You used to be able to order these by clicking on a link to Amazon, but that was about three years ago when I coded up the page, so never mind. Anyway, here's a list of the How To Host A Murder games I've played. I really like the game series. I used to host a HTHAM game every year on my birthday, but that changed when I moved to the New York City area because everyone we knew lived way the hell away from us. Now that I moved away, I'm hopeful that I'll actually meet some people before my birthday and I'll be able to play another one. THE GRAPES OF FRATH Episode Number 2 ![]() Our take: A fun box, one of the best I've played. In my group, nobody guessed the correct solution, but several people deduced part of what was going on behind the scenes. Oddly enough, every character's backstory came out during game play except the Captain's. We had to find out about him during the solution round. THE LAST TRAIN FROM PARIS Episode Number 3 ![]() Our take: The best HTHAM game I've played in, and I'm not saying that because I was the only one in our group to solve the mystery. If you like Casablanca, you'll love this one. THE CLASS OF '54 Episode Number 7 ![]() Our take: Not really good. All eight of us guessed the solution to the mystery in the third round. Also, my character was seen by several people carrying an object (a suitcase) and acting suspicious about it. Only thing is even I didn't know anything about what was in the suitcase until the last round of questions. It's pretty hard to go around answering "I don't know why I was doing that" several times. Another character had a similar problem. I'd skip this one. Oh yeah, if we're meeting in a malt shop in 1959, why isn't the menu item hamburgers and fries? Who in the 50's went out for meat loaf? THE DUKE'S DESCENT Episode Number 9 ![]() Our take: Unlike CLASS OF '54, this one was a hoot! The mystery was entertaining with more puns and absurd jokes than any other HTHAM game I've seen. Our group had one hell of a time putting together the mystery and trying to solve it. However, nobody in our group guessed correctly. ROMAN RUINS Episode Number 11 ![]() Our take: Toga! Toga! Toga! Man, this was a tough one! This one is right up there with THE LAST TRAIN FROM PARIS -- more latinesque puns than you can shake a stick at (but who goes around shaking sticks at puns, silly.) Our group of detectives managed to solve every single aspect of the murder mystery except one... whodunnit. Looking back, all the clues were there, we were just blind to them. |