Cryptic Killers Unsolved murder mystery game – Cold Case
Cryptic Killers Unsolved murder mystery game – Cold Case Files Investigation Detective clues/evidence – Solve the crime – For individuals, date nights & party groups – Murder of a millionaire
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Murder Mystery Case File Games
| Dimensions: | 38.6 x 27.5 x 1.2 cm; 250 Grams |
| Material: | Paper |
| Colour: | Multicolor |
| Batteries Required: | No |
| Batteries Included: | No |
| Dimensions: | 38.6 x 27.5 x 1.2 cm; 250 Grams |
| Material: | Paper |
I played this with my partner and although we got this correct it tool a few hours and alot of brain power. We can not wait to get our next one
We spent all night trying to figure this out. getting into the emails was the hardest part. We absolutely loved it and everyone i told about it is interested in trying it too. Perfect for a date night 🙂
A really interesting and fun way to spend an evening. The physical evidence was great and the online stuff worked perfectly. A really interesting storyline and was a lot of fun. We bought another one because we liked it so much!
Such value for money! We had a whole evening spent together (a few arguments) but laughter and quality time together having fun cracking the case!! Will definitely be getting the next one! Highly recommended!
Overwhelmed at first at the amount of evidence and not being able to piece it together. Guess that was the point . We thoroughly enjoyed it and plan on buying another some time soon.
Bought this to do for our anniversary and we had such a good time! Took us about 3 hours to figure it out! We then gave it to our family’s to try and they had a blast! highly recommend!
This is a great game which has been cleverly thought out, at first it may seem daunting but if you get stuck there are plenty of hints to help you along if you need it.
The actual material you receive feels very realistic and really helps to set the mood that you are a real detective for an investigation.
Would definitely recommend as a good starter game, and look forward to trying some of the others in this series!
I originally ordered this for a stay at home date night as something different to do however, we had friends over and the four of us played the game. It was so much fun, we laughed at how serious we took our investigation and even gave out role such as ‘lead investigator’. It took us about 3 hours to crack but we were chatting and having drinks while playing so we probably could have done it quicker. Id definitely recommend to anyone thinking of purchasing as an alternative nights in entertainment.
We spent the evening solving the case and really enjoyed ourselves! Think it gives you *just* enough to solve it if you are really looking for the hints. Some things are easier to figure out, but we really enjoyed the challenges it gave us! Our recommendation would be to read *everything* it’s all there for a reason and by doing that you’ll get it! We will be having a go at the other cases too another time and would recommend to others! 20 might seem a lot but I think it was worth it. Cheaper than a trip to the cinema or another evening activity.
Took me a little while to work out who did the murder, would deffo recommend doing it with someone as seems a little challenging doing it alone. Would buy the other ones again.
Loved it! Very clever game, as well as detailed evidence, witness statements and pathology reports, there’s information to be accessed online too. Very satisfying that we caught the killer! 5 stars
I brought this game to take away on holiday and do one evening when the kids were in bed. What a game! It did take us quite a while to solve but the detail it goes in is fantastic and we actually guessed it correctly! Certainly will be buying another one!
Really enjoyed solving the case had to use a few hints here and there otherwise we were stuck. We had some incling of who it was but weren’t sure until we solved it.
Excellent for taking on holiday and getting the younger ones away from their phones and devices although we used a laptop to support our research.
We got the right person so felt pretty satisfying aground! Highly recommend!
My partner and I loved this! We spent 4 hours doing it for our “date night” and got really into it. Couldn’t recommend this enough! Can’t wait to do the next one!!
Enjoyed reading all the information,
But struggled to understand why all pieces were relevant and no further information on jade apart from photos. The emails were hard to understand what was required to decrypt them
We really enjoyed this murder mystery. We also played it with our 12 year old son who loves Horror movies and he thoroughly enjoyed it. Evidence was really informative and incredibly lifelike. It made you feel like you were a real detective. We also loved the email account that you log into, It was so good. Hints were also very helpful too. We caught the killer!! Loved it and will definitely be purchasing more. Thank you!!!
Loved this! Great high-quality activity, especially loved how realistic this felt with the evidence pieces. Tricky enough for a good few hours of play, but still easy enough that it was solvable without having to rely too heavily on hints! Will definitely buy another set soon!
