Who killer Mrs. Anthen?

Solve this traditional murder mystery

“Who killed Mrs. Anthen '' is a solo journaling role playing game where your goal is to find out who killed Mrs. 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 Mrs. 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 without  fantasy elements included please check “Who killed Mr. 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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