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Ten long articles about hosting the kind of evening that needs printing out first. Written from building the games, not from a keyword list.
Murder mystery parties
- How to host a murder mystery dinner party at home
The two decisions that make the evening: whether the host can play, and what happens when somebody arrives at nine. With a timetable and a week-before checklist.
- How many people do you need for a murder mystery party?
What actually changes at 4, at 8, at 12, at 16 and at 40 — and what quietly breaks when you are at the edge of a game's range.
- What you actually have to print, and how to cut it
The print list, the paper, the ink, the four settings that ruin it, and the one-sheet test that catches everything.
- What goes wrong at murder mystery parties
Nine failure modes taken from real reviews of games that are still selling, and the design choice that prevents each one.
- A murder mystery for the work Christmas party
The seven things a workplace game must not contain, the logistics nobody warns you about, and what structural safety looks like.
- Advent calendar ideas for adults
Ten formats that are not twenty-four small chocolates, what each really costs, and the design question that decides whether it survives past the 9th.
- Christmas party games for teens and adults
Eight that work in a room spanning three generations, four to avoid, and how to run the evening rather than just choose the game.
- American mahjong for beginners
The tiles, the deal, the Charleston, the turn, the calls, the jokers and the settle-up, with the four mistakes beginners make marked as you go.
- How to read a mahjong card
The shorthand decoded: the numbers, the letters, what the colours really mean, and the X and C at the end of the line.
- How to host a mahjong night
Four players, three hours, and the six decisions that turn one evening into a fortnightly habit.