Comments on: Zombie Murder Mystery

By: Greek Mythology RPG from Expy Games Now Available | Dungeon Mastering

Greek Mythology RPG from Expy Games Now Available | Dungeon Mastering — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 13:19:09 +0000

[...] is also the author of Zombie Murder Mystery, Sailing Stormy Waters, and over 80 articles on this [...]

By: [RPG Blog Carnival] The Oasis Mirage

[RPG Blog Carnival] The Oasis Mirage — Fri, 28 May 2010 21:07:07 +0000

[...] Doo, What Did You Do? was my own attempt at GMing over Wave. It was a Zombie Murder Mystery game set (obviously) in the Scooby Doo universe. I was inspired by this piece of artwork and [...]

By: The one-shot session success formula – Dungeon Mastering – D&D blog, DM tips, Dungeons and Dragons Tools

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 13:19:26 +0000

[...] DiPetrillo and I have a lot of experience with these kind of games thanks to our work on Zombie Murder Mystery. Our customers and playtesters have been loving the 1 game format. I thought I’d share our [...]

By: [Review] Zombie Murder Mystery is Every Bit as Awesome as its Name « allgeektout

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:10:33 +0000

[...] 1, 2009 · Leave a Comment Zombie Murder Mystery is a roleplaying murder mystery game from Expy Games where one of the PCs is the murderer – [...]

By: TheResidentWizard

TheResidentWizard — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:04:14 +0000

This game is excellent for one-shots between longer campaigns. Character creation is unique, enjoyable and only takes around 30 minutes to do. The length of the game itself is up to your players. How long will it be before they’re at each other’s throats, flinging accusations around?

The meat of the game is players interacting with other players, and the rules are simple enough to learn (almost) as you go along. This makes it a great game for less experienced players. It provides a very open canvas for roleplaying, so it’s attractive to more experienced roleplayers as well.

The game is different each and every time. The direction is dictated mostly by the players with only a few clues from the GM at the beginning. Nobody is free from suspicion, and it’s up to your players to both clear their names and find the real evildoer.

Overall, it’s great fun and a great roleplaying exercise. I highly recommend it!

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:00:04 +0000

This is a terrific game. Very fun to play with simple rules, so that anyone can grab it and play, even if they are not a regular gamer. I would highly recommend this game to anyone looking for something to hold them over between campaigns or to someone who has never role played before. Great game.

By: Georgiana

Georgiana — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:34:58 +0000

This game is a lot of fun. It has a unique character creation system that is half the fun of the game. I’ve played it three times and each time was as enjoyable, if not more so then the last. Every game is different, even when it is the same situation. It’s a great party game, the more people, the merrier!

By: Krys

Krys — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:05:32 +0000

I had my players guessing right up to the end! I was able to keep enough GM secrets that I can do this again too!

One of my players thought it was an NPC the entire time and that I was just pulling their leg with the whole “player murderer” bit. I picked my husband’s character for the murderer. He still doesn’t know I “picked” him, either. He thinks it was scripted and he just got that part.

Please let Nick know how great he is! Is he writing another scenario soon? I’d love to buy more.

This was probably one of top ten best sessions I’ve ever had. And I gave an innocent player the ring that brings them back to life five minutes later, so my other player at first thought that my husband was the murderer, but when he popped right back up using the ring, she immediately suspected him again.

The maid in the magic circle was just ingenious! One player thought the maid was in league with the necromancer and killed her. The other player thought that he killed her to initiate a blood sacrifice in a magic circle and awaken the dragon, so I adapted it during the third conference for the murderer to have planned it that way.

I am planning to do another one of these again soon!

By: StupidRanger

StupidRanger — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:49:28 +0000

This is one of the most entertaining games I’ve played in a long time. You start off in an all-out bidding war for the powers and abilities for your character, then the mystery begins. Someone in this very room is summoning zombies in a bid to take over the kingdom.

I highly recommend this for anyone! There’s intrigue, and the thrill of trying to figure out who is the zombie master (or trying to keep everyone else from figuring out it’s you!), and above all, there’s the camaraderie of sitting around the table and playing a game with your friends. It’s a great game!

By: Ryan Dickinson

Ryan Dickinson — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:39:53 +0000

I’ve been to GenCon three years in a row and each year I have had a really good time. However, this year, playing Zombie Murder Mystery was the best year I have had and namely because of that experience.

It was a great opening for my GenCon and one of the more fun experiences I have had roleplaying. I look forward to doing it more often now that it has been released as a product.