Culinario Mortale, an exquisite murder party to serve to your guests

This week, it’s not a single game that we present to you, but a whole range: investigations Mortal Culinary. The simple pleasure of investigation evenings.

What are investigation dinners Mortal Culinary ?

Accessible from 16 years old, for 5 to 8 players (depending on the box), a game lasts about 90 minutes. Published by Blackrock Games, imagined and illustrated by Kauffmann, Bischoff and Otani, each survey is sold for €18.90 at Philibert.

Each box is based on exactly the same principle of a survey dinner. Only the context, the investigation, the case that the players must solve change:

• Last act : (5 to 8 players) During the premiere, the main actress kills herself with what she thought was a fake dagger.
• Death on the map : (5 to 7 players) The great starred chef dies during the New Year’s Eve dinner organized in his restaurant.
• A body in the sea : (5 to 7 players) During a party of old high school friends on a yacht, the owner’s wife disappears without a trace.
• Murder at the Prestige Hotel : (6 to 8 players) The body of a young actress is found in the bathtub of her suite during the inauguration of a large New York hotel.
• Threat to the Honcourt Manor : (6 to 8 players) A wealthy entrepreneur is poisoned at his birthday party.
• Deadly Expedition : (5 to 7 players) The youngest French archaeologist is found dead during an expedition to South America.

The material is always the same: the rules of the game (very simple), a sequence of events, and a booklet for each participant.

How does a murder party go?

Indeed, each player takes on the role of one of the protagonists, the main suspects in this criminal case. Worse than that, one of them is even the culprit!

Each booklet thus contains the description and information specific to each character. Obviously, only the player concerned can read it. Especially since they all contain secrets that you don’t want revealed.

All reunited, you reminisce about the recent events that led up to the crime. You discuss among yourselves, expose the facts of which you are aware, hide certain information, make assumptions, deductions, accusations, etc. But you don’t have the right to lie: if you’re asked a specific question, you must tell the truth… except for the culprit.

A game is divided into three rounds, each focusing on a different moment of the evening. At each of them, new information, twists and turns, are revealed to you in your booklet.

At the end of the game, everyone shares their suspicions, everyone has the right to defend themselves, then the accused is designated by a vote… has the culprit been unmasked? Maybe or not, it doesn’t matter.

Why play Mortal Culinary?

The unique atmosphere of investigation evenings

Do you like party games, investigations, embodying a character? SO Mortal Culinary is clearly made for you. The principle is not new, it is the classic investigation evenings (or murder party ). Simply, here, the installation is simple and fast.

Obviously, you don’t necessarily need to cook a meal to play it. You can totally organize it in the middle of the afternoon, slumped on your sofa or sitting on the terrace. But the calm and cozy atmosphere of a dinner is more conducive to putting you in the mood. The icing on the cake, the game site offers, for each investigation, different inspirations (ideas for recipes, decoration, costumes, music) to go even further.

A simple and effective murder party

The surveys turn out to be quite simple, basic, but still interesting. In short, no need to be the descendant of Sherlock Holmes to get by. Everything depends mainly on the interpretation of the players.

Because despite the really very simple rules (there aren’t really any, so to speak), the booklets that accompany the participants, and a reduced duration (90 minutes at most), the surveys of the range Mortal Culinaryare part of those games where it is the people around the table who “make the game”.

If you are a bit shy, reserved, don’t like to speak in public, find it hard to improvise, to play a role, the game is likely to burn out. Conversely, if all the players have a bit of glibness, imagination, repartee, you will have a great time. As you can imagine, it’s also much easier to play if everyone knows each other than with complete strangers.

In short, if you want to spice up your next dinner a bit, and your group of friends has the necessary profile, a box of Mortal Culinaryseems appropriate. Be careful all the same to choose it according to the theme, but especially the number of participants around the table.

Note finally, and even if it has absolutely no effect on the game, that the minimalist illustrations are really successful and stick perfectly to this type of game.

A little decoration, a few accessories, good background music, all you have to do is unlock the dark secrets of your guests.

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