Run Rabbit Run

The DeVere theatre company has returned home to the Good Fortune theatre to start rehearsals for its next production.

 It is the first day of rehearsals and already there has been a change to the schedule. The part of the dead body is now played by Buck Mailer violently killed as he stood in the spotlight, stage centre......

Want to work out who did it?
Visit ITM Games to buy the dinner party game and find out.






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St Valentine's Day Masquerade

Looking for something different to do this Valentine's day? How about a Murder Mystery Party!

St Valentine's Day Masquerade

 



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It is Chicago, it is 1923, and it is the time of prohibition.

Danny 'Diamond' Ditali, the infamous rum runner and gang boss has a problem. Last night he ordered 8 hits by eight members of his gang.

But now he hears that one of his victims is now in the hands of the FEDs, and squealing like a pig. Yet all his gang reported success, so how can this be?

Who lied to him? Who is still alive?

A murder mystery with a difference, Who Didn't Do It?

 

St Valentine's Day Masquerade is for 8 Players and costs £ 20 from ITM Games.

Too many cooks?

Brompton Cookery School

Someone who never has too many cooks in his kitchen is Marcus Bean. He tells the Shropshire Star that he loves meeting all the people who attend his cookery school.
The courses offered  by the Brompton Cookery School range from basic to advanced  and attract all ages and abilities with a diversity of talents, skills and interests. The school will shortly play host to a charity event where home bakers from all over Shropshire can take part. The Great Shropshire Bake Off aims to raise money for the Shropshire Rural Community Council’s Carers Appeal.

Too Many Cooks - Murder Mystery

A lot less supportive group of cooks can be found in the murder mystery Too Many Cooks. This 8 Player game takes place at the fictitious British Good Food Awards

The story opens at the highlight of the culinary year, the annual British Good Food Awards dinner. But before the prizes can be awarded, Veronica Hacker, the investigative journalist, is found dead in her suite. Was she the victim of revenge, or another dish best served cold.......

Who could have done it?

Possibly Annabel Sloane-Ranger, the Roedean educated girl who now runs a successful catering business with a couple of school-chums. Or maybe Fay Rocher, who moved to Britain from Switzerland at the age of 21, bringing the tradition of fine chocolate making with her. Or how about her business partner, Sandi Beech. Then there is Doug Meadows, the American tycoon who has recently introduced US-style cookies to Britain. And who can forget life-style guru Trisha Branflake?

And what of the other suspects?

 

Peter Savoury enjoys fast cars and living dangerously. Did Peter do something too dangerous? Everyone knows Bill Wordsworth bakes exceedingly good cakes, and is an excellent employer who looks after his staff well.....but did he take care of Veronica? Rudi Emmental is a reclusive Swiss cheese maker. He rarely leaves his hideaway in rural Devon. Did he have an ulterior motive for coming here? 

  

The only way to find out is to order the Too Many Cooks - Murder Mystery.
Available from ITM Games

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Not the Easter Bunny Mystery - Run Rabbit Run

 

Run Rabbit Run

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Are your friends are dying for a party?

What happens when Zombies plan a party?

If you are are dying for a party too, visit ITM Games and see the range of mystery and murder mystery games available to purchase and download.

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Thinking of having an end of summer party?

While the weather is still good (hopefully) why not throw a summer party.

Having friends over for a barbeque is a great way to spend an afternoon and/or evening. Or give up cooking entirely and have a selection of salads, pastries and dips.

Photo by M.M.Minderhoud

You can also ask your guests to bring a dish, or a bottle of something. People are usually happy to contribute. Try and get a vague idea of what everyone's bringing, so they don’t all bring the same thing.....and to clarify they need to bring a dish full of something, not just an empty dish. (you know who you are).

See if your local supermarket or off-license provides free glass hire. Using reusable glassware/crockery/cutlery is the sustainable choice, but plastic cups and paper plates are safer in the garden. Similarly, stash away any breakable objects if you think things might get a bit rowdy.

