and interactive. Some parties, however, may prefer to limit optional speakers to speaking at the end of each section, maybe even asking if anyone else has anything to say. In this case, optional speakers may need to adapt their dialogue slightly.

Round 1: Motives


Introductions

Annie, Pat

Intros

Introduce yourself with a twirl of your hair and a simper:

• Little old me is Polly Rottingham and I’m married to my wonderful tall strong husband Raymond. My wonderful tall strong Raymond and I were godparents to poor, dear Pearl. My wonderful husband Raymond runs such a successful Import Export business – he can sell ice to Newcastle and coals to Eskimos he’s so clever. Me, I’m just a little scientist at Daddy’s DoDGY (pronounced DoeDGY) Pharmaceuticals. Daddy and my wonderful tall, strong Raymond always take such good care of little old me.

Merlyn

Pat, Raymond Merlyn, Starlight Merlyn, Moonlight Merlyn

Polly

When Merlyn tells Moonlight that TurretsFest will raise money for The Phoenix for Peace Foundation:

• Pearl WAS worried that Merlyn Mercier was not to be trusted with the amount of money involved in the TurretsFest festival. The night before she was killed, Pearl and Drake had dinner with my wonderful Raymond and little old me. She told us that she thought Merlyn was a – (whisper loudly & open eyes wide) – a FRAUDSTER.

Merlyn

Payton

Drake Payton Moonlight Pat


• Payton did hate Pearl. Payton hated all those noisy parties. So strange. Little old me just loves dressing up for parties. (Twirl hair.)

Round 2: Motives


Clue & Pat

Moonlight, Starlight Raymond, Drake Chastity

Polly

When Chastity asks if heard rumours of Pat & murders:

• Very unpleasant rumours, which are spreading like slowfire! (Twirl hair and open eyes wide.) The night before she was killed, poor Pearl told us that she had found out that Pat Psychello has got a long, a very long – (whisper loudly and open eyes wide) – CRIMINAL history. Didn’t she my wonderful Raymond?

Raymond Pat

Polly When Pat talks of nasty accidents:

• Accidents? Are you threatening me? Oh, my tall strong Raymond – protect me!

Pat, Merlyn Drake & Annie

Pat, Merlyn, Annie Drake, Raymond

Polly

When Raymond says you saw looks twn Annie & Drake:

• Of course! I may be silly but I’ve got eyes and I can see as clear as muddy mud! I think Pearl noticed but little old me wasn’t sure. But if Pearl had had chance to tell Pete about what Merlyn saw at the hotel, Pete would have ground the Annie Phoenix business into the ground. And Pearl would have left Drake penniless. Pearl wasn’t like little old me – Pete made sure that Pearl controlled the purse-strings.

Payton, Annie, Payton Starlight, Moonlight, Annie

Drake & Chastity

Chastity, Drake, Chastity Drake, Payton, Pat

Visible Upon Purchase

Round 3: Motives


Clue

Merlyn, Payton Raymond, Pat

Polly

When Pat asks if DoDGY created dodgy drugs:

• Punished? Oh big strong Raymond – protect me! Daddy does own DoDGY (pronounce it DoeDGY) Pharmaceuticals and little old me does work there as a scientist. But of course we’re not producing any dodgy drugs and of course little old me didn’t do anything to cause the deaths of any commune members. My wonderful tall strong Raymond will tell you that DoDGY are doing important research work for the government! And I’m sure Starlight agrees that my wonderful tall strong Raymond did NOT supply the commune with drugs, don’t you Starlight?

Starlight, Pat

Missing Commune Members

Annie, Moonlight Drake Raymond

Deny everything.

Polly

When Raymond denies grave-shape disturbances:

• I agree with my wonderful Raymond, Drake. Pearl never mentioned grave-shape disturbances. Have you been hitting the whiskey again, Drake? My wonderful tall strong Raymond can find you something far better!

Drake Chastity Starlight Raymond


• My wonderful Raymond is such a clever Import Export merchant. He’ll find the commune the absolute bestest healing crystals.

Summary of Motives

Pat, Merlyn Chastity, Payton Annie, Moonlight


Round 4: Opportunities


10 - 10.40am – Starlight, Moonlight, Pat & Annie Visit Pearl

Annie Drake Starlight Moonlight Pat Annie

Clue

Polly

When Annie says she went shopping, BEGIN SECTION:

• If no-one else has anything to add (pause) – then, moving on to the Clue section, Pat has told little old me that this clue relates to the letter-opener in the next two sections of the timeline.