Good fun, and a good date night idea for something a bit different. Just make sure you leave more than enough time to complete it, as we got stuck for a little while on something, then had to leave to get to a cinema booking, so ended up finishing it on another day, and we had obviously forgot some stuff, so took longer overall because of the delay.
Had fun trying to figure out the killer/s of this 2 hour (ish) game. At first it can be quite daunting when you look at all the evidence laid out in front of you, but once you get going it’ll be hard to stop until you’ve solve the case.
We had so much fun figuring this out, we press it across a couple of nights. We chose to do it for our anniversary – different we know. So pleased we did, it feels like your solving a real case. The content is incredibly realistic and we can’t wait to do another one!
I had seen this all over tiktok and thought we need to try this. Played on a recent family holiday what fun we had playing detectives loads of fun and we were gutted when we finally found the killer. Can’t wait to buy another one. Thanks to the creator for making this! If you’re looking to buy it, just do it! So much fun.
No spoilers.
It was something my wife and I decided to do on a Saturday night instead out going out and honestly it was money well spent.
We enjoyed the absolute carnage of receiving nothing but evidence to sift through but you can quite quickly understand what you need to do…doing it however was a healthy challenge.
All in all it took us roughly 3 hours which was us going at it with our detective minds on.
I would recommend giving it a go, no matter, how well you think you will do.
You’ll be surprised.
I bought this for me and the wife to try as something different to do. We really enjoyed this and got us both thinking and looking at all the evidence. This is exceptionally put together.
We loved the packaging it came in, all the evidence and documents come in a brilliant little case file with a little check list, I love the fact that if something is missing or misplaced you can easily go to a Web link and download this, no waiting for a return or replacement ‘part’.
The whole thing you can tell has been given the attention to detail treatment.
There is alot of reading but it’s brilliant to put your detective head on and work out who has done it, I could not give an exact time scale as it was split over two nights as we had a disruption in our investigation in the way of a 15 month boy waking up and putting a halt to our investigation…
Overall I would highly recommend this really good fun and gets your brain working.
Brought this as a present for my partner we had a great evening figuring it all out!
Definitely need 3 hours to be comfortable completing it and a few different brains, it’s a good thing it wasn’t mega easy or it would of took the fun out! Brilliant will buy this again for sure !
My gf and I got this as we had heard good word of mouth. We started off with the 3.5 star difficulty as we had never done anything like this before. Some clues were easy enough to spot and others were fiendishly hidden and had to be worked out. We sat with a bottle of wine and some nibbles and worked through it. Took us 2 and a half hours and we did have to use the hints a couple of times but we had fun working it out and will buy another.
We did this as a couples activity and had so much fun doing this. You’d be surprised at how absorbed into this you can get! I didn’t know what to expect but by the end I had adrenaline rushing when I realised I had solved it! Fun for couples and friends of 3 or more to do together. Can’t wait to do another one!
We’re really into detective and cop shows so when I found this I thought it’d be a cool idea to give it a crack. It’s a bit crazy how much you learn from the case by doing your own work and figuring out who the killer is. We managed to figure it out first time and we were overjoyed! It’s very detailed and fun to do. We will be buying more!
A truly fantastic and throuhgly enjoyable game. It really is well worth the money. We cracked the case within a few hours.
We will definitely be purchasing another one and most certainly recommend this to family and friends. We will of course not be giving away any information to those family and friends but instead encourage them to persevere.
Bravo and well done on a magnificent accomplishment on this truly unique game.
I got this for an evening in with my sister and her partner and wasn’t sure what to expect. I loved the way the game looked when it arrived and there’s so many pieces! You can tell this is a labour of love. It was really well done and you need to used all the information and communicate with your team to find the killer(s)! I will be getting another one of these to play!
Me and my family had a good time solving the puzzles and cracking the case. It took longer than expected, it took a few nights but every second was enjoyable; we enjoyed looking online and through the high quality materials. It was also interesting to link the separate pieces of evidence together. Although we had a missing piece of evidence, this was easy to find online so did not prevent us from solving the case.
Enjoyed the game. Have given it 5 stars as we had a great time playing.
Some constructive criticism:
I think there could have been a couple of extra pieces of clues included to lead you down a line of eventually totally ruling out certain suspects, rather than just suspecting that they probably weren’t guilty.
Also, we can’t replay the game as we know the answer, so all that’s left is to either give it to a friend or sell it. This would lead to less people buying the actual product, so may be something to think about going forward.
Thanks!
