Edward Munst Cold Case File – Unsolved Murder Mystery Game – Boxed Edition

My husband and I tried it out to test our critical thinking skills. It wasn’t as hard as another I did, but it sparked a lot of good conversation and was appropriately challenging. Going to try this with my team at work.

The two crimes scene photos were missing and the jumbled dialogue between Charlie and Reggie Kent in the “Statement of Reggie Kent” made it confusing. The website also glitched several times and told us that it was a dead end when we eventually looked up the hint, it showed that our initial submission had been the correct one!

We had an overall great experience with this game. We originally purchased it as a fun date night activity for our first anniversary, but we did not end up using it then. Instead, we brought it along on a cabin trip with a group of about 10 friends, and it turned out to be a huge hit. Everyone worked together to solve the case, with each person taking on a different suspect as their area of expertise. The group really got into it, and it made for a fun, interactive, and memorable experience. The only major issue we encountered was with some apparent graphical and labeling errors. A few character descriptions did not match the images provided. For example, one character was labeled as male even though the picture appeared to show a female. Some dates on the supplemental evidence were inconsistent or incorrect, and a few of the in-game scenarios seemed mislabeled or switched. We selected a scenario based on the envelope, but when we opened it, the contents reflected a different one. The conclusion inside the envelope did match the one we had chosen, so it was a little confusing. Even with those issues, we still had a blast. We enjoyed it so much that our group plans to make this a monthly activity.