I was commissioned to write this game for a team building / brain storming event for Ogilvy South Africa. They had booked a venue on top of The Grand Daddy Hotel which features a rooftop Trailer park... inspiration galore and the end product a game filled with stereotypical South African characters.

Imagine the scene of the crime:

A ‘braai’ at Kosie Pienaars trailer park plot goes sour when his body is found in a rubbish bin. Your guests dressed in trailer trash chic, blue eye shadow and hair rollers galore, will get down and dirty to solve this true Cape Townian (South African) murder mystery where the guilty party will most certainly end up in a third world country prison...Unless they can bribe the law or frame another suspect for this murder!

Dress code; Trashy

Difficulty level; “Novice”

Suggested party favours for your guests; a selection of beer, fake tattoos, costume jewellery, Rasta, blond and black wigs, herbs and rizzlas, hair rollers, blue eye shadow, orange, red and black lipstick, toy guns, spectacles, bow ties, caps, spanners, head scarves, combs and mini brandies. Check out our Pinterest board for this game with more inspiration on food, decor and dress up tips for your event.

The Suspects (12);

Alfred Nkosi – a beer drinking Pirates fanatic
Reginald ‘Ougat’ Hendricks – a born again ganster
Zion Jacobs – a Rastafarian artist
Mynie Pienaar – cashier at a local supermarket
Simone Jantjies – an ex-high society snob
Saul Moreau – a Nigerian street vendor
Ntondo Nkosi – an operator of a state funded orphanage
Angus Potgieter – a professional hunter
Eric Jantjies – maintenance manager
Ashmina Kader – Samoosa lady
Dickie Davids – Community hair dresser
Dina Lategan – Metal head and entrepreneur

Features:

12 character plot (7 male, 4 female and 1 Ambiguous suspects)
1 murder to solve
Trailer Trash Theme
Local is ‘lekker” – South African roots!
Warning; As South Africans we can laugh at ourselves! This game pokes fun at fictitious over the top South African stereotypes – you have to have a sense of humour and love of South Africa and all its cultures and people!
Includes editable electronic invitation, 3 clue sets with evidence reports
Includes non suspect profile for additional guests.
Can be combined with a braai.

More about the game:

No doubt about it - the deceased has been murdered!You and your guests will need to figure out potential motives and try to establish alibis in your effort to find the killer.Only problem the murderer can and will lie; framing innocent guests with dodgy alibis.

This murder mystery game is unscripted; each one of your guests are assigned a character who has a in depth background with clues leading up to the actual murder which must be shared with other suspects to solve the mystery.

Take on the role of an outrageously fun character who is a suspect in a murder investigation.You will need to use your wits and detective skills to catch the killer in your midst or try and get away with murder by framing other suspects.

You will not be doing any acting, script reading or stage performing.You and your fellow suspects will interrogate each other, taking note of any clues, motives or alibis revealed to the group in order for you to catch a murderer!Terribly fake International accents and over-actors are most welcome! All that is needed from you is a sense of humour!

Included in the downloadable mystery toolkit is everything you need to successfully host your own murder mystery game at home or at your favourite restaurant or venue.