10/10! This game does not disappoint! So much detail and thought has gone into the entire game and each piece of evidence and the online content is so carefully done and makes you think you’re solving a real life murder! The company themselves are great too- originally ordered through TikTok but there was an issue with delivery and they did not hesitate to refund me and ensure the game arrived in time for my plans! Can’t wait for the next one!
Like most, I first saw these on tiktok. Being an avid fan of escape rooms and police dramas, I thought this was right up my street. And I was right! Took it over to my friend one evening, and we really got into it! The buzz when you spot something minor which you didn’t see before, the thrill of matching evidence to eliminate a suspect, it’s all very captivating and I can’t wait to do the next one. I also realised, there’s different difficulty levels.
My son who is almost 16 really wanted to play this, he wants to be a forensic scientist. So we purchased it to do whilst on holiday in the evening. It took us a couple of hours to complete. Although it was a slow start as we have not done anything like this before, we were soon completely invested. Everything is very realistic and extremely well thought out. We did manage to get it right but after reading a lot of the hints afterwards we missed quite a bit out so make sure you have a note pad to write down all the potential suspects and what their alibis might be. We will definitely be getting another one of these. It was super fun and worth the money.
Myself and my friends have recently discovered a love for these kind of games. This murder mystery is exceptionally put together, the quality of the ‘investigation’ is top notch.
It arrives and feels like a real murder case, in a sealed pouch only to be opened by the ‘authorised personnel’ we get a little bit excited when we all meet and open it all together.
All the documents come in a ‘case file’ and it’s very thick, good quality folder. The key information to get you started is easy to understand and directions are easy to follow.
Everything is very detailed and there is enough to get you really thinking and working this out. What is facinating is how you all think very differntly!
There is a lot of information initially to read to get going, after all it is a murder investigation however we did enjoy piecing together information and building a story of events…. it took us between 2.5 and 3 hours, you definately need a pad of paper and a pen.
There is a check list of documents before you start and anything missing can be re-printed. This is a very well thought out and put together game, the pieces are good quality, and we loved the way it arrives.
I would say that this is one of our top 3 games we’ve played, and we will be ordering the others available. If you are short on time, or prefer something where you solve puzzles to open padlocks to find other clues then this isn’t for you, this is literally a murder investigation.
Credit to the game as we met for dinner and the young lady who was our server told us at the end that she spoke to her boss because she believed there was something serious going down on our table…. she believed we were actually investigating something serious… we clearly had our serious game faces on …. ha ha!
Not the cheapest of games around but i like the fact we could re-play this with other members of the family, this was perfect for our games night! Very glad we discovered it.
I ordered this just yesterday as a fun idea for something to do in the house instead of going out on Friday nights for drinks, we have been playing board games and have enjoyed crime games the last few months, with how expensive nights out are and still wanting to enjoy having a social life this seemed like a cheaper alternative for a group of people in their 20s! We were so impressed by the level of detail that went into create this, we were all able to chip in and come up with different ideas and solutions to eventually solve the case, it took us a little over 2 hours and a half but that was with a half an hour analysis at the end to come up with our story of events with the murder. Everyone had a part to play and everyone was able to understand the case file and the evidence , it caused lots of discussion and lots of different theories and we were able to agree on a suspect, or maybe even suspects!!! We were a group of adults in our 20s and played with a 14 year old who was able to do her bit too finding out key information we needed! I would highly recommend this game to anyone having a night in with friends or family! I promise you’ll be as invested as we were, we’re definitely going to get more of these!!! Thanks so much!
Me & my partner absolutely loved solving this mystery! We’re obsessed with detective programmes & came across this online one night, we thought it would make the perfect date night in as we don’t always have the chance to get out much together. It look us approximately an hour longer than it was supposed too but we had so much fun (some parts my partner thought she was a real life detective & got very serious which was great), just bought our second one to solve tonight! What a fantastic idea for a game!
This is right up me street me and my daughter love solving things and are interested in murder mystery. we loved reading through and feeling like real detectives. the evidence was well established and felt very real. The quality and quantity for the price is amazing and really got you in to the story line and keeps you engaged and focus.
I found that it was challenging in a good way and really got you thinking out of the box which is amazing and gets your brain ticking and encouraged communication and thinking outside of the box. I highly recommend I have already purchased two more to do as it is addictive I can’t wait to see what the next ones are like. thank you for creating such an amazing experience and will be telling everyone I know to grab these and give it ago as it will not fail to please.