Arrange tea lights in jars around the garden to add light to an after-dark party. But, as with all candle products, keep an eye on them to stop the wind from blowing them out and to ensure they don't set fire to your plants.

Background music can add to the mood of the party. Just make sure you don’t have it so loud it annoys the neighbourhood.

Want to add a bit more entertainment? Why not set a theme and get everyone to dress up. You can add games to the event and even add a mystery party game.

A selection of role-playing party games is available from ITM Games. They have 6 to 12 main suspects and allow for all guests to act as sleuths.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Teddy Bear's Picnic - 6 Players

Set in the 1980's.

Enter the world of big business and fluffy toys.

Join Chester Toyes at the launch of the new range of products called "Teddy Bears Picnic".

But are things as innocent as they seem?

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Julia Child's 100th Birthday

Julia Child's 100th Birthday

Julia Child was born on August 15, 1912, in Pasadena, California.

She moved to France in 1948, where she became interested in French cuisine. Wanting to adapt sophisticated French cuisine for mainstream Americans she collaborated on writing the groundbreaking Mastering the Art of French Cooking, published in September 1961. The groundbreaking book remained the bestselling cookbook for five straight years after publication and has since become a standard guide for the culinary community.

In 1962, The French Chef TV series premiered on WGBH, establishing Julia as a local celebrity. It was soon syndicated to 96 stations throughout America. Julia made regular appearances on the ABC morning show Good Morning, America throughout the 1970s and 1980s, becoming a television icon.

 She became the first woman inducted into the Culinary Institute Hall of Fame in 1993 and in 2000,  received France's highest honor: the Legion d'Honneur. In August 2002, the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History unveiled an exhibit featuring the kitchen where she filmed three of her popular cooking shows.

Two days before her 92nd birthday, Julia Child died in August 2004 of kidney failure at her assisted-living home in Montecito.

Five years after her death, Julia Child was the inspiration behind the film Julie & Julia, based on a cooking blog by Julie Powell.  The 2009 film directed by Nora Ephron, starred Amy Adams as Julie Powell and Meryl Streep as Julia Child in the title. Meryl Streep won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress, and received an Academy Award nomination, for her performance.

Too Many Cooks - Murder Mystery

Too Many Cooks is a Murder mystery game for 8 players. It takes place at the fictitious British Good Food Awards.

The story opens at the highlight of the culinary year, the annual British Good Food Awards dinner. But before the prizes can be awarded, Veronica Hacker, the investigative journalist, is found dead in her suite. Was she the victim of revenge, or another dish best served cold.......

Who could have done it?

Possibly Annabel Sloane-Ranger, the Roedean educated girl who now runs a successful catering business with a couple of school-chums. Or maybe Fay Rocher, who moved to Britain from Switzerland at the age of 21, bringing the tradition of fine chocolate making with her. Or how about her business partner, Sandi Beech. Then there is Doug Meadows, the American tycoon who has recently introduced US-style cookies to Britain. And who can forget life-style guru Trisha Branflake?

 

And what of the other suspects?

Peter Savoury enjoys fast cars and living dangerously. Did Peter do something too dangerous? Everyone knows Bill Wordsworth bakes exceedingly good cakes, and is an excellent employer who looks after his staff well.....but did he take care of Veronica? Rudi Emmental is a reclusive Swiss cheese maker. He rarely leaves his hideaway in rural Devon. Did he have an ulterior motive for coming here?


The only way to find out is to order the Too Many Cooks - Murder Mystery.
Available from ITM Games

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Teddy Bears come out to play

If you go down to the woods today........be careful what you wish for.

You may love your teddybear to bits but do you really want him to come to life? John Bennett wished his teddy bear would come to life and his childhood wish came true. Great for a child but not so good when you are an adult.
John's teddy bear, appropriately named Ted, has been by his side since boyhood and its testing his other friendships, noatably that with Lori, John's girlfriend of four years.
Want to see the outcome? Then go see "Ted" starring Mark Wahlberg as John Bennett. Ted is voiced by Seth MacFarlane of family guy fame. Seth MacFarlane also wrote the story and co-wrote the screenplay, so, as you can guess, this is NOT a children's movie. There is nudity, profanity, alchol and drug use in this film.

