Amman Self-Guided Detective Murder Mystery Game

The trail begins at the Hamzeh Tantash Raghadan Mosque in Amman and heads straight into Wast Al-Balad, the downtown quarter where most of the evidence is waiting. Later it climbs to the Amman Citadel on its hill above the rooftops. This is a detective game you play on foot, following the case from one location to the next. Amman is a city of hills, so this route asks a little more of your legs than a flat old town would, and comfortable shoes make a difference. It suits families with children, groups of friends, couples and colleagues, and one person can play it alone just as well. A team is up to four people sharing a single phone, and a larger group buys additional tickets and splits into teams. There is no guide with the group and no fixed start time. How to playEverything runs through your phone, so getting started in Amman takes only a few minutes. Book the City Game Check the email with your play link Open the link on your phone Start playing whenever you like At the centre of it is the murder of Balthasar. You break codes, take photographs and weigh up statements from digital characters who each remember the night differently. Near the Roman Temple of Hercules and again inside The Duke's Diwan the accounts stop lining up, and the field of suspects narrows. Send out several teams and the case becomes a competition between them, which is why this works for teambuilding as much as for a free afternoon. You can stop for tea, leave the game where it stands and return to it later, ending the investigation somewhere in the middle of Amman.