Gameplay: All our mystery games play in the same general format. Players receive a character who they will roleplay. Using social deduction they will determine clues and and eliminate red herrings, ultimately deciding on a guess as to the culprit's identity. The guilty party is not determined randomly and is tied to each mystery's plot; the victim(s) are never eliminated from game play. Criminals do not know their guilt until the game's end--every player should suspect even themselves!
 
Destroy this Book: This game book includes everything you need to run the game with friends. The book is meant to be cut apart with pages distributed to different players. It is constructed in such a way that players can work through this mystery with or without a host who knows the outcome. There are spoiler warnings on pages to prevent ruining the mystery for players choosing to run this game without a host.
 
Scandal at the Bridgington Ball is a themed mystery party for 8-24 players by Christopher D. Schmitz.
 
Theme:
The 1814 Marriage Season is in full bloom, and ambitious mamas have dragged their hopeful offspring to the countryside for a weekend house-party at The Weis Mansion. All the fashionable set are here — diamonds, rakes, wallflowers, fortune-hunters, and chaperones alike — each hiding scandals behind the painted fans and practiced smiles of the Regency period.
 
As champagne flows, quadrilles spin, and whispered proposals are made in moonlit gardens, old grudges and secret engagements threaten to ruin more than reputations than any scandal sheets ever could.
 
When, halfway through the masquerade ball, a dastardly crime is committed — the remaining guests must sift through torn dance cards and poisonous gossip to unmask the culprit.
The only thing colder than this crime is a spurned suitor!
 
For fans of period pieces, the Regency or Victorian eras, or shows like Bridgerton, Downton Abbey, or The Gilded Age.
 
The license included in the game is for private groups. To run this game commercially or for a nonprofit, you will need to purchase an additional license good for one year, available at https://www.authorchristopherdschmitz.com/category/murder-mystery-commercial-licenses.