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Death by Chocolate (Boxed Game)

Death by Chocolate

Death by Chocolate, An Inspector McClue Murder Mystery (6-8 players)

Enjoy a little murder with your dinner?

Everyone's a suspect when murder is on the menu. And with a Classic Detective Murder Mystery you have everything you need to serve up a perfect murder dinner party.First the invites, you choose which of your friends play which devious character. Then the shopping list, menu suggestions and recipes. Plus of course .....a really tasty murder to solve. We guarentee that it will be drop dead fun, and by the end of the evening one (or more) of the suspects, your 'friends' will be caught out as the murderer.

It's 15 April 1900, Easter Sunday, and Paris is the centre of world attention as millions of visitors arrive for the opening this weekend of the international Exposition. Amongst them is an elite but diverse group of induviduals staying at the Hotel Paradiso. As they gather for dinner, however, the peace of the hotel is rocked by an explosion.
Billy Bonka, the foremost chocolate manufacturer in America, is found dead in his room, having apparently been killed by an exploding Easter Egg. Suspicion falls on the people around this table. One-or-more-of you is the murderer.Your task is to discover who that killer is. Fortunately the famous ameteur detective Hercule McClue is on hand to assist you investigation.


The Suspects are:

'CHOCOLAT' BERTRAND - The greatest legend of the Belgian chocolate industry, he is known as much for his ruthless business practices as for his suave bonhomie.
MARCHIONESS DUCHAMP - An internationally notorious artist, whose work has scanalised two continents, and whose private life has done much the same.
MARIA VON SCHNAPPS - The young businesswoman who has just taken over as head of a long-established Swiss chocolate firm.
MIKE BISON - The rising star of American boxing, he's in Paris for the Olympic Games, where he'e sure he'll win a gold medal.
DAME BARBARA CARTHORSE - The most celebrated beauty in England, as well as a hugely popular romantic novelist.
DR. DORIS JOHNSON - An amateur archaeologist specialializing in the Aztec culture, she is regarded as being eccentric even in a field populated by eccentrices.
DR SIGMUND FRAUD - The controversial psychologist whose theories have won him a small band of devoted disciples and the hatred of conventional society.
LITTLE FITZ - The most sensational cabaret star of the day, he shares his ventriloquist act with his dummy Ziggy.

Contents:

• Party Planner with game rules, recipes, music and decorating tips.
• Character booklets, including their roles, background information and a few tasty secrets.
• A place card for each character.
• Party invitations and envelopes for each character.
• Eight secret clues.
• DVD with an introduction, scene setter, summary of events and solution to the crime.

In Stock
£17.99

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SUITABLE FOR TEENS TO ADULT. We feel the game contents are suitable for teenagers. Parents should examine the contents for suitability before allowing their children to play this game.

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