Who killed Mr. Anthen?
A downloadable game
Solve this traditional murder mystery
“Who killed Mr. Anthen '' is a solo journaling role playing game where your goal is to find out who killed Mr. Anthen, all possible killers have a motive and an alibi. It is up to you to find out the true killer before you run out of time.
What you need to play: a piece of paper or a journal, 2 6 sided dice (6D), a pen or pencil.
After a lovely dinner at Mr. Anthem’s mansion a terrible storm forces you and the other invitees to stay the night but the following morning you are awakened to the corpse of your host. The storm won’t stop and let any of you leave the mansion for several days and you have until then to figure out who the killer is! Everyone has an alibi but also a motive, it is up to you to solve this mystery.
You must roll the dice to determine the veracity of the alibis and clues but be careful! You have a short window to do your investigation so use your turns wisely.
“Who killed Mr. Anthen” was made for the one page RPG game jam so instructions are meant to fit in a single printable page, all other files are extras that are NOT necessary to play they are only for extra flavor is you’d like to add more things to your game.
If you’d like a murder mystery with fantasy elements included please check “Who killed Mrs. Anthen?” core rules are the same but it bears in mind fantasy elements for the murder weapon as well as possible motives.
Instructions:
Before starting roll one six sided dice (D6) and answer the questions: who was mr. Anthem and what happened? Write the result according to the respective numbers. Then roll two six sided dice (2 D6) and that will be the room where the murder occurred and also your starting point. Go to the possible killers creators and make as many as you want, roll one six sided dice (D6) for each attribute. Remember that everyone has an alibi and a motive it is up to you to find out who the killer is.
How to investigate
Your investigation starts in the room of the murder. You have only 5 days to find out who the killer is if when the time is up you still don’t know who the killer is, everyone will leave the mansion and the killer will get away with murder leaving this as an unsolved mystery. Each day you have 3 actions.
About actions: Each time you roll a dice you consume one action, you can roll 2 six sided dice (D6) to discredit or prove the alibi of one of the suspects. 1-2 a lie 3-6 likely a lie 6-10 likely true 11-12 truth. You can roll one dice per room to find one of the clues from each column, you also have to disprove or prove each clue. There’s only one clue per room.
** Game might be updated to add new maps, new suspect characteristic and new clues.
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Who Killed Mr. Anthen? is a murder mystery game where you roll for alibis, clues, and their legitimacy to discover who and why Mr Anthen was killed.
You start by creating any number of suspects that you like, complete with their connection to the victim, their motive, and their alibi, then over the course of 5 Days, with only 3 actions each, you choose who to interview, or which room to search.
When searching a room you roll a die and have a potential of finding 1 of 3 clues that are hidden in the room, and then you must roll to determine if it is real or fake.
When interviewing the suspects you may ask about their motive or their alibi, and then roll to determine how likely it is they are telling the truth.
Unfortunately there are a few typos such as some variables that require rolling a 1 on 2d6, which means it isn't possible to get this result, and others like the lie scale which include 6 as both 'likely a lie' and 'likely a truth' but all in all don't detract from the overall game play.
My Mr. Anthen was a mafia boss who ended up being done in by his own bodyguard for killing his brother, you can find my playthrough HERE