Lacking in nudity and profanity, but including reference to drug use, is another Teddy related product. Teddy Bear’s Picnic is a murder mystery game by ITM Games. Priced at £18 this is a dinner party murder mystery game for 6 Players.

Teddy Bears Picnic

Enter the 1980′s world of big business and fluffy toys. You are invited to the launch of the new range of products called “Teddy Bears Picnic”. But things in the toy company are not as innocent as they seem.


A year ago Theo Edwards, co-founder of the Edwards toys company died of a drugs overdose.

The company was taken over by Chester Toyes, another co-founder.

Penny Whistle was the other co-founder of Edwards toys, who remains at the company as a toy designer.

Ryan Storey is a journalist sent to cover the launch of the new product range. But what ealse will he discover about the company founders and the others on the estate such as

• Babette Toyes - Chesters wife.
• Kash D Spencer - the Edwards Toys accountant Carrie Honor Fair - Chester's personal assistant
• Ernest Statements - head of marketing and public relations

To find out you need to play Teddy Bear’s Picnic

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Too Many Cooks

 

Wild Goose Creative in Columbus, Ohio

On the second Sunday of every month in Columbus, Ohio, a group called Too Many Cooks meet. These events feature local chefs and culinary artists and aim to focus on "the art of the table". Billed as a "chance to embrace culinary skills as an art form, and to learn from various experts in the field". 
Past speakers have included a food scientist Ice Cream artist, an Italian chef with a passion for local foods and vegan cooking and a cook explaining how to make sushi at home.

The next event will be held on Sunday 8 July, 19:00 – 21:00 at Wild Goose Creative 2491 Summit Street, Columbus, OH 43202

Food52

While Too Many Cooks in Columbus is a physical group sharing and socializing around a love of food and cooking, Food52 is an on-line community with similar interests. They aim to provide a platform for people to exchange ideas and talk about food. They have built a community of people who love all things food related.

Recently FOOD52 ran an article entitled "Too Many Cooks: What are your Best and Worst Kitchen Tasks?". Reviewing the replies, baking appeared to be a favourite task. That's something I can agree with. Disliked tasks included washing up and chopping onions. Some tasks, like washing leafy vegetables appeared in both the liked and disliked list.  As Nozlee Samadzadeh notes, "The results were surprising and fun -- quite a few of us love doing tasks that others of us can't stand." Full results can be seen at FOOD 52.

Too Many Cooks - Murder Mystery

A lot less supportive group of cooks can be found in the murder mystery Too Many Cooks. This 8 Player game takes place at the fictitious British Good Food Awards

The story opens at the highlight of the culinary year, the annual British Good Food Awards dinner. But before the prizes can be awarded, Veronica Hacker, the investigative journalist, is found dead in her suite. Was she the victim of revenge, or another dish best served cold.......

Who could have done it?

Possibly Annabel Sloane-Ranger, the Roedean educated girl who now runs a successful catering business with a couple of school-chums. Or maybe Fay Rocher, who moved to Britain from Switzerland at the age of 21, bringing the tradition of fine chocolate making with her. Or how about her business partner, Sandi Beech. Then there is Doug Meadows, the American tycoon who has recently introduced US-style cookies to Britain. And who can forget life-style guru Trisha Branflake?

And what of the other suspects?

 

Peter Savoury enjoys fast cars and living dangerously. Did Peter do something too dangerous? Everyone knows Bill Wordsworth bakes exceedingly good cakes, and is an excellent employer who looks after his staff well.....but did he take care of Veronica? Rudi Emmental is a reclusive Swiss cheese maker. He rarely leaves his hideaway in rural Devon. Did he have an ulterior motive for coming here? 

  

The only way to find out is to order the Too Many Cooks - Murder Mystery.
Available from ITM Games

• And have a look at other games availabe from ITM Games  http://www.itmgames.co.uk
• You can also visit my events website at http://www.invitation2evets.co.uk 
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