Having friends over for a barbeque is a great way to spend an afternoon and/or evening. Or why not give up cooking entirely and have a selection of salads, pastries and dips? While the weather is good, throw a summer party. You can also ask your guests to bring a dish, or a bottle of something. People… More There’s still some good weather around so have a summer party!
August 15 2012 would have been Julia Child’s 100th Birthday. She was born on August 15, 1912, in Pasadena, California and died two days before her 92nd birthday in August 2004 of kidney failure at her home in Montecito. Five years after her death, Julia Child was the inspiration behind the film Julie & Julia, based… More 100th Birthday of TV chef and author Julia Child
A record crowd of 80,203 attended the final of the London 2012 Olympics women’s football. The USA beat Japan 2-1 at Wembley, claiming their fourth Olympic gold in women’s football. Midfielder Carli Lloyd scored both goals for the US – a header after eight minutes and a powerful strike after the break. Yuki Ogimi scored… More London 2012 Olympics – Women’s football final
History is being made at Wembley tonight Although men’s football has been included in every Olympic Games except 1896 and 1932 women’s football was not included in the Olympics until the 1996 Atlanta Games. The USA has made it to the final in all the preveious four Olympic Games, winning the gold medal three times.… More Women’s football at the london 2012 Olympics
Benedict Egg meets Runcy Spoon In 2011, Benedict Egg and Runcy Spoon were locked in a vicious battle. Both were rivals in the field of electronic innovation. Both were concerned about the problem of sustainable energy. Both were racing to find a solution. But only one could win The Egg and Spoon Race Benedict Egg… More Murder Mystery – The Egg & Spoon Race
Murder Mystery Party at home.
Emotions are boiling over at the fictitious British Good Food Awards. This is the setting for a murder mystery where Too Many Cooks spoil more than the broth. This 8 Player game opens at the highlight of the culinary year, the annual British Good Food Awards dinner. But before the prizes can be awarded, Veronica Hacker, the investigative… More Too Many Cooks
Do you want to recreate the era of the flappers, gangsters and prohibition? USA in the 1920s. . . . a time of gangsters and speakeasies and a great time to set a murder mystery party. St Valentine’s Day Masquerade It is Chicago, it is 1923, and it is the time of prohibition. Danny… More Want to host a 1920s themed murder mystery party?
Benedict Egg Benedict Egg was a cocky businessman. He didn’t like to be beaten. And he didn’t like his business rival,Runcy Spoon. Spoon was a steely character who didn’t like people trying to outshine him. Runcy Spoon Both men were rivals in the field of electronic innovation. Both had spent time and money trying to… More Benedict Egg didn’t like to be beaten.
Robert Maxwell build an extensive publishing empire and by the 1980’s owned various companies including the Daily Mirror, the Sunday Mirror and the Scottish Daily record. On his death in 1991, huge discrepancies in his companies’ finances, including the Mirror Group’s pension fund, were revealed.
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Rupert Murdoch, took over the News of the World in 1969 and bought The Times in 1981. In 1986 he caused bitter industrial disputes when he instituted new electronic publishing technologies at his UK printing operations. By 2000 Murdoch’s News Corporation owned over 800 companies in more than 50 countries. However, in July 2011 Murdoch faced allegations of bribery and corruption and his companies stood accused of phone hacking.
By comparison, Maximillian Malist, appears to be a saint!
Who?
Set in the 1980’s, No Malist Aforethought is a murder mystery party game for 8 guests. You get to play the parts of trusted friends, family and associates of Maxy Malist, the extrovert owner of the Malist Publishing Empire. You take on the dual roles of the suspects and investigators as you try to uncover the guilty party.
As the game begins, you arrive on Maxy Malist’s private island. You have been invited to hear about his plans to publish his biography. He has a lot of stories to tell, including how he took over the small family business and built it into a multi-national company. Such a move has not been without costs. Many people have been trampled in the process. Were you one of Maxy’s victims and are you seeking revenge?
As you gather and reminisceabout the past, what stories can you and your fellow guests tell about Maxy? Or, perhaps of more importance, is what stories can Maxy tell about you…..
You could play, Minnie Malist, Maximillian’s younger sister. She acts as housekeeper to her brother and has always suffered from being in his shadow. Or you could play Kenton Edge, a director of one of Malist’s companies, who is attending with his PA, Theresa Green. Virginia Heart and Richard D’Ling are friends of the family, as are guests Alan and Bunty Cholic. All are eager to meet Harry Wright, the biographer working with Maxy.
Unfortunately, Maximillian Malist will not live to see his book in print……
This and other murder mystery games are available at http://www.itmgames.co.uk
