Bonn Self-Guided Detective Murder Mystery Game

The trail starts on Münsterplatz in Bonn, at the foot of the Bonn Minster, and works its way out through the old centre. Within a few blocks you pass the Altes Rathaus and, a short walk further north, the Beethoven-Haus. This is a self-guided murder mystery game, and the squares of Bonn are where the case plays out. Distances here are short and the ground is flat, so the walk suits families with children, groups of friends, couples and colleagues alike, and a single player can take it on alone. A team is up to four people sharing one phone, and a larger group splits into several teams before setting off. No guide walks ahead of you and nothing starts at a set hour, so you set the pace yourself between the busy shopping streets and the quieter courtyards. How to playEverything runs from your own phone, and setting it up 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 The case is the murder of Balthasar. You break coded messages, complete photo tasks and question digital characters whose accounts of the evening do not line up. Around Kaiserplatz and in the lanes near the Minster each solved puzzle removes another name from the list of suspects. When several teams play at the same time the game turns into a contest over who reaches the answer first, which is what makes it usable for teambuilding as well as an afternoon out. Stop for a break whenever you want and pick the trail up afterwards; the case closes back in the streets of Bonn.