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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Newspaper Moguls of the 1980's

The 1980's saw the rise of newspaper moguls.

Robert Maxwell build an extensive publishing empire and by the 1980's owned various companies including the Daily Mirror, the Sunday Mirror and  the Scottish Daily record.  On his death in 1991, huge discrepancies in his companies' finances, including the Mirror Group's pension fund, were revealed.

Rupert Murdoch
World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2007
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Rupert Murdoch, took over the News of the World in 1969 and bought The Times in 1981. In 1986 he caused bitter industrial disputes when he instituted new electronic publishing technologies at his UK printing operations. By 2000 Murdoch's News Corporation owned over 800 companies in more than 50 countries. However, in July 2011 Murdoch faced allegations of bribery and corruption and his companies stood accused of phone hacking.

By comparison, Maximillian Malist,  appears to be a saint!

Who?

Maximillian Malist of course!

The extrovert publisher, businessman and star of No Malist Aforethought.

Set in the 1980's, No Malist Aforethought is a murder mystery party game for 8 guests. You get to play the parts of trusted friends, family and associates of Maxy Malist, the extrovert owner of the Malist Publishing Empire. You take on the dual roles of the suspects and investigators as you try to uncover the guilty party.

As the game begins, you arrive on Maxy Malist's private island. You have been invited to hear about his plans to publish his biography. He has a lot of stories to tell, including how he took over the small family business and built it into a multi-national company. Such a move has not been without costs. Many people have been trampled in the process. Were you one of Maxy's victims and are you seeking revenge?

As you gather and reminisce about the past, what stories can you and your fellow guests tell about Maxy? Or, perhaps of more importance, is what stories can Maxy tell about you.....

You could play, Minnie Malist, Maximillian’s younger sister. She acts as housekeeper to her brother and has always suffered from being in his shadow. Or you could play Kenton Edge, a director of one of Malist’s companies, who is attending with his PA, Theresa Green. Virginia Heart and Richard D’Ling are friends of the family, as are guests Alan and Bunty Cholic. All are eager to meet Harry Wright, the biographer working with Maxy.

Unfortunately, Maximillian Malist will not live to see his book in print......

No Malist Aforethought

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