Read “Round 4 Clue: Polly Rottingham”.

Payton Moonlight Chastity

11 - 11.30am – Merlyn Gives Pearl a Letter-Opener

Pat Merlyn Drake Merlyn Chastity Merlyn

11.30 - 11.40am – Raymond Gives Pearl a Letter-Opener

Payton, Raymond Chastity, Raymond Pat


• My wonderful tall strong Raymond can find any present for anyone. I’m sure Pearl would have loved the present he was organising for her if that horrible – (shudder, whisper loudly & open eyes wide) – MURDERER had only let her live.




Clue

Annie, Drake Annie, Merlyn Raymond

11 – 11.55am – Chastity Walks in Damson Woods

Chastity, Merlyn Chastity

11.57am - 12.14pm – Polly

Polly

When talk about Chastity dies down, BEGIN SECTION:

• Moving on to the Polly section, before anyone asks, let me tell you what little old me did. I worked at DoDGY (pronounce it DoeDGY) Pharmaceuticals all morning trying to sort out a mistake that silly old me had made with some drug tests, then left for lunch and called in to wish Pearl, my goddaughter, a happy birthday. I knocked on the door, but the house was as noisy as a mouse, as quiet as a canary, and there was no answer, and so I went home and had a quick lunch with my wonderful tall strong Raymond, grabbed my files, and then went back to work.

Starlight, Moonlight Pat

Polly When Pat asks when you got home:

• Oh, big strong Raymond – protect me! Of course, little old me didn’t kill poor Pearl. I was just sitting in my car, thinking about how to correct the silly mistake I’d made with the drugs testing. Then I went back to my wonderful Raymond – my wonderful tall strong Raymond who always looks after little old me. What time did I get home, Raymond chicketty-coo-coo? (Twirl hair and flutter eyelashes.)

Raymond, Starlight Moonlight, Payton Moonlight, Pat




Clue

Starlight, Raymond

Polly

When Raymond says the key got lost:

• Don’t be silly, my chicketty-coo-coo Raymond. I’m the one who’s normally so silly – you, you’re so – so CLEVER. (Flutter eyelashes.) You found the key in the pocket of your gardening coat the day after poor Pearl’s murder. Don’t you remember?

Raymond, Moonlight Starlight, Pat, Moonlight

12 - 12.25pm – Chastity, Annie & Merlyn at Shop

Annie, Chastity Merlyn

Drake Leaves Hotel 11.35am; Discovers Body 12.20pm

Pat, Drake, Merlyn Drake, Pat

Polly When Pat said he/she and Drake have alibis until he left:

• Drake, you told my tall, strong Raymond that you went home and found Pearl lying on the floor, blood splattered everywhere. You tried to stop the bleeding, but she was dead already? (Shudder.) Ooh, how simply awful.

Drake 12.20pm – Payton Appears

Payton, Chastity, Payton Starlight, Payton

Summary of Opportunities

Annie, Moonlight Raymond

Polly Say:

• Why was there an empty Annie Phoenix bag and box – when Merlyn and my wonderful Raymond claim that Pearl put the minidress back into the bag?

Merlyn, Raymond, Chastity


Accusations


Please Only Complete When Asked

Accusations Who Stabbed Pearl?

(Give Motives and Evidence)

Nominations Best Actor and Best Actress?

Best Costume?

Accusations


Please do NOT

turn to next page until

instructed

Whodunnit


Optional Whodunnit Round

More information is given than the

final audio solution allows

and

You get to plead your innocence – and

ham-up your role – one final time!

Whodunnit


Pat

Plead When Pat asks how you plead:

• Of course, little old me didn’t murder poor Pearl. Raymond, my wonderful tall strong Raymond, please protect me!

When Pat asks you again, admit:

• Oh big, strong Raymond protect me! When I called in to see Pearl, I DID let myself into her house using our key but she was already dead. Stabbed, dead. So terrible, so scary. Little old me was so scared when I saw poor Pearl stabbed with the same letter-opener that I knew that Raymond and I had given her. I obviously didn’t know that Merlyn Mercier had given Pearl an identical letter-opener. Little old me wanted to protect my big strong Raymond the way he always protects me. And so little old me panicked and wiped the letter-opener clean of fingerprints and put it in the nearest bin – Payton’s bin. That must have been what caused Payton’s dogs to start barking.

Wait to see if your plea will be accepted. At the end of this round, the host will play a short audio solution.


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