Everyone is locked into the same location together. (A spaceship? A manor? University?)
The game has two phases:
- Before the murder
- After the murder
All players heard the rumor that a murder will take place tonight. Every player has the opportunity to actually be the murderer.
Once the murder has taken place, though, that murderer now needs to escape this constricted shared location before the other players catch them.
How does this work specifically?
- In the first phase, players move around, swap cards, and so forth trying to get the ideal situation to commit the murder.
- Because once you do it, you leave behind evidence (depending on where and how, using which cards, etc)
- The other players will slowly unravel that evidence, building a “solid case”.
- And once they can name all the properties of your murder (location, weapon, etc) AND figure out where you are right now, they catch you.