Cairns Self-Guided Detective Murder Mystery Game

The trail opens at St Monica's Cathedral in Cairns, beside the Performing Arts Centre. It runs down from the Peace Windows by the city library and the Night Markets to the Cairns Art Gallery, and ends at the offices of the Cairns Post. The city grid between the cathedral and the Coral Sea is the setting for a murder mystery game played entirely on foot. Cairns is flat and the whole route sits in the compact grid near the water, but it is the tropics: carry water, take the shade where you find it, and expect a downpour in the wet season. The game suits families with children, friends, couples and colleagues, and one person can play it alone without missing anything. A team is a maximum of four people sharing one phone; larger groups buy a ticket per team and set off separately. Nothing runs to a schedule and no guide is involved. How to playGetting under way in Cairns takes four steps. Book the City Game Check the instructions email Download the Loquiz app Start playing whenever you like The case is the murder of Balthasar. You break codes, complete photo tasks and collect statements from digital characters whose stories will not sit together. The stretch along the Esplanade brings up a piece of evidence that changes the order of things, and from there the list of suspects starts to shrink. With several teams playing at once there is a result to compare at the end, which makes this a practical teambuilding option as well as a day out with friends. There is no clock to beat, so you can pause at the Lagoon and pick the investigation back up, finishing wherever in Cairns the last answer takes you.